What Are the Special Treats in Your Office?

[YWalker]

At the engineering firm where I used to work, a Ruud Lighting representative came to visit and brought us a kringle fresh from Wisconsin, which is where the firm is based. Better sill, he Fed-Exed us another one a month later.

[David A. Goldfarb]

People are often traveling to Poland in our office, and one of the better things they might bring back are the prune confections from Krakowski Kredens. The best are a thick layer of dried prunes compressed between thin wafers and dipped in chocolate.

[ChrisZ]

I worked for a London company that ordered Blackpool Rock with the company name in it. Despite the truly dreadful 1996 website, it's easy enough to do online. Clients liked them, there was always a huge bowl of them in reception and it was easy to hand out a few sweets to everyone at meetings, presentations, etc etc which was always a talking point. Really a very simple, effective - and relatively cheap - marketing ploy. I didn't like the stuff - I'd much rather chocolate than a boiled lolly - but they went through loads of them and I was always impressed at how popular they were with clients. I haven't worked there for over 2 years but I still find the odd sweet in drawers, or files, or in archive boxes...

[Kim Shook]

I work in a doctor's office, so the drug reps occasionally bring goodies - KK donuts, crates of clementines, McD's yogurt parfaits, sacks of Chick Fil A chicken sandwiches (very popular). I bring in cakes for everyone's birthday and make them for Mr. Kim's staff, too. I also bring leftovers from holidays and dinner parties - usually sweets. Last week's leftover strawberry cheesecake went over very well. Tomorrow each office is getting a gallon bag of Jaymes' caramel corn. I've been craving it and made a batch today. If it stays here, I will eat it all myself. The last time I brought it, the bag was empty before lunch! Amazing stuff.