Italian Ice Cart Owner Testimonials

Hi Anthony,

Since I was a late starter last year, I did two shows. 1 was at a church fall festival and the 2nd was at the Ft.Worth Alliance Air show. Sales last year $2000.00 What I found out is that alot of people never heard of Italian Ices. We sample the Ices and boom it was easy sales. We landed the FC Little League Baseball team for the spring/summer 2008. We figured if we do that every Saturday, I would need another cart to do other festivals or special events. So far, the promoters are pretty easy to work with, I send in a picture of the cart and I have only paid $50 for the space instead of $300 for a 10 X 10 space. Thanks for the great ideas. They will come in handy. I volunteer in my neighborhood association and school functions. I also contacted friends to let them know about my business and they have referred me to church functions, business social events. I am waiting to hear from Mayfest and Arts Festival.

• Bea Pruett
  Texas

Hi Dennis!

I can’t believe it is true! Everything your web site says is true. The customers who have transplanted here from the Northeast are thrilled to find “real Italian Ice” in Florida. I had 1 customer actually call her mother in N.Y. while she was on line to tell her that Ocala finally has Italian ice. And the people who have never had an ice before fall in love after we give them a sample. A win-win situation! We opened Sept. 11th and we will have to place another order in 3 to 4 weeks.

Thanks for a great business!

• Bob Lloret
  Florida

Hi Anthony,

We had our best weekend ever this past weekend. We did the Pecan Street Festival in Austin TX with 2 carts at one location. There was some rain on Saturday, but we sold $1,200 worth. On Sunday we had lines and everyone was raving about how delicious the product was. Other vendors said we were doing great and that people were all over the festival with our cups and were talking about the Little Jimmy’s stand. We sold $1,600 the second day for a total of $2,800 for the weekend!

Thanks for all your help!

• Anita Mancini
  Texas

Tom and Dennis,

Just a note to tell you about our Labor Day. We were too late to get into the main city festival on Labor Day weekend, but we were able to go to a Mud Races side event in the afternoon. We were basically the only Ice or Refreshment type vendor there so we had a monopoly. In three hours we made over $800. Things were so crazy for a couple of hours that we had to get a second person scooping from a cooler to keep up with the line, while two others handled order taking and money changing duties. Our first two events have been very successful.

Our next event is a Women’s Expo this weekend.

• Thanks,
  Trent Armstrong
  Utah

What’s up guys?

Just wanted to tell you about my event last weekend. It was the City Fair and I really didn’t know what to expect. After reading all the positive testimonials from everyone I didn’t want to mess up the streak! Well, long story short it exceeded my expectations. Over the course of the weekend I may have had a 10 minute break between customers at the most. The response was overwhelming and everyone commented on how great the ice was. Also, a few people asked where would I be opening a storefront? If business is consistent that may not be too far off! You guys have been great and Anthony was a huge assist in me passing the Health Dept. requirements for the fair. I’m also doing the City’s International Day on the 28th of this month and everyone is excited!

Only complaint was I didn’t have baseball helmets for our area.

Now that the fair was a success I’ve been told by the committee organizers that they want me back next year to provide more of Little Jimmy’s Italian Ice! The business opportunity you’ve provided me is the best decision I’ve made in years and I look forward to continued growth, Thank you!

• Donovan Williams
  Maryland

Little Jimmy Ice Family,

I was caught off guard today at the Yard Sale Event. The Yard Sale Event was held at a local Community College. Over 2000 people in attendence. 92 degree weather - The event started at 8:30am - By 11:30 I ran out of ICE. I was not fully stocked. I had a local event the night before and I basically took the reminding ICE with 1 full 5 gallon and 2-3/4 gallon and 2- 1/4 left over ICE. This truly was a lost opportunity for me. I made $800.00 in 3 hours. ( I did have someone bring 2 more 5-gallons by 12:15 pm.) The event ended at 1:30pm. This was the best turn out yet! I had a line of 20 people or more for 2 straight hours!

• Thanks,
  I believe I am on my way!
  Rhonda Waller
  Maryland

Good morning Gentlemen,

Just wanted to give you a quick update on how it’s going here in DC. We had our first event this past Saturday and boy was I nervous. All week they were calling for a 60% chance of rain and I didn’t feel like I was ready. Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.

Anyway, we went out there and the people loved the product. The free sample sign definitely helped. There was a parade that started around 9am and as some of the people walked by I saw them point @ the sign and say that they were definitely coming back to our spot. We had our first sale around 10:30am and we had a steady flow of people all day. We ran out of Lemon, Cherry and Blueberry, but I’m sure that’s no surprise for you. The festival ended @ 4:00pm and boy was I tired. It didn’t rain all day.

We still have to work out some kinks in our operation, but overall it was fun. I loved talking to the people that come over and a number of them asked if we had a fixed store location where they can get more Little Jimmy’s.

We currently have 5 more events scheduled for this season with more to come. We’re also going to sell at our local Farmer’s Market.

Now, down to business — Is it possible to order more shirts and visors? We need at least 3 - XL and 3 visors. It definitely helps when everyone is uniformly dressed. Also, how many ounces are in the baseball helmets? How many scoops do you normally give? We were a little heavy handed this weekend.

Thank you again for all your guidance and patience,

• Wendy Pugh
  Washington DC

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