Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to May Boudreaux. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

May, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.

Love II Dip L.L.C. is a chocolate covered treats business. I’d like to believe my business is customer driven and satisfaction focused. I think entrepreneurship is something my parents instilled in all of their children. Therefore my twin sister and I caught wind and set sail. We had plenty of other ideas when we were trying to drum up how to make some extra money. However, chocolate covered strawberries is the one we landed on. We knew it was a popular item from doing chocolate covered treats at home and our family and friends really enjoying them. Once my brother started selling them at a barber shop he worked in, I felt like we had our niche. To sale chocolate covered strawberries that looked plush and luxurious without them being extremely expensive. Word of mouth worked in our favor, as we became more popular amongst referral from family and friends we knew it was time to make it official and start the business. This is how Love II Dip was born. We have now expanded our menu past strawberries and now we do an extensive line of fresh fruit and chocolate covered treats. We offer a unique homemade blend of Belgian chocolate to create an experience your tastebuds will always remember.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is May Boudreaux and I am 45 years old. I run a chocolate covered treats business part time and I am an Administrative Assistant for a private school full time. My chocolate covered treats business provides what I call a “chocolate covered sweet experience”. We started out using a regular compound chocolate in the form of bark; that has all kinds of hydrogenated oils in it. However being conscience of longevity of life not just for me but for my customers, I wanted to offer a more healthier version of milk, dark and white chocolate. Therefore I created my own blend of chocolate that provides my customers with a luxurious, delicious and healthier blend of chocolate like no other. The Love II Dip menu offers, chocolate covered strawberries, pineapples, apples, oreos, rice krispie treats, pretzel rods, turtle apples, fresh fruit arrangements, pralines, caramel, chocolate and caramel bites, cake pops (Love-pops), vegan options and anything else that you would like to dip in chocolate! The market is saturated with chocolate covered treats businesses, therefore I try my best to stand out with how I market my brand. I am proud of how we have grown from 2015 to present. I am grateful the Lord blessed the business to sustain through all of the ups and downs. I am proud to still call myself of business owner in spite of. I am proud that my products have customers coming back for more. I am customer focused and all I want to do is make people happy when they open a Love II Dip box. I love to hear the comment ” it’s too pretty to eat”.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to unlearn not paying myself. When we first starting our business, my twin sister and I only priced our strawberries for how much we wanted to make with each sale. Therefore, we weren’t making any money. We had to learn how to pay ourselves and recuperate what we spent. We had to become comfortable with the price is the price and not lowering the price because someone thinks we to were o expensive.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

The journey continues to be an uphill one. The market is saturated with businesses similar to mine but I try to keep myself set apart by having a professional look, taste and overall feel of my chocolate covered treats business. I have my own logo which I had to get upgraded from it’s original for a more polished look. I ordered my own boxes that have my logo on top of each box along with my website and email address. I believe you can never market too much.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.loveiidip.com
• Instagram: loveiidip
• Facebook: Love II Dip, L.L.C.
• Linkedin: May Boudreaux
• Youtube: time2dipwlove2dip46