Pineapples LLC

What An Awesome Start to 2011!

kclong — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:34:55 +0000

I cannot begin to tell you how amazing 2011 has been so far! First, in January we brought on Jenny as our first official Pineapples representative. Jenny is a stay at home mom, photographer & doula who heard about us through one of the homes we visited. Jenny caught on quickly & has been out sharing our sponsors stories with the new homeowners for the past 3 months! In February, Alyce joined our team as our West End Pineapples representative, visiting 30 houses a month. Alyce is a born n’ bred Richmonder who is passionate about her city! In March, we were blessed with a new addition to the Pineapples family: Carter Virginia Long was born on March 10th at 8:26am ! While in the hospital, we met a wonderful nurse, Sarah Katherine who loved our business concept & ended up signing on to deliver 30 baskets a month in the Southside of Richmond! In mid April, Jenny introduced us to her friend Jennifer who lives in Westover Hills & was interested in delivering 10 baskets a month to the Westover Hills/Bon Air area! Jennifer & Sarah Katherine will both start delivering to these areas in June!

The Welcome Basket

kclong — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:20:45 +0000

Many people have requested that I put up pictures of the baskets that are delivered to the new homeowners. Here is a recent picture of the Richmond City Basket! Let us know what you think!

Here’s to 2011!

kclong — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:27:54 +0000

How quickly a year flies by! Pineapples has officially been in the works for 1 year & delivering baskets to new homeowner’s in the Richmond City area for 6 months! The end of the year led to a slight drop in home sales, but we were still able to maintain 70% of our normal number of visits!

In 2011 we look forward to beginning our expansion into all of Greater Richmond, while continuing to sustain strong relationships with local business owners & new homeowner’s!

Here’s to 2011 being a year filled with blessings for each of you, your loved ones & your businesses!

Fall Is Here!

kclong — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:54:03 +0000

September was a wonderful month to be out delivering welcome baskets. The temperature has finally begun to cool down & everyone seems to be back from vacations! Richmond City is averaging close to 40 homesales a month & I have found that I can easily get infront of 10 of those new homeowners.

This past month we added three new businesses to the baskets: LaDifference (contemporary furniture), Hand-I-Maids (top-notch house cleaning) & Grove Avenue Family & Cosmetic Dentistry…all 3 of these are MUST HAVES for any new homeowner! LaDiff not only has amazing furniture, they also have some great trinkets & gifts for when you need that last minute housewarming or hostess gift..they provided wonderfully scented candles to the new homeowner’s, which everyone seemed to really appreciate! Hand-I-Maids is Top Notch certified which is great, but my favorite thing is that you will have the same person cleaning your house each visit, not someone new each time! Grove Avenue Family & Cosmetic Dentistry became a part of the welcome baskets after I visited one of the dentists, Dr. Beck, for an actual welcome visit…after meeting, he said “My practice would love to be a part of this”…how cool is that?

Other exciting news it that a “baby” pineapple will be arriving in March, which means that I am on the lookout for great individuals to add to my team, especially since I will soon have my hands full! If you know of anyone that is friendly, passionate about Richmond & loves helping new businesses succeed then be sure to send them my way!

3 Months In!

kclong — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:35:13 +0000

It’s hard to believe that we have been delivering welcome baskets for the past 3 months! What’s harder to believe is how much fun we have had doing it! Meeting with local business owners & hearing their stories as to how they are impacting the community has been great! Getting to share those stories with new homeowners is even better! Also, being able to greet newcomers to the community & usually getting a tour of their beautiful homes is also quite a perk! What a blessing to have such a rewarding & fun career!

Great Weekend of Welcome Visits!

kclong — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:15:41 +0000

This past weekend was a great weekend for welcome visits! Between Saturday & Sunday I was able to meet with 8 new homeowners within Richmond city. Each new homeowner, especially those that moved from out of town, were more than welcoming & enjoyed learning about the local businesses. Rostov’s Coffee & Tea (our latest addition to the basket) was a huge hit!! Everyone was thrilled to receive the fresh ground coffee, Richmond blend tea & tea diffuser. I personally enjoyed the wonderful aroma of coffee that filled my car! Many of the ladies were blown away at the fact that Virginia Physicians for Women is offering $50 off massages to any new homeowner that mentions Pineapples…I have a feeling they will definitely cash that in after all the hard work involved in moving!

Kicking Off In June!!

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:03:49 +0000

I’m very excited to announce that after many months of hard work & preparation, it is now officially time to start my welcome visits within the Richmond City Area! I have been fortunate to meet a number of great businesses over the past few months that are excited to be sponsors within the Richmond City welcome baskets!! Be on the lookout for stories about our welcome visits as well as our wonderful sponsors!