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Happy New Year! News
by John on January 5th, 2009 at 9:06 AM 3 CommentsYay! It is 2009! Go Team.
This year to celebrate the price for the Crackheads2® 12-count trays was reduced $31.20 per tray, that is a 20% savings off the retail price!
Also, we just moved into a bigger warehouse space with taller ceilings, more docks, and are looking to expand some positions in the near future.
There will also be some new Crackheads® / Jitterbeans™ t-shirts and gear coming out soon!
Posted in NewsOsmanium Newsletter December 2008
by John on December 10th, 2008 at 10:46 AM 0 CommentsHello and welcome to the Crackheads® Candy Newsletter December 2008!
This is the first installment of the Osmanium Candy Company Newsletter. We sincerely hope all of you have enjoyed your Crackheads® products and would like to introduce our newest Super Caffeinated candy with 2 names: Crackheads2® or "Crackheads squared" and Jitterbeans™.
Each box boasts approximately 600mg of Caffeine! That is the same caffeine content as in 6 cups of coffee, 7.5 Red Bull® energy drinks, or 11 cans of Mountain Dew®!
They taste great and will put some serious pep in your step! Come give them a try. On the order page enter LAN for 10% off your order!
Order Crackheads Here: http://crackheadscandy.com/order/
Order Jitterbeans Here: http://jitterbeanscandy.com/order/
Crackheads® and Crackheads2 is now carried in F.Y.E Stores
We are proud to be one of the chosen candies now carried at 550 of the 800 some F.Y.E(For Your Entertainment) stores around the United States. Go buy a box for the ones you love.
Store Locator: http://www.fye.com/Store-Locator_stcVVcatId474286VVviewcat.htm
New bulk vending machine program in full effect
We partnered up with Renegade Energy Group to offer $0.50 vending machines for Crackheads2 and Jitterbeans. The program is a little over a month old and we have almost 500 machines already sold! People love the product and the large profit margin is a great way to get your fix and make some money at the same time!
Please visit: http://www.renegadeenergygroup.com and drop us an e-mail about your interest.
New sponsorships
We are proud to have been sponsoring numerous LAN events and gaming systems around the country the past year with Crackheads and Crackheads2, some are:
and we are excited to have recently sponsored
Rhett Bobzien
an exceptional athlete and power lifter than competes in the Highland Games:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_games
http://www.scottishmasters.org/mwc2008results.html
He is the highest ranking amateur in his class. We think Jitterbeans™ will help Rhett throw entire trees, launch boulders, and hurl burlap sacks of straw higher than anyone else in 2009!
Do you have anything that you love to do and want to feel the warm glow of being sponsored? Perhaps you have a hidden talent that allows you to draw Picassos with your tongue, or perform high level mathematical calculations in your mind? Maybe you have telepathy, or know Oprah, or can kickflip back lip a double kink, or do a ho-ho. Drop us a line, we would like to get you some candy.
Osmanium happenings
We are moving to a larger facility and are happy to report that we have added some new sales positions, warehousing, and marketing people. We are also working on new product development, an education section for the website, and trying to not eat all of our products before it ships out. We also choose a new logo for Osmanium:
This comes from Bill Barder, an old animator for the Tiny Toons cartoon show
That is all for now, thank you for you enjoy our products! Please let us know if you have any comments, questions, concerns, or ideas.
John
Osmanium Candy Company
(800)495-0174 x3
Crackheads and Osmanium Press
by John on December 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 PM 0 CommentsSeptember 24th, 2008Schneider Associated Most Memorable New Products of 2008
October 16th, 2008 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Big dreams from beans"
May 2008, The Pioneer Press
May 23rd, 2008 The Onion, "All Candy Expo 2008: Like kids in some kind of a store"
May 19th, 2008 Minutes to Millions Segment on CNBC's Donnie Deutsch's, "The Big Idea" with Kevin Nealon
2 judges gave it a yes! Website poll loved it!
2008 M Magazine
Review Energydrinkreview.com Crackheads Product Review
February 13th, 2008 Wall St. Journal Article, "Stimulus Plan: Pack it Full of Caffeine"
November 12th, 2007 Medical College of Wisconsin, Spotlight on Science series, "From Idea Conception to Market: How Crackheads Candy Grew in Wisconsin"
March 21st, 2007 OnMilwaukee.com, "Crackheads spell success for local entrepreneur"
April 30th, 2007 Chemical Engineering News, "All About Vices"
2007 Shepard Express
2007 Confectioner
2007 Distribution Channels
Posted in News, PressWe're now in F.Y.E Stores!
by John on November 25th, 2008 at 1:01 PM 0 CommentsSt. Nick is coming up!
If you are looking for a delicious, unique, caffeinated gift this holiday season look no further than your local F.Y.E store! F.Y.E is now carrying Crackheads and Crackheads2 at most of their locations.
Stop in and buy a box, your friends are saying thank you already!
To find a location near you click here
Posted in Candy, NewsJitterbeans Launched! New Osmanium.com Website!
by John on November 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 AM 0 CommentsLove the Crackheads® product, but not the name? To please you we created a new name for our new ultra caffeinated Crackheads2® product to put your mind at ease. Please visit: www.JitterbeansCandy.com
Jitterbeans™ was officially launched October 14th, 2008 along with this new Jitterbeans.com website! We have been getting a great response. People love the taste and the nice caffeine kick!
We also have a bulk vending machine opportunity for interested individuals at www.RenegadeEnergyGroup.com Shortly there will be a banner on the site.
Posted in Business, NewsJournal Sentinel Newspaper Article on Osmanium October 16th, 2008
by John on October 17th, 2008 at 10:23 AM 0 CommentsHere is an article on Osmanium that appeared in the October 16th, 2008 newspaper.
Big dreams from beans By KRISTINE HANSEN Special to the Journal Sentinel Posted: Oct. 16, 2008
Who he is:
John Osmanski
What he does:
Owns Osmanium, which makes chocolate-covered espresso beans
John Osmanski's boutique candy empire got its first jolt during an all-night video game session at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, before he was even a student there.
"I essentially made a big pancake of chocolate and coffee," he said.
Osmanski, 27, is the founder and owner of Osmanium, a Milwaukee company that produces chocolate-covered espresso beans under the names Jitter Beans, Crackheads and Crackheads2.
He still loves to snack on the chocolates, which are sold in 1.3-ounce boxes at local stores, including Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, Beans & Barley and Koppa's Farwell Foods.
"If you don't love it, what's the purpose?" he said.
Who he is: John Osmanski
What he does: Owns Osmanium, which makes chocolate-covered espresso beans
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Crackheads is what Osmanski and his MSOE classmates - he graduated in 2006, with a degree in biomedical engineering - called people who tried to function without a morning cup of coffee.
One box of Crackheads2 / Jitterbeans chocolate-covered espresso beans, he says, is equal to the caffeine in six cups of coffee, 7 1/2 energy drinks or 11 cans of cola.
Since starting his company in 2004, Osmanski has expanded it from a handcrafted operation to a large-scale company.
While he used to make the chocolates on a double-boiler in his kitchen ("just to see if anyone would like them") and print the boxes at a local Kinko's, today he employs a team in Madison to assemble the boxes, and the chocolates are made at a plant elsewhere in the Midwest.
In September, Osmanski signed a deal with another company to make and sell customized vending machines (dispensing a handful of his chocolates for 50 cents) to universities, hospitals, stores and other businesses.
So far, the venture has sold a couple hundred of the machines.
"I don't know if this would happen if I were in, say, Texas," Osmanski said. "I like this city a lot. The traditional way of business does apply, but there's so many other methods. You can use your friends and family as a test market, for instance."
It's all a far cry from his first business, a skateboard shop in Wales that he sold after a year to concentrate on college.
"Everything is happening all at once," he said.
Posted in PressCRACKHEADS2 Launched!
by John on October 17th, 2008 at 9:21 AM 4 CommentsHello hello,
Finally we have our new product(s) launched. There is a sister website for our product, Jitterbeans(tm), which is the same as the Crackheads2 product but marketed in a different way. These new products provide a delicious rich chocolate and coffee taste, along with a huge caffeine kick. Crackheads2 will help motivate you throughout your do no matter what you do. The problems in dealing with hot liquid coffee and odd tasking energy drinks is over. Enjoy a pick-me-up anytime, anywhere!
Each box of Crackheads2(tm) / Jitterbeans(tm) contains the approximate equivalent of 6 cups of coffee, 7.5 energy drinks, or 11 cans of cola!
You will also notice more changes to the website in the next week or so as we update each section with new Crackheads2 information.
Please let us know if you have any questions,
-Osmanium
EDIT: Dec 3rd, 2008: Crackheads2 is available at 550 F.Y.E stores across the United States as well as many of the retailers that currently carry Crackheads. The list will be updated soon, we have become professional jugglers lately....Sort of. Lookup your nearest F.Y.E location here
Posted in Candy, General, NewsNEW PRODUCT SNEAK PEEK
by John on September 10th, 2008 at 3:06 PM 1 CommentEveryone is awaiting the new product employment, and it is almost here! Below is a sneak peek of the new product.
New Product Name: Crackheads squared(r) and Jitterbeans(tm)
Now in 2 names for your delectable pleasure
Features:
Delicious flavor
600mg of Caffeine per box! That iss 6 cups of coffee, 7.5 Red Bulls(r) and 11 cans of Mountain Dew(r)!
Delicious rich dark chocolate(avg. 60% cocoa), espresso bean center, light candy shell, and Caffeine added.
Retail Price per box: $3.25, that is about than $0.50 per cup of coffee!
Totally legal, functional, good for you, and NO HYDROGENATED OILS or HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUPS
More to follow....
Crackheads caffeine re-test, martinis, website updates
by John on July 12th, 2008 at 6:57 PM 1 CommentHello there,
Amongst other things the caffeine of Crackheads was re-tested and is actually pulling an average of 200mg per box. That is about 2.5 8 ounce Red Bulls or 2 cups of coffee per box. The caffeine level per box depends on the amount of white chocolate vs. dark chocolate pieces in each container. So, for all you caffeine junkies out there eat up!
Also Crackheads make a delightful chocolate martini addition. Crushed Crackheads on top melt into the drink and make it neural numbingly good. Be sure to use decent grade alcohol to avoid the noid(hangovers) the next day.
There will be some website changes happening; some clearance sweatshirts with the old logo, updating retail locations, news page, etc. eventually. Also we are proud to have sponsored the Fragapalooza LAN in Canada last week.
Posted in Candy, Energy, HealthWhat's New!
by John on June 16th, 2008 at 11:00 AM 0 CommentsHello hello,
It has been a few weeks since we exhibited at the All Candy Expo and our minute on CNBC, and a lot has been happening since. We currently opened up a bunch of new clients(find us pages to be updated as soon as I can prod our web developer), closing some expansion programs, and a slew of other items(such as a potential gummy product). We also currently employ the services of over 80 handicapped individuals in Wisconsin to help with some of our fulfillment services. Wee Haaa!
P.S. Juggling 2 companies, full time work, a marriage, and law school isn't easy, sorry for the lack of responses to e-mails at times.
P.P.S. I'm looking for some ANSI artists, where you ever in an art group? iCE, ACiD, CiA, no not really? Contact me if you want to do a logo or two.
John
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