02.13.12
Rebecca Gelston

 

Name: Traci Lynn Markle

Title: Sales Assistant

Born: Jacksonville, FL (spent most of my life in Philadelphia though – age 2 to 20)

What do you do for Mont Blanc? 

I sell and assist in sales: send samples, follow up on leads, process orders, invoicing, coordinate shipping and keep everything running smoothly around the office.

How did you start in this field? 

I wanted to work for a smaller company with a friendly workplace. I have been doing office admin stuff for many years. 

What’s the best part of your job? 

I like the people here, even Jim and Paul (the resident jokesters) have their moments. And Michael is a great boss. 

What do you order at a café? 

I order a cappuccino, extra shot and low fat milk.

Last great idea you came across?  

The last time I visited Telluride, Colo., I attended a fesitval and the entire event was “green." Everything was either compostable or recyclable. The plastic cups used for lemonade, etc., were actually made of corn and therefore biodegradable, and they had compost and recycle bins everywhere. They also allowed everyone to use...

Beverages, News, Sustainability
06.09.10
Michael Szyliowicz

 

 

Imagine a world filled with candy and chocolate where you can sample chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, bubble gum, cotton candy, licorice and gum drops. No, it’s not Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory – it’s the National Confectioner’s Association Sweets & Snacks Expo. Thousands of brands, iconic and new, are on display, exhibiting all manner of sweets and snacks. Some are a flashback like Bazooka gum and Pop Rocks. Others are everyday indulgences like M&M’s. And others are new and unusual ways to eat sweets. Or inhale them.

Le Whif bills itself as “inhalable cuisine.” Inside a small, plastic, lipstick-sized tube is a very fine chocolate or coffee flavored powder. To experience it, you place the tube in your mouth and inhale. The powder in your mouth gives you all of the flavor promised but with none of the calories or the effect of feeling full. It is an interesting sensation. They gave me both chocolate and coffee and I enjoyed both. Certainly different than eating a chocolate bar or drinking a cappuccino!

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