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Donation Update
We round up our grocery and utility bills. We give our year-end donations. Maybe we respond to the avalanche of direct mail that we all receive asking for donations. Donating to charity is an awesome thing. It helps people in need and it feels good. It's a definite win-win. However, we feel that's a process that leaves a lot to be desired. Once you've written the check, it's generally a huge let down. You're all excited about giving ...
2015 Donation Report
Alright chocolate lovers, time for our annual donation report! To refresh your memory, one of our favorite things about Mystery Chocolate Box is the fact that we donate two meals for every box we send out. One meal right here in the United States and one around the world. Now, let's see approximately how many meals we donated during the year of 2015: 3,200 meals donated! Plus, we made an extra donation for $7.06 ($10 CAD) to Peace ...
Introducing Cacao Points
Fun news for you today! We have just launched a program called Cacao Points. Here's why you'll like it: What is it? This program allows you to earn points for being awesome (finally!) that you can redeem for things like free chocolate bars or even a free Mystery Chocolate Box. It's our way of saying "Thank You. You're awesome" for being a Mystery Chocolate Box member and also rewarding you for amazing feats of chocolate tasting such as ...
Summer Shipping Update (Important!)
Big update today. This is an issue that we've been agonizing about for literally months. It's an issue that we've given a LOT of thought to. Because it's a very important issue for every one of our subscribers. And that issue is shipping our boxes in the summer. You see, shipping chocolate in warmer months is a HUGE nightmare for 3 reasons: You have to spend extra time adding insulation and cold packs. Said insulation and cold packs ...
Our 2014 Meal Donation
First off, a BIG thank you to all of our amazing customers for making this possible! Second, we're actually donating a little more than 2 meals per box shipped this year. Why? Well, because we were brand new this year, we haven't sent out a ton of boxes yet. So, we added some extra $$$ to the donation to make it a total of... 1,250 meals donated! Although we'd love that number to be much higher (see below), that still feels amazing ...