p.o.p.'s essentials
Mar Vista Farmers Market: We started selling our candy at the Mar Vista Farmer's Market in December 2007. We're now there every third Sunday of the month, and appreciate all the support the market and Mar Vista community have sent our way.
Cory Baehr Imports: We'e thrilled that the incredibly savvied broker Cory Baehr has taken p.o.p. under her wing and into her distinguished line of confectionary treats. Cory and her agency help retailers rise to the challenge of bringing artisan food products to their customers in the Western U.S. We're in very capable hands!
p.o.p. sellers
These specialty food stores and local venues carry our p.o.p. candy, and we love 'em for that!
Whole Foods Markets (see locations page for our specific stores)
p.o.p. collaborators
Behind every successful company is a list of strong partners & collaborators! Here's ours:
Bountiful Baskets by Jean: Jean makes personalized gift baskets for corporate promotions and special events. She services the entire Los Angeles area, and includes p.o.p. in her beautiful baskets!
Celeste Maguire: skilled graphic design helping us in expanding p.o.p.'s branding and packaging, to roll out beginning August 2009
Cobalt Events: high-end event planning
Ebell Club: This swank wedding venue in Long Beach should be seriously considered for the SoCal wedding of your dreams! An added value: p.o.p. is a "preferred vendor."
Foodzie.com: Rob, Emily, and Susie, and the rest of the Foodzie team are really onto to something big. We're happy to be part of the Foodzie family.
Jody Domingue Photography: first-rate photography and graphics
Luxe Life: classy shopping and pamper events in the Los Angeles area
Rivera Ink: What would we do without Leilani who does a GREAT job creating personalized promotional products. Even better: she makes 'em in small quantities, and is truly a lifesaver for p.o.p. and many other businesses.
SuzySaid Santa Monica: This newsletter geared toward women and moms has doubled its subscriber list since December 2008. Get on the train!
Tickled Plum: stellar handcrafted stationary and gift packaging
Unique Los Angeles: Sonja Rosales has created an amazing shopping event that rocks the house! This periodic downtown L.A. event is one of the hippest you'll find.
p.o.p. recognition
We're thrilled that the following agencies have either publicly recognized us or recognize their need to consume p.o.p fairly often! They've helped build our business and we appreciate the p.o.p. buzz they've created for us:
BizBash Los Angeles: The event planners bible. BizBash is on top of it! They like us, they really like us: p.o.p. has been featured twice in this stellar resource.
California Country Magazine: Being recognized by the California Farm Bureau Federation for our use of California nuts remains a proud moment in p.o.p. history.
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills: recently awarded p.o.p. with Honorable Mention in their 2008 American Artisanal Treasure Award
Daily Candy: keeping us all in the loop with the latest in our fair city
food411: a great comprehensive online food source
P.O.P. Sound: Santa Monica production company who waxes rhapsodic when p.o.p. shows up at their door!
Studio DNA: first-rate salon and a big fan of p.o.p.
p.o.p. giving
We're proud to have donated to schools, theatre companies, authors, and the following organizations, who are doing incredibly important work in serving the community (Please see our community page for other p.o.p. giving links that might not yet be on this page:Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games: providing internationally recognized training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities
WriteGirl: empowering high school girls through creative writing training and mentoring programs
Corazon de Vida: creating change in the lives orphaned and abandoned children of Baja
HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles): advancing lives and communities through personal development and leadership programs for inner city youth
Ocean Park Community Center: This incredibly humane organization is doing selfless work every day in empowering the transient population of Santa Monica to rebuild their lives.
