SNOWIE SHAVED ICE COOLING DOWN TRI-CITIES FOR THE SUMMER
Tim Bonagofski and his stepfather Randy Mechell didn't embark to become shaved ice investors, it simply occurred. You could state it was resulting from their energy for engaging and satisfying individuals.
Each Fourth of July, they put on a gathering and firecrackers act for their nearest loved ones, which a year ago added up to around 200 individuals.
This year they expect significantly more individuals to appear at their Bombing Range Road firecrackers show.
It's incompletely what has made their new business — Snowie Shaved Ice — a particularly enormous achievement. Finally year's show, they needed to accomplish something unique that everybody could appreciate, so they set out to locate a shaved ice creators.
The one they found and set up at the gathering was truly not what they anticipated. It took too long to even think about making the treats.
"I was truly thinking there must be a superior thing out there," said Bonagofski.
Rather than abandoning the fantasy of the ideal shaved ice, Bonagofski began doing explore and unearthed Snowie Shaved Ice items.
"We just fell head over heels in love for the Snowie transport and we planned an excursion to Salt Lake City, Utah to see it for ourselves," Bonagofski said. "We thought, 'Amazing, this is unique. We need to do that.' We love the item and everything about the Snowie organization. They truly have the best-shaved ice creator."
Mechell concurred and as the two got back with the Snowie transport on our way back from Salt Lake City, the transport grabbed the eye of everybody they passed.
"We thought, 'This is going be extraordinary,'" Mechelle said.
While still in the principal year of activity, the men are now considering growing. They right now have their portable shaved ice transport and one shaved ice remain in the parking area of Ace Hardware in Richland. What's more, they might be add a second area soon.
For Bonagofski, what got going as an easygoing business has transformed into his everyday work and he cherishes each moment of it. He served in the Marine Corp for a very long time as an expert sharpshooter and later turned into a cop in Tukwila.
"A year ago I chose being a cop simply wasn't for me," he said. "I would not like to do it any longer."
So when he unearthed Snowie, he bounced on the chance to start a business he cherished and put stock in.
"It's an incredible business for a wide assortment of individuals — it's an item that sells itself," said Bonagofski. "We needed an approach to accommodate our family, and we will connect with an incredible number of individuals. What's more, seeing child's faces light up… it's extraordinary."
Mechell, the proprietor of The Cedar Roof Specialist, has been fixing and cleaning cedar rooftops since he was 25 years of age. He served in the Washington National Guard during Operation Desert Storm. So the shaved ice business helps set the fun back into work for him.
Snowie Shaved Ice arrives in an assortment of flavors. A famous one – Tiger's Blood – is a blend of strawberry and coconut flavors. Other famous flavors incorporate Blue Raspberry, Root Beer, and Cotton Candy. Bonagofski and Mechell are additionally playing with some all-regular genuine organic product juice flavors.
"In the event that you taste the cotton sweets it meddles with your cerebrum since it tastes much the same as cotton treats, and it dissolves in your mouth much the same as it," said Bonagofski.
The Snowie transport offers ten distinct flavors, and they let kids pick the ones they need.
"They can put the same number of flavors as they need, need blend everything up, it might cost us some cash yet we'd preferably have glad clients," said Bonagofski.
Fulfilling clients is their main thing from the business, he added.
You can get Snowie Shaved Ice at different occasions this mid year, similar to Hogs and Dog and the Water Follies. They likewise plan at having a presence at numerous Tri-Cities' stops this mid year.
The organization is additionally accessible for birthday celebrations, weddings or organization occasions.
Snowie's remain at 103 Keene Road is open from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from early afternoon to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Snowie transport wanders the Tri-Cities region from early afternoon to 9 p.m. every day. Hours are liable to change.