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Restaurant Insider with Anne Lee
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make sure your gift arrives in time.
The online version of our store is at islandpopper.net. This is the site to order and pick up curbside, or order in advance
to pick up at the store.
AL: The holiday cups are here. What are they and how do we order these?
ATV: The holiday cups are $2.50 each — the only additional charge would be adding ka- kimochi for an additional 25 cents. These are two-and-a-half cups of popcorn (sealed and not an open container).You can do whatever mix or flavor you want. You can preorder the Gingerbread Hazelnut Cocoa holiday cups and have them ready to go for a party or even for your child’s classroom gifts. We also have these available for fundraising, excluding November and December. Many
1. Find everything — and a variety of flavors — from single cups to bags of all sizes at Island Popper.
2. Gingerbread Hazelnut Cocoa is the December flavor of the month.
3. Holiday cups in assorted flavors ($2.50 each, add 25 cents for kakimochi)
schools use us for fundraising efforts, and you can always call us and we can talk about the options.
AL: Can you tell me more about the new holiday flavor?
ATV: On Nov. 30, we will have our new holi- day flavor, Gingerbread Hazelnut Cocoa, for the entire month of December. Usually, we have a new flavor every week, but wanted to make sure we have this for the entire month. Every Christmas we try to switch it up.
AL: What are the different sizes and flavors of popcorn?
ATV: First, you choose your size bag ($5 small; $7 medium; $9 large; 50 cents more for mixes; $1 more for kakimochi). There are also extra-large bags ($18; $1 more for mixes; $2 more for kakimochi); small favor bags ($2; 25 cents more for mixes or ka- kimochi); and paper cones ($2; $2.50 for mixes; $1 more for kakimochi per cone).
For our cups (non-holiday), a single flavor is $3 and mixes are $3.50, with an additional
25 cents for kakimochi. Our holiday cups are a deal at $2.50, with adding kakimochi for 25 cents.
Our single flavors are: caramel, original furikake, real cheddar cheese, organic but- ter and our featured flavor of the week. Our mixes are: Oahu Mix, Maui Mix, Tsunami Mix, Big Island Mix or Kauai Mix.
Our most popular specials are three large bags for $23, and you can mix and match flavors, with an additional $1 for kakimochi per bag. Or, we have three extra-large bags for $46, and you can mix and match flavors, with an additional $2 for kakimochi per bag.
AL: What are the future plans for Island Popper?
ATV: We want to try some plant-based veg- an options for our popcorn. Right now, our only vegan option is plain popped corn with salt, which is still delicious, but we want to
Island Popper
1549 Colburn St., Honolulu 808-888-0101 islandpopper.com (shipping) islandpopper.net (curbside/in-store pickup)
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays; closed Sundays-Mondays
add something new and fun, and offer more than just one option.
We might kick off the NewYear with some- thing spicy, since we are doing sweet for December. We try to source local products and local vendors as much as we can, and fortunately we are able to get most of ev- erything we need here on Oahu.
Maybe we might consider doing a contest in the future!
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