CHRIST CANDIES - DAY 1 BLOG ENTRY - WRITE THE VISION MAKE IT PLAIN
THIS IS THE FIRST ENTRY FOR THE UPCOMING BOOK CREATING A CHRISTIAN CANDY BAR COMPANY. THE ACTUAL BUSINESS OF CHRIST CANDIES WAS DECIDED ON JANUARY OF 2008. IT CAME WHEN MY 2 LITTLE BOYS STEVIE THOMPSON JR.(5) AND CURTIS THOMPSON (4) GOT SOME SOLID CHOCOLATE FROM A CLIENT I HAD FOR ANOTHER BUSINESS I HAD CALLED CITYSIDE CAR GROOMING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. I RAN THAT BUSINESS FOR 4 YEARS GROSSING ABOUT $130,000.00 FROM IT. THE MONEY WAS GOOD BUT WHEN YOU ARE DOING INDIVIDUAL SALES BY YOURSELF THE MONEY DOESN'T ADD UP. WITH CHRIST CANDIES I FOUND OUT WHY A LOT OF SNACK COMPANIES GROSS MILLIONS INSTEAD OF THOUSANDS. WELL AFTER MY BOYS STEVE AND CURTIS WAS GIVEN THE CHOCOLATE I WENT HOME TO PREPARE TO TAKE THEM BACK TO THEIR MOTHER SINCE IT WAS MY WEEK TO HAVE THEM THRU CHRISTMAS AND SOME OF THE NEW YEAR WEEK. I TOLD THEM WE WOULD MAKE CANDY WE NEVER GOT A CHANCE TOBECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO. A MONTH OR TWO WENT BY AND THE IDEA OF STARTING A CANDY BAR COMPANY IN CHRIST CAME. IT WAS A ID