A wide range of nuts and candies out there at season store in Ridgefield
They don’t seem to be loopy.
They’re simply nuts.
Theresa and Jerry Jones take pleasure in lots of the attention-grabbing language jokes that come from their enterprise, however they take their love for his or her clients and the eagerness for his or her product very severely.
“It’s simply a lot enjoyable,” Theresa stated. “It’s an journey.”
They wish to say their clients are household.
And that household is hungry for the number of ways in which nuts could make the proper snack.
That’s NWNut.com, which focuses on tasty treats. It’s a mixture of a web based enterprise, a enterprise that goes to space markets throughout market seasons, and each vacation season, it has its personal specialty store, on the property of Theresa and Jerry’s dwelling.
And yearly, it turns into a Santa Village, proper there at 2218 NE 179th Avenue in Ridgefield.
Santa Claus is scheduled to be out there from 11 a.m. to three p.m. Saturday and Sunday to take free photos with households within the huge inexperienced Christmas tree.
Curiously, Jerry Jones and Santa are by no means in the identical place on the identical time.
“Any person has to look at the reindeer. Rudolph has fairly an urge for food,” Jerry stated. “I’m caring for Rudolph. He will get in lots of mischief.”
Contained in the store, there are every kind of nuts, with completely different flavors combined in, out there for final-week Christmas items.
Theresa stated they promote lots of hazelnuts as a result of individuals love to purchase native, and hazelnuts are grown within the Northwest. The store additionally goes by means of about 10,000 kilos of almonds yearly.
NW Nut takes these nuts and makes them particular with the best way they roast them, coat them.
Jerry stated Theresa is an professional at “taking it from a uncooked supply, from the tree, and turning it into one thing that may be a enjoyment of each chew.”
A typical yr within the enterprise of NW Nut is to take a while off to regroup proper after the vacations. Then within the spring, put together for the out of doors market seasons. That can final by means of October. Additionally, NW Nut sells its product in Astoria when cruise ships make their stops.
Then, in November yearly, the seasonal store opens on property.
The net enterprise has been up for round 10 years, Theresa stated. The specialty store began three years in the past. NW Nut began with simply 5 kilos of nuts. Theresa stated she shared them with some people, they usually wished extra.
“It’s grown from 5 kilos,” she stated.
By the years, the enterprise has additionally helped space colleges with fundraisers, with college students promoting NW Nut merchandise and retaining 50 % of the proceeds.
So far as Santa’s Village, Jerry Jones stated he simply needs extra Christmas Spirit in Clark County.
Oh, and this yr, there are additional security protocols in place whereas visiting Santa. One household at a time. Masks. Social distancing. And surfaces are cleaned between every go to.
“When individuals come right here, they’re handled like household,” Jerry Jones stated. “Final thing I would like is household getting harmed by our enterprise.”
