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For this year's festival, we're making four creative hot chocolates, one to be served each week of the festival that runs January 17 - February 14. In addition to all drinking hot chocolate, customers can win prizes!  Social Media Photo Contest: Regardless of flavour, all drinks are guaranteed to be deliciously photogenic, and in that light, festival goers are invited to enter photos of their drinks to an online contest that could earn the lucky winner a set of gift certificates from all participating vendors. It's a $500+ value and a great way to extend the Festival throughout the year.  Photo...

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New York Times Nature Neuroscience Chocolate Boosts Memory -

A recent study published in the journal, Nature Neuroscience, adds further evidence to previous studies on seniors who drink a cup of hot chocolate daily boosted their memory and cognitive processing. To read a recent article published in the New York Times on the study's findings, click on this link.

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Happy Halloween! Treat yourself and friends to some Cyborg Eyeballs.   Enjoy your Halloween from Gem Chocolates!  

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Entrepreneur experience, entrepreneur sales e101 ubc, Sauder School of Business -

 We were pleased to be interviewed for the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business e101 Sales Series, commissioned by Prof. Elizabeth Newton, directed by Amartei Armar with cinematography by James Gill.  Gem Chocolates Owner & Founder, Glenn Knowles, shares his experiences from business development, sales direction, entrepreneurial commitment and more.   Check it out at: https://vimeo.com/107627873

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ecommerce, online shopping, Shopify, web shopping -

Check out our feature on Shopify's eCommerce University. If you have any questions about our Shopify transition experience, email us at info@gemchocolates.ca or call at 60.263.9878. Here's a snippet of our story: https://ecommerce.shopify.com/success-stories/gem-chocolates

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