Kiju now available at Starbucks Canada

Wednesday, June, 30th, 2010

It’s true!  You can now purchase Kiju Organic Apple Juice boxes at Starbucks across Canada!

Our little boxes of organic goodness hit the coolers this week in the popular coffee chain, and are a great choice for customers looking for something other than a java fix (i.e. usually kids who visit the stores with their parents — but if you’re a big kid and love our apple juice, we’re ok with that too!).

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Chill Out for Charity!

Tuesday, July, 21st, 2009

Kiju Organic Juice is proud to be involved in a great campaign just launched over the weekend by the good folks at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Canada.

The concept, inspired by two sisters, Ruby and Jada, is brilliantly simple: create a Lemonade Stand (real or virtual) in order to help raise awareness and funds in support of South African youth.

Of course parents may also see it as a great summer diversion for their kids in between camps, but the impact can be far greater than that - it’s a wonderful opportunity for Canadian youth to learn about an extended world, and to empower them to create change - right in their own (real or virtual) backyard!

Check out the site and see if you can get your kids inspired!

http://www.mandela-children.ca/chilloutforcharity/

Kiju on Canada AM!!

Thursday, October, 23rd, 2008

That’s right - Kiju was featured on Canada AM this morning!  The good folks at the Canadian Federation of Indepdendent Grocers selected Kiju Organic Juice as one of the newer, Canadian based products to highlight as they promoted their Grocery Innovations tradeshow taking place this Sunday and Monday in Toronto.  Despite a little mispronunciation during the segment it was an honour to be featured and fantastic to have an organic product from a small company on display in front of the nation!

To view the clip, go to CTV’s website here: http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/grocery-innovations/#clip105330.   I’ve also posted the clip on our Facebook page - to view it, just click on the Facebook icon in the Blog section or hit this link:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiju-Organic-Juice/21172733869?ref=ts.

Healthy Kids Expo this weekend in Toronto

Wednesday, October, 22nd, 2008

If you’re in and around Toronto this weekend, consider taking in the Healthy Kids Expo at the Direct Energy Centre October 24-26.  Dr. Oz (of Oprah fame) will be there along with many other great speakers and of course tons of healthy products (such as Kiju Organic Juice of course!).  If you go, you’ll be able to try and buy all of our flavours from the Healthy Shopper booth area.  

For more information on the show, please visit their website at www.healthykidsexpo.org.

Keep it simple for back to school (or work) lunches

Wednesday, September, 17th, 2008

It’s that time of year.  New beginnings.  A fresh start.  The unofficial “New Year” for many.  Optimism abounds as routines are re-established and household organization takes top priority.

Or so you hope.  Until the realization sets in that you have to pack one, two (or maybe more!), healthy lunches in the 5 minutes you have between providing a nutritious breakfast and actually getting yourself dressed.

Keep the stress to a minimum by keeping it simple.  Easy to say, but not terribly difficult to put into practice.  In our house, we’re no experts, but we’ve found that thinking of the bigger picture really helps  – i.e. focus on the basics - some protein, some grains, some dairly, and some fruit and vegetables.

Let’s face it.  The sandwich is the cornerstone of lunches everywhere — but don’t over-think it.   Pick your protein and try putting it in a “bunless burger bun” (which are like little pitas that are pre-sliced).  They’re an excellent alternative to breads and wraps, and they come in various whole grain varieties.  And the sandwich doesn’t have to be overly fancy — we tend to keep it to a meat, some lettuce and that’s it.

Just like that, you have two groups down, two to go!  Dairy for us is usually in the form of yogurt or cheese, while veggies are cucumber and carrots for their ease of prep and organic availability.  Fruit is as simple as an apple, or even Kiju Organic 100% Juice, since one juice box contains 2 servings of fruit based on Canada’s Food Guide and also gives you over 100% of your daily Vitamin C.

And there you have it.  Nothing fancy — just a simple, nutritious foods with very little reliance on highly processed items, and with enough variety to increase the chances that it all gets eaten!

It’s working for us so far.  2 weeks down, 38 to go…..

Official Juice Sponsor of Repercussion Theatre

Friday, August, 8th, 2008

Kiju is the Official Juice Sponsor of Repercussion Theatre, Montreal’s Theatre in the Parks company. Visit www.repercussiontheatre.com for dates and locations of performances of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest this summer. Take in a show and buy a juice to support the future of this 20-year-old cultural institution!

Kiju Announces New 1 Litre box!

Friday, August, 8th, 2008

By popular demand, we’ve poured our Kiju® Organic 100% Juice into convenient 1 litre packages. Available in all four of our delicious organic juice flavours, Kiju now gives families the perfect way to enjoy as much, or as little, organic juice as they want. Plus, space-saving Tetra packaging means more juice and less waste. It’s good for you and good for the Earth too!

Learn more about our organically delicious flavours

1. June 2010
2. July 2009
3. October 2008
4. September 2008
5. August 2008