Velata Freezer Meal Workshops

What has evolved from a little conversation in September at Velata convention with a few other consultants led to a lot of work and now a HUGE positive response.... I'm happy to share VELATA Freezer Meal Workshops with all of you!

I'm sure you've maybe attended or at least heard of freezer meal prep. What a fantastic way for busy families or even tired mamas and dads to have a meal ready when 6:00pm rolls around after a long day of work and running kids.

I couldn't wait to book something and so I did just that. I just held my very first Velata freezer meal workshop with 9 friends last Sunday. I learned a lot bu we all had so much fun each making 8 freezer meals that all you have to do is put in the crock pot 6 hours before you're ready to chow down! Genius.

Here's how it works:

JOIN FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE: Velata Freezer Meal Parties Brainstorming Group is a FAST growing group where consultants are committed to sharing ideas and recipes for freezer meals using Velata products. Join the group and CONTRIBUTE to content of the page. Many hands make light work.

ADVERTISE: You have to get 8-10 people to interested and COMMITTED to doing your workshop about 2 weeks before the actual date. I used the following photos to help me promote the idea.

COLLECT PAYMENT: In order for you to order the product and not allow guests to back out, you must collect payment 2 weeks prior to party. I have found the best way is to send an invoice through PayPal. Accounts are free and collecting and transferring payment is fast. There is a small fee but it's worth it for me. You can add 6% to their 'Pantry Pack' total to cover shipping costs.

PLACE YOUR VELATA ORDER: Once you have collected payment from ALL participants, you can place your Velata order.  You will definitely have enough to place an actual PARTY order. This means that if you're the host of the workshop, you are earning FREE and HALF PRICE Velata product. If you have a host, those can belong to her OR you can offer her 'Pantry Pack' for free OR offer her to use the half price item.

SEND OUT YOUR SHOPPING LIST: Each workshop participant must bring their own groceries. You will have a shopping list that you will email out to each individual participant after receiving their payment. Prices of their groceries will vary.... some may have frozen meat already in freezer, some will only purchase organic, some will shop for everything, some will have most on hand. The prices vary so when asked, I share just that.

PREP FOR PARTY: You need to have enough utensils, knives, cutting boards, measuring cups, measuring spoons, liquid measuring cups, can openers, garbage cans, tables and a large bowl per participant available. I found quite the variety at my local dollar store. I purchased some there, some at amazon and some at Target. You also need to have enough gallon freezer bags - 8 per participant. You will see the labels on the facebook page and the recipes. I printed all of the labels out and placed them on the freezer bag prior to the workshop. I also printed out each recipe so the participants could take home a copy of them to use the rest of their 'Pantry Pack.' That's the whole goal for me and us as consultants.... getting our product into our friends and customers hands and teach them HOW to use our product EVERY DAY. There are a few ingredients that I supplied for the workshop too. Make sure you have plenty and you double check the shopping list.

DAY OF PARTY: Be a helper! Help wash vegetables & utensils, share ideas on how else to use our products and listen to the laughter and conversation. My friends loved this! You can also showcase other Velata products - cook a snack on raclette, make some crepes, sweets and chocolate or snacks with cheese.... share what Velata is and why you love it! Show your customers how they can use Velata every single day.

Now that I've done one, I feel prepared to do many more. In fact I already have 2 more workshops filled and 3 girls want to host their own! I know this is going to be HUGE for our Velata businesses. Are you willing to put in a little extra work up from to help your business take off? Women and moms want this.... they NEED this. Be the one who helps them and you'll see AMAZING results.

Here is a little note from one of my friends:
Hey Jari I just wanted to thank you SO MUCH for the wonderful cooking event on Sunday. We already tried two of the meals and they were both delicious! I wanted to cry because it was the first time I did not feel STRESSED out trying to cook something in 30 min or less because we had to run out the door or we came home late. Thank you again. This was truly a blessing.