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THE NEK'S

BEST-SELLING MAPLE DRINKS AND POPCORN

THE NEK'S BEST-SELLING MAPLE DRINKS AND POPCORN


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 Meet the Masters Behind the Maple

Gary and Shawna both grew up in the Northeast Kingdom. Over the years, Gary spent much time helping friends and family making maple syrup. For over 10 years, he helped his cousin with his sugaring operation. This was at the time sugaring was growing by leaps and bounds. Gary could see that there was a need for more products made with Maple Syrup. 
              This was when it was decided that we would try Maple Drinks. We started out with Pure VT Maple Lemonade. The VT Maple Tea was next to be followed by The Vermont Maple Apple Cider. The funny story about the Maple Cider was that Shawna said it would never sell and it is now our biggest seller! Our drinks are all natural and have a shelf life of one year if not opened.
              One day someone told us about a Maple Popcorn that his wife made so Shawna called her and got the recipe. She made a batch which was labor intensive and the popcorn had to be baked for an hour but it was so delicious! We made a few adjustments to the recipe and our next product was born. We started packaging it in 16 oz. deli containers and started selling them. We have since moved to clear plastic bags in two sizes that are resealable and have a tamperproof seal. The popcorn has a shelf life of four months.
              We decided to approach a couple local stores to see if they would buy our products and they agreed and we were off and running.
               Our products are made with local VT Maple Syrup from Goodwin Family Maple Products, Cold Hollow Cider and Cabot Butter among other ingredients. We brew the tea onsite. We do all our own production, bottling, cooking, and labeling.

We are very proud of our products. 
     We hope you will give us a try!

-Gary Paris and Shawna Wilkerson
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      Meet the Masters            Behind the Maple

Gary and Shawna both grew up in the Northeast Kingdom. Over the years, Gary spent much time helping friends and family making maple syrup. For over 10 years, he helped his cousin with his sugaring operation. This was at the time sugaring was growing by leaps and bounds. Gary could see that there was a need for more products made with Maple Syrup. 
              This was when it was decided that we would try Maple Drinks. We started out with Pure VT Maple Lemonade. The VT Maple Tea was next to be followed by The Vermont Maple Apple Cider. The funny story about the Maple Cider was that Shawna said it would never sell and it is now our biggest seller! Our drinks are all natural and have a shelf life of one year if not opened.
              One day someone told us about a Maple Popcorn that his wife made so Shawna called her and got the recipe. She made a batch which was labor intensive and the popcorn had to be baked for an hour but it was so delicious! We made a few adjustments to the recipe and our next product was born. We started packaging it in 16 oz. deli containers and started selling them. We have since moved to clear plastic bags in two sizes that are resealable and have a tamperproof seal. The popcorn has a shelf life of six months.
              We decided to approach a couple local stores to see if they would buy our products and they agreed and we were off and running.
               Our products are made with local VT Maple Syrup from Goodwin Family Maple Products, Cold Hollow Cider and Cabot Butter among other ingredients. We brew the tea onsite. We do all our own production, bottling, cooking, and labeling.

We are very proud of our products. We hope you will give us a try!
-Gary Paris and Shawna Wilkerson
two trays of popcorn sitting on a stove top
woman pouring maple syrup into a pot
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