We recently connected with Kasia Bosne and have shared our conversation below.
Kasia, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s start with a story that highlights an important way in which your brand diverges from the industry standard.
We are 100% women owned small business located in the heart Manhattan NY. We handcraft fresh daily small batches of delicious premium quality artisanal energy & truffle bars. They are plant based, vegan with clean ingredients. Purest bars on the market without any additives. We take a big pride in focusing to create premium quality snacks and treats with functional ingredients. From the moment you open a package you will be welcomed by the most delicious aroma of Devine 100% organic raw unrefined chocolate that we bring from Ecuador. Most companies delude chocolate with soy, emulsifiers, palm oils and add nasty preservatives. We keep it pure, authentic, delicious and unprocessed. The second you take your first bite you will see clean ingredients of whole seeds, grains, fruits, and cacao nibs. We do not grind anything like most companies do. Our flavor, and taste stays true to its whole food ingredients taste. You will experience delicious chewy crunch with lots of texture and flavor without after taste like most energy bars do.
They are colorful, delightful, light and easy to digest and will refuel your body with best nutrition. They are preservatives-free and the shelf life is 1 year. We believe everyone deserves best quality of food that will elevate your well-being to a higher level. Rawmanticchococlate is a healthy snack option on the go every day! Bon Appetite.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
Inspired by working with women in fashion industry for over 2 decades to find a better way to healthy snacking on the go every day! I enjoy quality meals and snacks, and at first, I created Rawmanticchocolate as a passion project just for my family and friends. The biggest accomplishment as a business owner is running a company where I can support my employees, and together we create magic every day. There are several challenges when building a business and getting the best team was one of them.
Everyone cares and is passionate about what they doing. We strive to build a brand that consumer can trust, and fully enjoy plant based snacks!
We want to be healthy, happy, but often we limit ourselves with plenty of excuses and sabotaging our own health and well being. We have no time to enjoy and are constantly stressed out in a fast pace life. This results in our being over indulging and that’s where Rawmnticchocolate snacks & treats can help refueling one’s body with best nutrition and delicious flavors.
We envision the opportunity to be a leader in this market
We’d really appreciate if you could talk to us about how you figured out the manufacturing process.
When you are ambitious entrepreneur in New York city there are so many challenges and obstacles to think of when running a business. One of them was finding a production space or commercial kitchen. I have visited so many industrial spaces, commercial kitchens and all of them had so many limitations or were not serving my mission. I decided to look for a retail space with an open small production facility with open kitchen SPACE.
I wanted the customers to experience an authentic feeling while visiting our store when shopping for chocolates. Everyone could see how freshly they are made daily, which ingredients we used and how we create them from a scratch.
I was very lucky to get the best team who helped me build my dream kitchen and a cozy cafe, My fashion background helped me tremendously to merchandise, and make it elegant, clean and organized. Today Rawmanticchococlate flagship store gets visited by thousands of people annually from all over the world. We offer best vegan hot chocolate in town and during summer we put it on the ice. I promise is Devine! Our vegan smoothies are also delicious and refreshing during hot days.
Do you sell on your site, or do you use a platform like Amazon, Etsy, Cratejoy, etc?
In todays world consumer turn into instant gratification shopping to platforms like Amazon, Walmart, Etsy. Rawmanticchococlate invested tremendous energy and effort to build our store front on Amazon platform and we see a big growth there. We all turn into convenience of Amazon shopping, its efficiency and speed of the light delivery. Who can compete with this kind of technology. Further they constantly improve it where you can post daily about your products, put company updates, upload the videos and place as much information to educate and entertain consumers at the same time. It’s very strategic and when executed right the algorithms will reward you generously. It’s vital to have quality pictures in high resolution, short engaging videos and creating call to action. I m learning every day how to innovate and improve and keep up with the market demands. I feel like today the market is very crowded with so many products that are lacking innovation, brand identity and authenticity. Brands need to step up their game and offer consumers superb quality products with great marketing, packaging and compelling story. I think this creates a great opportunity for real players who are passionate to create products of substance. There is so much room for all of us to co create and co exist . The down side of selling on Amazon is with perishable products when switching during hot season from FBA to your own account handling. It’s a little tricky and you are time restricted and may get stock with the inventory. You need to plan ahead, execute smartly and offer plenty of incentives to customers.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://rawmanticchocolate.com
- Instagram: @rawmanticchocolate.com
- Facebook: @rawmanticchocolate.com
- Linkedin: Kasia Bosne
- Youtube: Kasia Bosne
Image Credits
Kulesza & Pik Poulina Revunova Krisztina Williams