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

Maria, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love for you to start by sharing your thoughts about the pros and cons of family businesses.

A family business is a never-ending journey, one that is continually evolving. Having family working with you encourages you to succeed. We make sure our products are done properly and care so much about what we do and how much effort we put in.

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

Dolce Biscotti is a family-owned Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free, and Vegan Cookie Company with the whole purpose of offering a safe and healthy snack for everyone with or without dietary restrictions.

Dolce Biscotti came as an idea by our father, who has been in the specialty food business for quite some time. By creating that idea and recipe, my sister, my mother, and I decided to work along with him, and share some insights as well.

Having a family business has been the greatest thing so far. We love the fact that we are there to support and motivate each other throughout this journey.

Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?

I think that the most effective strategy for us has been reaching out to customers directly. Most people use third parties to sell their products, which there is nothing wrong with that, but personally, reaching out to them has been effective for us.

Can you talk to us about manufacturing? How’d you figure it all out? We’d love to hear the story.

Our product is made in our facilities. We started by making this product at my parent’s former Gelato store. Because my father had his Gelato store that was Vegan and Gluten-Free, he came up with the idea of offering a new product, cookies. He started working on making a cookie that was safe, healthy, and delicious at the same time. After some time of us doing research on what products are good and safe, we came up with the perfect cookie.

We then decided to start selling them to people outside of the Gelato store and that is when we came up with the idea of creating a company and reaching everyone around the country. We are so proud and happy that we created Dolce Biscotti as a family business.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://dolce-biscotti.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dolcebiscotticlt/?hl=en
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dolcebiscotticlt/

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