Happy Friday everyone! It has been another interesting week here with many new cigars and even a new drink for you to enjoy.
Monday was incredibly busy with online orders! I think it was our busiest day of the year so far! I was picking cigars orders with Josh, we were picking orders almost all day! It was incredible to see how many orders we had. Towards the end of the day Josh helped the packing department whilst I quickly sorted out cigars which had gone out of stock.
On Tuesday, we were all exhausted from a busy Monday but we kept our spirits high. We picked all of our online orders and I noticed a lot of people ordering the Drew Estate Blackened range. They are brilliant cigars and one you need to try, i’ll always remember enjoying the Drew Estate Blackened M81 Maduro Toro – One of my favourites. In the afternoon, Lisa and I finally executed our big plan. Loyal readers will remember over a year ago we converted a spare cupboard in the shop into a humidor to store all full boxes of New World cigars – Unfortunately due to the conditions needed to store the cigars, we struggled to keep them in the correct condition at all times and so we removed the display table from inside the Cuban humidor, build some shelving and now all of our New World boxes are in there! Our two purpose built humidors are a lot easier to manage and so we decided to put them in there and it is much better!
Wednesday was the continuation of moving the stock over. As you can see, we hold a lot of stock! During all of this, we had to make space for some new cigars – Padilla Cigars. They look very interesting as it sounds like they have tried to make them as Cuban as possible without using any Cuban leaves. Even the boxes are traditional Cuban style boxes. Afterwards, Lisa and I worked together to count the New World full boxes.
On Thursday, I wasn’t doing stock count for a change! Lisa and I decided to train Scarlett on the stock count side of the business. So it was Lisa and Scarlett this week while I spent the day picking all of the online orders. I had a very large order that took a lot of time to pick! This customer certainly likes his Plasencia’s as I felt like I picked every Plasencia we have! As well as many different Olivas. I actually felt sorry for the person packing the order with the utmost care. During the day, I was working with the London office to ensure we had the right amount of discontinued stock online. It can be difficult when a cigar gets discontinued as we then must put the exact stock online and on occasion our stock levels can change and so we need to communicate – but I’d like to think I have a good relationship with my London colleagues. We also received a brand new drink for you to try! Now I can’t call it a spirit as it is non-alcoholic. It is called All In Non-Alcoholic Lager. It is a fantastic drink that you all need to try and I imagine it would pair well with a Drew Estate Blackened.
On Friday, I started my day by picking orders. The Aladino Orchant Seleccion has proven to be a hit with our customers and it seems like every order has one currently. They are a limited edition cigar so make sure you get them whilst you can! I also noticed another new cigar come in – Chateau Diadem Monkey Business. I’m not a fan of cigars without the band but the Chateau Diadem range is brilliant and so now I feel I must try these. In the afternoon, I stock up our shelves and ordered more cigars, ready for another busy day on Monday.
I hope you have enjoyed this weeks going on.
So long for now.
Oliver.