South East Arachnid Show 2014

January and the new year saw another landmark for the store, the first time selling at an expo. Having been at every previous SEAS I knew that this would be a fantastic place to test the waters and was proven right, of the small selection we took 

nearly everything sold and the garlands sold out in less than half an hour of the doors opening!

This was also a brilliant opportunity to meet customers, the recognition of the store and positive feedback is a huge boost and catching up on how individual colonies are doing made for a refreshing break. A lot of new keepers approached for advice on keeping the crabs they had just bought, between the care slips we made available and conversations I feel confident everyone I spoke to has a good chance of getting their new friends into the proper setups they deserve.

The aim for next year is a whole table for the store, possibly with a small information display and species specific caresheets, but either way I will definitely be there and look forward to seeing you all again!

The Store Opens

Finally, all the months of hard work have been done and the Crabby Cravings store is now officially open!

Crabby Cravings Store

The past few months have been hectic, a lot of late nights, emails and phonecalls have been done making it hard to find time to update the blog (it will be regularly from now on), but the shop is open and we are very proud of our foundation stock.

I have to thank again our amazing suppliers, the lady from Trading Standards who has been truly invaluable, the people from Channel Weighing and everyone else who has helped to reach this point. The patience, kindness and help you have all shown has lead to a far better start than originally dreamed.

A lot of our stock is sourced from organic human grade suppliers, every food item is the highest quality possible and I am particularly proud to say we are stocking Natures Grub products among our own. The health and wellbeing of our customer's animals always has and always will be our priority, and I am confident that we could not have found better suppliers to achieve that.

If you have any questions, requests or would like to discuss anything then please feel free to get in touch, all messages will be answered as quickly and fully as possible.
Rachel