Calico Cottage Nuts Program
The sweet smell of add-on sales.
Just like our fudge program, our nut program starts with the best quality products and merchandising to draw customers into your store.
And with our roasted-in-store nuts, that draw is their delicious aroma. Nothing says “add on sale” quite like that intoxicating smell that gets your customers through the door and straight to your high-margin fudge and nut display.
By adding on the tried-and-true Calico nut program to your made-in-store fudge, you’re adding on increased sales without adding on a ton of increased effort or time on your part.
The Nuts and Bolts of our Nut Program Are Simple
We’ve taken our 60+ years of experience in making exception fudge retailing fast and simple and transferred that into our Glazed Nut program. The result?
- Sweet success in the form of increased sales and profits storewide.
- Our team of industry experts provide you with dedicated resources over the phone, online through our website and even on-site to get your nut program up and running seamlessly.
There’s no better time than now to benefit our customer proven, industry-leading best-practices and join in the excitement.
- Our nut program is taking retail store owners’ success to the next level.
- Much like our successful fudge program, our nut program combines Calico’s quality and your brand name to create a perfectly profitable partnership.
- We offer everything you need to get started. The highest quality nuts, the safest and easiest to use equipment and signage and merchandising support to set you up for success.
The Safest, Easiest-to-Use Nut Roaster
The best roaster on the market is ready to rock your revenue. Complete with 10 USA and 5 Canadian patents, Calico’s nut roaster produces the best-tasting nuts every time:
Smart Control Systems
This one touch system with its easy-to-read display makes it simple to roast nuts
Automated Clean Cycle
This effortless clean cycle does all the work for you
Top-Notch Safety Features
No sharp edges on our roaster and a patented glazing cover to keep the hot water/steam safely contained
Consistency Reimagined
To guarantee the best results, you need to roast nuts that will smell and taste delicious every single time. With its custom agitator, you can rely on each nut being perfectly coated. And its controlled temperature feature will guarantee a consistently perfect roast for each batch.
Built-In Ease and Efficiency
Easy operation is vital in maintaining the pace of your store’s activities. Our deep-dish bowl design reduces waste and mess by preventing nuts from jumping out during the roasting process, while the no drip lip and no mess tray make cleaning effortless.
Safety and Peace of Mind
Equipped with our Easy Lift Handle, our roaster is designed to minimize heavy lifting and hand injuries. Plus, our innovative Smart Lid Roaster features a water reservoir, preventing unsafe steam discharge.
BIG Results in a Small Package
Our roaster is a space-efficient powerhouse, fitting snugly into a 6-foot space—less than your average ATM! One significant difference? Our roaster brings in profits, not withdrawals!
Speaking of space, our eye-catching nut warmers are designed to work in any spot. Available in two different sizes, you have the option to select the best warmer for your store. Our warmers enhance visibility and offer full-serve and customer self-serve functionality too, while the contemporary signage on the top of the nut warmer attracts attention.
The Highest Quality Nuts Come from Calico’s Highest Quality Standards
Calico will never cut corners—especially when it comes to quality. That’s why we apply the same level of dedicated detail that our customers have come to count on from our fudge program to our nut program too. Our high-quality qualifications include:
- Nut ingredients are foil packaged and nitrogen flushed to provide 12+ months of shelf life, allowing your customers to enjoy the freshest, best-tasting nuts
- Sterilized nuts ensure you are serving a safe product that your customers can trust
- All nuts are pre-screened at Calico to remove broken pieces, ensuring that you and your customers get the most out of every purchase
Our Nuts Program is Really Your Add-On Revenue Machine
Remember: Nuts are not a fudge alternative. They are a complementary product that significantly contributes to your bottom line by increasing the average dollar-value of transactions.
With the best roasting and warming equipment in the industry and all the tools you need to succeed from equipment and packaging to signage, we have redefined the nut roasting industry—and we’re so excited to offer it to our retailers!
The proof is in the profits. We’ve seen it time after time. A customer adds our nut program to their store, and something incredible happens. They not only capitalize on nut sales, they sell more fudge too! When nuts are introduced to the product mix, three things happen:
- Customers smell the sweet roasted nuts
- They follow their nose and see the beautiful looking fudge at the counter too
- You sell more of both!