Lil' Orbits, Inc.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55447 (947)

Here's Some More Donut News Just Received

Ice Fishing and Mini Donuts? These pictures were taken last Sunday while Sharon and I worked the Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on Gull Lake....Wow were we busy!! I ran out of donut fry just as the competition closed. There was another guy there selling mini donuts, but everyone told us that they liked ours better. I found out later that he wasn't using Lil' Orbits products, so that's that. We out sold him about 10 to 1 and the extra income was great. Not bad eh!! Pass on an atta-boy to Terry, because our ss2400G is not missing a beat...She's tuned in perfect. Rich & Sharon Hogan Eric Peterson (Taiwan) recently paid a visit to our offices. Pictured L. to R. Scott MacRae, Eric and Ed Anderson MINI DONUTS NOW IN TAIWAN Eric Peterson Breaks the Ice in Taiwan and as you can see his crew had a tough time handling the excited crowds Eric calls his operation "Honey Bee Enterprises". Since his inaugural showing at the Taiwan Food Fair he is expanding at a controlled rate and soon he hopes to have over 40 operators in his organization.   NORM LAMBERT EXPANDS HIS LIL' ORBITS OPERATION AT THE CAN WEST GLOBAL PARK IN CANADA (which hosts an AA baseball team.)   Norm has operated this lucrative location since 1999 and has now expanded his store front location to accomodate his heavy traffic. "Volume? We work 67 days per season and we're open three hours per game. We bring in $80,000 per season, hands down", was his last comment. "Gaby" Correa, PR is still our world Leader     Gaby services all his Wall*Mart and Sam's Club stores locations throughout Puerto Rico and regularly orders 500 bags of mix monthly for his 31 locations. "Gaby" also has helped others in PR to establish their own mini-donut operation.

SEVILLA , SPAIN ALIVE AND WELL thanks to Francisco and Fernando Moyano. (pictured below) The Moyano brothers have sparked some new innovations in merchandising their Orbie donuts based on their concession experience for the last 20 years in the soft serve ice cream business. Their operators benefit from their constant follow up and service and it's developing into one big family. Some of their innovations include: A new way to serve their mini donuts: A new custom built vendor cart where the canopy lowers to cover the machine for security during off hours. In Spain it's "buñuelos" by Orbie. Their web site: http://www.orbie.es/    We've missed another operator, Suzanne Tjulander who operated with the "Donut Express" for over 23 years. Sue passed away this past year, but her partner, Terrea Lea carries on. You'll see them every year at the Delmar State Fair and other important events. MINI DONUTS IN CHINA? MAYBE SOON MINI DONUTS COMING TO GREECE Marios Fischer sports another one of his Lil' Orbits concession units. The Fischers now have a good portion of Cyprus covered and are developing operations in Greece.  Including Store Fronts like this...

Jarek Schubert Lines up for Another Trade Show...... ....in the Czech Republic. Jarek, our Distributor, is now expanding his family of operators at the rate of two per month and plans to rival "Gaby" in Puerto Rico who now has all the Wall-Mart locations throughout the island. Jarek's web site is: http://www.daniels-donuts.eu SOME STUFF FROM OUR ARCHIVES Back in the 80's our crew consisted of (L to R): Pat my wife (deceased), Lou, Karen,Tony, Charlie, Ed and our mascot, Ginsing. And our traveling bill boards (we had three) This just in from New Zealand We are proud operators in Wellington, New Zealand. Pictured are clients queued for their Fresh Hot Mini Donuts. Lil Orbit Donuts are very well received at the Westpac Stadium (and other locations) with an average of 8420 donuts being sold every three hours. Please send us another SS2400G URGENTLY. Thank you. Keith and Mirusia Jaques   Thorton Street Fair St. Mary's College, NZ Wellington, NZ Judy Merrit who writes a column for the Northwoods Press in upper Minnesota wrote about her experiences with Lil' Orbits. Some excerpts: "Last Friday while I was in the cities for a carnival convention I was hit by Murphy's Law when a radiator hose broke on my way to drop off my mini donut machine for repairs at Lil' Orbits. I managed to find my way to the donut machine service department. I met Terry their technician and handed the machine over to him. When I went out to my car, steam was rolling from beneath the hood. I went back inside and asked if someone could give me a ride to the nearest service station to buy some anti-freeze. The owner of Lil' Orbits told me he could do better than that and called Terry to take a look at my car. In the freezing weather, Terry and Ryan cut off the end of the hose and reclamped the rest back on. Then they filled the radiator with antifreeze. There was no charge, they said. I drove away thinking if I hadn't had to drop off the mini-donut machine that hose would have split on my way back home and I could have been stranded in the you-can-die-if-you're-out-here-too-long cold. I still shake my head and wonder if perhaps there is a corner in heaven called Lil' Orbits."   MORE NEWS HERE

Just wanted to say that my wife and I were in Bermuda and saw one of the Lil' Orbit donut machines set up where a cruise ship had docked. It was amazing with all the great food on cruise ships and already paid for, these people were lining up to PAY for donuts! I couldn't believe what I was seeing! The operator said that he usually made about $1,000 to $1500. Wow!  LIL' ORBITS BOWS IN SLOVAKIA Peter and Zoltan ORBIE SLOVAKIA, s.r.o. just announced: "We've completed all procedures to open our first operating place. It's situated at the Thermal park (swimming pool) of Dunajska Streda, at a very attractive place. We feature Orbie mini donuts with various toppings and offer coffee and chocolate drinks as well. Things are going great! Well need some more machines and accessories soon. Thanks for your help." Our web site is: http://www.orbie.sk Peter Bartansky & Zoltan Hanak  NRA (National Restaurant Show) in Chicago, another success.   Onlookers Loved to see the Uni-Matic machine in action Mmm, mmm good!  World's Biggest Christmas Card?   This card measured 2' x 5' (61 cm x 152 cm) From Gilbert Dayrit our Distributor for the Philippines. Thanks, Gilbert