Candy Concepts, Inc. Provides Plastic Fish Bowl Containers for Business and Home Use

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Contact:
Terry Keenan
Tel: 262.574.1800
Fax: 262.574.1859
Email: terry@candyconceptsinc.com

REINTRODUCE YOURSELF TO PLASTIC FISH BOWLS
Candy Concepts, Inc. Provides Plastic Fish Bowl Containers for Business and Home Use

Waukesha, WI, August 2009 – Clear plastic fish bowl containers are flying off the shelves at Candy Concepts, Inc. – and no longer just for the family’s pet goldfish.

Also often referred to as “sphere containers,” plastic fish bowl containers have long been helping numerous kinds of business owners, nonprofit organizations, and personal households better organize, store, display, and collect merchandise, donations, and home belongings; however, it wasn’t until recently Candy Concepts, Inc. owner Terry Keenan realized the additional names – and demand – for these containers:

“We have been a supplier of plastic containers for a long time, but, in this instance, it’s similar to not being able to see the forest for the trees – we didn’t realize how often people referred to ‘plastic containers’ as ‘fish bowls.’ These fish bowls work tremendously well for everyone from retail store managers to amusement park owners.”

Candy Concepts, Inc. and its sister site, All Candy Containers, work together to offer customers a wide selection of clear plastic fish bowls geared toward meeting an array of business and personal needs. Customers can find plastic fish bowl containers designed to stand upright or at an angle for easier access to merchandise, and the containers are available in sizes able to hold as little as one quart of product or as much as four gallons of product.

Candy Concepts, Inc. accepts orders 24/7, fills orders every business day of the year, and ships the vast majority within 24 hours. For more information about finding plastic fish bowls for your business or personal use, visit either www.allcandycontainers.com or www.candyconceptsinc.com or contact Terry Keenan of Candy Concepts, Inc. at (262) 574-1800 or terry@candyconceptsinc.com.

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Using Plastic Fish Bowls in Your Convenience Store Display

Plastic fish bowls are classic display tools in all retail settings, and they’re especially useful in convenience stores.

Like their glass counterparts, plastic fish bowl containers are versatile and ideal for a variety of purposes; however, they’re more durable when it comes to withstanding the fast-paced, high-traffic environment of a convenience store. They’re also available in an assortment of sizes, making them perfect for everything from gumballs to small children’s toys!

Use Plastic Fish Bowls to Create Countertop Displays

Each display in a convenience store is important in its own right; without them, there would be no merchandise for the customers!

However, countertop displays are perhaps one of the most crucial kinds of displays in convenience stores. Countertop displays use a small space to showcase a vast array of merchandise just as a customer is getting ready to check out.

As you’re thinking about how to use these kinds of fish bowls in your countertop displays, consider these ideas:

• Plastic fish bowls are great for candy displays. Fill your bowls with anything from Tootsie Rolls to Jawbreakers!

• You can use these fish bowls to display small children’s toys like bouncy balls.

• Fill your fish bowls with small convenience items like travel-sized manicure sets, sewing kits, or eyeglass repair kits.

• Use your fish bowls to display common convenience items like lighters or matchbooks.

• Fish bowls are perfect for creating a display of souvenir items like key chains with your state’s logo.

Pair Plastic Fish Bowls with Wire Display Racks

Just as they work well for countertop displays, plastic fish bowls are ideal for use on wire display racks. Because wire display racks are available in many sizes and shapes, you can create larger displays and position them anywhere in your convenience store.

For example, you might want to create a display of fish bowls filled with wrapped gumballs near a larger candy display, or you might want to showcase travel-sized hygiene products near a shelf filled with full-sized bottles of shampoos, soaps, and lotions.

Use Plastic Fish Bowls in the Deli

Many convenience stores sell more than just fuel, quick snacks, and last minute items like full- or travel-sized hygiene products customers might have forgotten to pack for their trips or pick up while they were doing their regular shopping. Some convenience stores include deli-style areas where customers – whether traveling through or local to the town – can stop for a meal.

If your convenience store offers a deli-style area, you can use plastic fish bowls:

• On your deli’s countertop or on each table in the deli to collect tips from customers.

• Near the coffee machine or on each table in the deli to hold packets of sugar, creamer, and sweetener.

• On each table in the deli to hold packets of condiments such as ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise, as well as seasonings like sugar, salt, and pepper.

• On your deli’s countertop or on each individual table to offer customers after-dinner mints, toothpicks, or complimentary matchbooks.

5 Ideas for Using Fishbowl Containers in Your Business

Fishbowls are extremely popular containers for a variety of businesses. They’re available in a variety of sizes for your merchandise needs and, depending on your business’s atmosphere, you can find plastic fishbowl containers for fast-paced areas and glass fishbowl containers for locations where you want to add an extra bit of charm.

And nearly every kind of business can use them. Fishbowls are ideal for everything from retails stores to amusement parks – and everything in between!

1. Use Fishbowl Containers to Create Candy Displays

Fishbowls are great ways to create displays of candy and other small edible kinds of merchandise in your store.

Consider using a few small fishbowls for a countertop display of candy or gumballs for your customers to see as they check out, or create larger floor displays using wire display racks (see below) so you can display even more merchandise in larger fishbowls.

2. Organize Trial- and Travel-Sized Items with Fishbowl Containers

As mentioned above, fishbowls are popular tools for creating candy displays, but they’re also ideal for displaying other kinds of non-edible merchandise. As is the case with creating displays of candy and other edible items, you might want to use wire display racks with your bowls (see below).

If your store sells trial-or travel-sized items such as hygiene products, eyeglass repair kits, or sewing kits, you can display these items in fishbowls. You can even create displays of other normally small kinds of merchandise like key chains, lighters, and small children’s toys.

3. Pair Fishbowl Containers with Wire Display Racks

Fishbowl containers work great with other tools such as wire display racks. These racks are available in versions designed for countertop displays and floor displays and help you create attractive and convenient displays that work best with the amount of space allotted for your fishbowl displays.

Wire display racks also allow you to make your fishbowl container displays mobile! For example, you can obtain rolling wire display racks that allow you to easily move your display racks anywhere in your store, including outside for sidewalk sale events.

4. Use Fishbowl Containers as Collection Containers

Fishbowls are great for more than just offering your customers a product; you can also use them to collect items from your customers such as tips, business cards, amusement park tickets, and prize tokens.

Be sure to choose the material that will work the safest for how you intend to use the container. For example, if you manage a restaurant or tavern and want to include a container on each table or in your bar area, you might want to use glass fishbowls. If you plan to use your containers in high-energy, high-traffic areas such as amusement parks or carnivals, consider using plastic fishbowls.

5. Hold Prizes in Fishbowl Containers – Even Fish!

Speaking of amusement parks and carnivals, fishbowls are great ways to hold prizes for patrons who win games and challenges! True to their name, fishbowls are excellent for holding fish you offer as prizes, but they’re also perfect for organizing small inanimate prizes for your patrons to choose from.

Using Fishbowl Containers as Display Tools

From convenience stores to gift shops, many different kinds of retail businesses can use fishbowl containers as display tools.

Just take a look at how versatile fishbowls are:

• You can find both plastic fishbowls and glass fishbowls. Choose the material that best suits your store’s environment and atmosphere. For example, if you manage a fast-paced convenience store or gas station, use plastic fishbowl containers for your displays. If your store offers a more laid back atmosphere and you want to add elegant charm to your displays, select glass fishbowl containers.

• Fishbowls come in a variety of sizes, so you can choose which ones will work best with the amount of space you have work with. For example, if you plan to create a countertop display with your fishbowls but don’t have much countertop space, choose a few small fishbowl containers or one or two larger versions.

• Other display tools, such as wire display racks, work well with fishbowls. You can find these racks big enough for floor displays and small enough for countertop displays. You can use any kind of fishbowl with these display racks as long as they securely sit on the racks, but because display racks slightly increase the chances of accidents (such as a customer bumping into them), plastic fishbowls might be your best option.

Use Fishbowl Containers to Create a Countertop Display

Like traditional square or round plastic containers, plastic fishbowl containers are ideal tools for creating countertop displays. These spheres are perfect for displaying small candies as well as non-edible items like key chains, matchbooks, and lighters.

The size and number of fishbowls you use for your display will depend on how much countertop space you have. Choose the material of your fishbowls – plastic or glass – based on the amount of traffic your countertop area experiences as well as the kind of visual appeal you’re trying to create. Plastic works best for countertop areas that see high volumes of traffic, while glass adds more elegance to your display.

And, keep in mind you can use wire display racks to make the most of your countertop space (see below).

Pair Fishbowl Containers with Floor Wire Display Racks

If your countertop doesn’t offer a lot of space, or you’d rather spread your fishbowl displays throughout your store, you can use wire display racks. Wire display racks are available in designs suitable for both countertop displays and floor displays.

Choose wire display racks designed for countertop displays if your countertop doesn’t offer much room, or you simply want to make the most of the room it does offer. These racks generally come with one to three shelves and are ideal for small fishbowls filled with small candies or mini add-on items.

Wire display racks designed for floor displays offer numerous shelves and are great for showcasing additional small items at the end of your aisles next to larger, similar displays. For example, you might want to create a display of travel-sized hygiene products next to your larger display of full-sized items.

Keep in mind that placing your fishbowls on wire display racks means they’re higher off the ground, so you might want to choose plastic fishbowls for these displays.