SYDNEY SUPPLE: ADAM MAZZONI HAS BEEN SERVING SWEET TREATS FOR FIVE YEARS AS THE WONER OF DOWNTOWNS SWEET ON CHOCOLATE.
ADAM MAZZONI: “YOU WALK IN AND WE KNOW YOUR NAME, WE KNOW YOUR ORDER AND IT’S JUST THAT…IT’S LIKE ANYTHING IN LIFE WE MAKE A CONNECTION AND ONCE THAT CONNECTION IS MADE IT IS HARD TO BREAK.”
SUPPLE: THEIR BUSIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR AND FEBRUARY 13TH AND 14TH. WHERE THEY COMMIT TO STAYING OPEN LONGER TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO IS LOOKING TO SPREAD A LITTLE EXTRA CHOCOLATEY LOVE ON THE HOLIDAYS CAN DO SO.
SUPPLE: “NOW ACCORDING TO NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION 14.2 BILLION DOLLARS ARE SPENT ON VALENTINE’S DAY ALONE. FIFTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THAT IS SPENT ON CHOCOLATE AND CANDY ALONE.”
SUPPLE: WHILE MOST PEOPLE TALK OFF FOR THE HOLIDAYS, MAZZONI AND HIS STAFF WORK EXTRA TO DELIVER EVERY SWEET TREAT AND IN THIS CASE CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRIES THAT ONE WOULD NEED.
SUPPLE: “HOW MANY OF THESE WOULD YOU SAY YOU DIP A DAY?”
MAZZONI: “OH, A DAY IS HARD. A FEW SEVERAL HUNDRED, FOUR, FIVE, SIX HUNDRED. TOTAL THE PAST THREE DAYS WERE ESTIMATING ABOUT TWO THOUSAND.”
SUPPLE: FOR MAZZONI AND HIS STAFF THEY WORK EXTRA TO BRING TWICE THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTS TO MAKE THE MONTH OF FEBRURARY SPECIAL FOR THOSE WHO STOP. FROM N-C- NEWS I’M SYDNEY SUPPLE.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Chocolate is a treat that most people enjoy indulging in, but to one Syracuse man, it is more than a sweet treat. Chocolate is his life.
Adam Mazzoni has been an owner of Sweet On Chocolate in downtown Syracuse for five years where he has prided himself on evolving his chocolate shop.
“We have increased our offerings of treats, invested in more marketing and taken a deep interest in building relationships with our customers,” said Mazzoni.
For Mazzoni every day is a day where his chocolates can bring a bit of happiness into people’s lives but on two days of the year, he works overtime to deliver. Those days are Valentine’s Day Eve and Valentine’s Day.
On a normal business day, Sweet on Chocolates staff dips around four to five-hundred chocolate-covered strawberries, but for these two days they do about four times the norm. That goes not only for strawberries, but their other offerings of chocolate covered pretzels, pineapple, apples, potato chips, oreos, and so much more.
The reason they do it is simple, to ensure that everyone who wants to have the opportunity to spread a little chocolatey love.
