museums&MORE Spring 2016

All-American Add-Ons By Zeke Jennings

Choosing the right kind of merchandise to display around your point-of-sale station shouldn’t be an afterthought. Those items you choose to surround your cash wrap are the last the customer is going to see before leaving your store.

You’ve worked hard to fill the bulk of your store with unique, quality products. Why should the cash wrap station be any different? Now, we know impulse-buy winners include candy, gum, mints, snacks, stationery and inexpensive jewelry and souvenirs, and we know consumers yearn for U.S.-made items.

So, we offer a collection of products in varying categories, all of which are made in the U.S. and would be a perfect addition to your point-of-sale product display.

Pennsylvania Dutch Candies is introducing smooth, creamy Chocolate Bars in four varieties made with Fair Trade Chocolate — Solid Milk, Solid Dark, Milk Chocolate filled with liquid caramel and Milk Chocolate filled with creamy Peanut Butter. They are made with Fair Trade Chocolate to support small farmers throughout the world.

Simply Gum makes premium, all-natural chewing gum from a few simple ingredients. Simply Gum is biodegradable, vegan, Kosher and handcrafted in New York. It’s available in several flavors, including cinnamon, coffee, fennel, ginger maple and mint.

Momadic’s Friendship Rocks are pocket-sized river rocks (3/4 to 1 1/4 inches in diameter) that are uniquely engraved with a standard design option of the buyer’s choosing. Choices include a wide variety of wildlife and symbols. Momadic, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, offers a basket to create a display of individual rocks.

Pumpernickel Press, based in Leesburg, Virginia, offers greeting cards and notes for all occasions. They’re printed on recycled paper, and agricultural-based inks are used in all cards. Not only are the cards made in the U.S., all materials used to create them are as well.

Inklings Paperie’s 4-inch-long Heart Mini Pencils are convenient and colorful writing utensils appropriate for home, the office and on the go. They come in a variety of colors and are pre-sharpened, so they’re ready to write. Inklings Paperie products are made in Michigan.

Zeke Jennings