http://www.klondikebrands.com/blog The Home of Klondike Potatoes en-us Potandon Produce - Copyright 2009 http://www.klondikebrands.com/ http://www.klondikebrands.com/skin/frontend/delorum/default/images/klondike-brands-rss.gif 144 33 The Home of Klondike Potatoes http://www.klondikebrands.com/blog/index/detail/id/54 Ever wondered about potatoes? For such a seemingly simple vegetable, there is so much that goes into the planting, growing, harvesting and packaging of a potato. Potatoes are grown around the country and the world, however, in North America, Idaho is the largest producer of the tuber with Washington a close second. In Idaho, potato planting takes place in the spring right after the last frost and the seed is just a potato tuber cut into smaller pieces. Have a potato sprouting in your kitchen? Plant it in some dirt! That sprout will soon be a potato plant. After just a few weeks, seedlings will emerge with tubers beginning to take shape below the earth within about a month. Stay tuned for more fun potato facts! Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:26:20 UTC http://www.klondikebrands.com/blog/index/detail/id/58 I am last year's grand prize winner of a spa vacation to Maui, round trip airfare for two, hotel accommodations at a 4 1/2 star hotel and a car rental. We were greeted at the airport with orchid leis, and treated to a luau on the beach. My journey started on April 29th, 2010 when I got a phone call from Barbara at Potandon Produce informing me that I had won this great trip. Of course, I didn't believe her, I thought it was a time share thing. But it was true. The funny thing about this is, I only went to www.klondikebrands.com to print a coupon, and while there, I saw a contest, so I entered. You were only allowed to enter one time so I completely forgot that I even entered, until the phone call...and I won out of over 10,000 entries. Many people tell me I am lucky, but I feel I am blessed. Ever since I got this great news, I feel my life has gone in an upward spiral. I got inspired to lose weight (I lost 45 lbs. to date), I got a job on the web that allows me to work from home, and I met so many wonderful people through this journey. My husband and I had such a fantastic time on this trip of a lifetime to paradise. Everything was great! We had a buffet breakfast every morning overlooking the Pacific Ocean, our room was to die for, the staff at the hotel couldn't have been nicer. I even got to go to a luau for my birthday...what a great night that was! The entertainment and the food was great, plus we got to meet some really nice people. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank Steve Ottum (Potandon's COO) for sponsoring our trip and Barbara for calling me with the good news and for being so sweet every time I talked to her. I would also like to thank everyone who was genuinely happy for me when I told them I won this trip, and believe me, I old everyone I came in contact with. I would also like to thank Collin (and crew) at Hip@Save.com, for without her posting the link to print a coupon for potatoes, I would never be telling you this story. Thanks to Doug, our travel agent at Hess Travel, for his help in planning the details of the trip. I also want to thank my family and friends for all their support in this last year, especially my wonderful husband, Robert. Fran Jackson Check out Fran's picture on our Contests & Promotions Page, and to see more great vacation pictures from Fran, check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/klondikebrands. Mon, 02 May 2011 15:48:30 UTC http://www.klondikebrands.com/blog/index/detail/id/60 California Coupon Enthusiast, Mary was able to buy fresh produce including two bags of Klondike Potatoes with coupons and saved big! See her story by clicking the link at the right. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:23:32 UTC http://www.klondikebrands.com/blog/index/detail/id/61 Check out what Jamey Higham, VP of New Business and Foodservice had to say recently at the PMA show. andnowuknow.com/shop-talk/potandon-talks-taters Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:47:47 UTC