Hello, Dearest Friends, ChocoLovers & Gnosis Ambassadors!
As educated consumers, we vote for a shift in the marketplace with every dollar we spend. I feel so deeply honored that you have chosen Gnosis Chocolate time and time again, and it is my great honor to announce our plans to expand!
Gnosis has always grown organically by word of mouth, guided by customer demand. We have felt your loving, loyal support, have read (with grateful tears in our eyes!) your amazing reviews, and have heard your requests!
As the amazing orders on our website have continued their steady increase in size and number, we have been searching for the perfect new kitchen to house our growing handmade, love-filled operation.
We are so excited to announce that we’ve moved into a big, beautiful new kitchen! With an events space! And a garden! And it’s only 4 minutes away! There is also a fantastic office space available upstairs for shipping and customer service!!!
We are asking for your help to make our new facility complete so we can co-create a future with more high-integrity chocolate infused with botanicals and Love.
We will be managing growth by moving into independent natural foods stores and herbal apothecaries slowly, instead of exploding onto the marketplace as we first did in 2008.
A successful crowdfunder will allow us to;
- purchase greater inventory, supplies, and coolers
- reestablish and develop cacao supply chains
- perform more ingredient and nutrition panel testing
- design and order eco-friendly packaging for our new 1oz bars
- hire experts in management and financial planning (manage growth by planning for it!)
- hire wonderful hands and hearts for our team
- rent the beautiful space you've just seen (we already have the kitchen, and hope to expand into the office)
Click the video to witness our evolution thus far, starting when I first began making chocolate while attending the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, through an explosion of growth and frenzy of media, followed by a pause to rest and reconfigure, and finally you’ll see a tour of The New Gnosis HQ!
“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast,” is one of the mottos we apply to our evolution, and with excellence and integrity at every stage, and at a measured pace, will grow with a peaceful flow. ️
The holiday season is upon us, and thus time is of the essence for us to set up in our new space.
Thank you for sharing with other lovers of chocolate, and for contributing what you can now!
Thank you from my chocolate-filled heart,
Vanessa
PS - I am available for your questions! Please don't hesitate to reach out, and stay tuned for updates and candid videos of me making chocolate and explaining all the particulars on our social media platforms!
CROWDFUNDER TIMELINE
Soft Launch: September 1st, 2022
Official Premiere: September 4th, 2022
Anticipated Finale: September 23rd, 2022
BACKGROUND
Gnosis received extensive media coverage in print (Oprah, Prevention, Men's Health, Spirituality & Health, VegNews, Edible Queens,); on television (NBC New York, Fox News, Sundance Channel), and awards (Best of Raw, America's Top 10 Chocolatiers) to name a very few. We initiated social responsibility projects in the US and abroad and have been embraced by philanthropists and covered in the press as an articulate, informed, passionate voice for responsible entrepreneurialism and ethical commerce.
Through donations of goods and services, Gnosis has provided support for: REACH Grenada, Urban Zen Foundation, Yale Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Boston University, the American Holistic Medical Association, Doctors Without Borders, Housing Works, Tibet House, Apple Awards, Wayuu Taya Foundation, World Trade Center Memorial, ASPCA, Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, Gardens for Public Schools, and many, many others.
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