Post by Moon Seeker on Feb 4, 2008 11:32:47 GMT -5
Feb 04, 2008 - 04:05:27 CST
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - Internet sales have exploded since Red Lake first started its Web site four years ago. Annual online sales for Red Lake Nation Foods jumped from around $10,000 the first year, to more than $250,000 in 2007.
Red Lake's products are being purchased worldwide, with the heaviest sales in Canada, Germany and the U.K.
"The growth is phenomenal," says Joel Rohde, manager of Red Lake Nation Foods.
Rohde says before the Web site was created, most of the tribe's wild rice and other products were sold to wholesalers or small-scale retailers close to the reservation. The Internet has created unlimited opportunities for Red Lake to get the most out of its resources. Farmed wild rice is Red Lake's biggest seller, but the Web site also features homegrown jams and jellies, maple and berry syrups, and crafts made from birch bark.
The tribe's Web site is www.redlakenationfoods.com.
www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/02/04/news/state/148084.txt
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - Internet sales have exploded since Red Lake first started its Web site four years ago. Annual online sales for Red Lake Nation Foods jumped from around $10,000 the first year, to more than $250,000 in 2007.
Red Lake's products are being purchased worldwide, with the heaviest sales in Canada, Germany and the U.K.
"The growth is phenomenal," says Joel Rohde, manager of Red Lake Nation Foods.
Rohde says before the Web site was created, most of the tribe's wild rice and other products were sold to wholesalers or small-scale retailers close to the reservation. The Internet has created unlimited opportunities for Red Lake to get the most out of its resources. Farmed wild rice is Red Lake's biggest seller, but the Web site also features homegrown jams and jellies, maple and berry syrups, and crafts made from birch bark.
The tribe's Web site is www.redlakenationfoods.com.
www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/02/04/news/state/148084.txt