The beginning of the warm season is upon us, making it a prime time for frozen desserts! Countless hours of preparing, training and marketing have all been accounted for, and now it’s time for the summer rush to come through … Continue reading
Issue 3 : Spring 2009
- In This Issue...
- Exploring a New Frontier in Desserts
- New Department – Back To Our Roots
- Slow Down and Eat Smart
- Turning Your Passion into a Reality Part 3 – Product Line Development
Tree Talk: When Credit Card Companies Get More of Your Returns Than You Do
Goodbye, cold hard cash; the convenience and perks offered by credit and debit cards have consumers everywhere reaching for plastic, leaving small businesses no choice but to accommodate them. With the state of the current economy, many small businesses are … Continue reading
Tree Talk: Food Costs – a Forecast for Your Business
When buying milk at the supermarket, have you ever thought about how the price of that carton of milk depends not only on the amount of milk from the cows, but also the cost of the grain to feed the … Continue reading
HR Corner: Employee-Generated Revenue and Scheduling
Employee-Generated Revenue and Scheduling Many factors contribute to finding the perfect balance between employee productivity and labor costs, while meeting business-level demands. Add the additional factor of seasonal patterns, and the formula becomes even more complex. However, don’t be discouraged … Continue reading
Recipes: Banana Cream Pie Gelato
Directions: Mix the sugar, PreGel Dextrose and PreGel Diamant 50 (Milk Base) together. Add whole milk, cream and skim milk powder. Add the PreGel Banana Fortefrutto® and fresh bananas. Mix carefully with an immersion blender. Put into the pasteurizer. Pasteurize … Continue reading
Recipes: Strawberry Shortcake Gelato
Directions: Pour the whole milk and heavy cream into a large bucket/container. Mix the sugar and PreGel Totalbase® (Water & Milk Base) in a separate container. Slowly add the dry mix to the liquid mix while slowly blending with an … Continue reading
Top Ten: 10 Ways to Put Leftover Gelato to Work
1. Coffee Can Solve Anything – Affogato Anyone? Coffee and gelato are as traditionally Italian as pasta and sauce. Considering coffee’s popularity in America (about 50 percent of Americans drink coffee every day1), blending an American essential with an Italian … Continue reading
What’s Blooming: Rated M for Mature – Alcohol-Infused Gelato
Peanut butter and jelly. Pancakes and syrup. Alcohol and gelato? Absolutely! In recent years, gelato has greatly increased in popularity among the American public. Gelato’s palate appeal and wide spectrum of flavors have already proven to be vastly impressive to … Continue reading
What’s Blooming: The Guava: A Tropical Wonder
Most health experts recommend eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables on a daily basis. For most, common fruits such as apples, oranges and bananas come to mind. While these fruits certainly contain nutrients that are beneficial to … Continue reading
Slow Down and Eat Smart
You can buy organic and you can buy local, but is it sustainable? And if it’s sustainable, is it organic or local? Are you overwhelmed yet? There are a lot of issues to consider with agriculture and food-buying decisions these … Continue reading
Branching Out: Cupcakes: America’s Latest Dessert Obsession
Directions: Sift all dry ingredients together and place in the mixer with a paddle. Slowly add the milk(1) and PreGel Vanilla Mexico Superior Traditional Paste while mixing on low speed, then mix on medium speed for five minutes. In … Continue reading
Exploring a New Frontier in Desserts – PreGel AMERICA Looks to Pastry
While its parent company, PreGel, has established itself as a leader over the last 40 years in the specialty desserts industry in Italy and Europe, 2009 will mark PreGel AMERICA’s inaugural year into the U.S. pastry market. This is no … Continue reading
Berry Healthy: Basics 101: Sugar
Everyone needs a little sweetness in their day, and while sugar is a very basic and familiar ingredient to most of us, a lot goes into that scoop you put in your coffee each morning. Sugar is an integral component … Continue reading
Berry Healthy: Functional Foods – Favorable and Flavorful
During times like these, getting the most for your money is important, but what about getting the most for your body as well? There are many nutrients and dietary components that occur naturally in our everyday foods that provide great … Continue reading
Back to Our Roots: Proving the Family-Run Business Can Thrive Anywhere, PreGel Is a Global Success
A Q&A with Dario Rabboni, board director, PreGel Q. What is your role at PreGel? A. As the board director, I am involved in the general marketing for PreGel Headquarters and its subsidiaries located around the world. Specifically, I develop … Continue reading
Turning Your Passion into a Reality
PART 3 – Product Line Development. A six-part series on the necessities of starting a business. As we continue with our six-part series on building your business, we know at this point from Part 1’s business plan development that you … Continue reading
Tree Talk: Getting Involved in Your Community – The Creative and Inexpensive Way to Promote Your Business
By getting involved in the community, businesses have the opportunity to prosper and grow at virtually no cost. Gaebler.com, a resource for entrepreneurs, states that, “Getting involved in the community can be a win-win situation in business. You’ll feel good … Continue reading




















