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curated niche experiences organized around a product, a place, or a cause. And, in Louisiana, it can also be a fun way to support and celebrate local businesses. Check out these seven locally-created and -curated subscription boxes, dropping custom care packages on their customers’ porches on the reg. (Pro tip: These also make great Mother’s Day Presents!)
Camellia Bean Krewe
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Doorstep Discoveries FIVE LOUISIANA-OWNED SUBSCRIPTION BOXES CELEBRATING ALL THINGS LOCAL By Jordan LaHaye Fontenot
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ne of the great enduring pleasures of online shopping, even beyond its hconvenience, is the joy of coming home to a package on the doorstep. hWhether it be a pair of shoes or a bottle of toilet cleaner, for a minute it is just a box—a symbol of consumerism and nostalgia that combines in a potent surge of serotonin. Over the last decade, one of the more innovative ways businesses have maximized the power of this effect is through the subscription box. Extending the sentimentality of opening a present to yourself, subscription boxes offer wholly-
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Just launched in February, the Camellia Bean Krewe subscription box was created by Camellia Brand as a way to share the spirit of New Orleans cuisine via America’s oldest dried bean company. In its first Spring Box of goodies, Camellia sent out a package of its signature Red Kidneys and a package of its Great Northerns—along with boxes of Cajun White Bean Seasoning and Creole Red Bean Seasoning, setting you up for a Monday night to look forward to. As a bonus: a cute canvas bag and a signature Camellia Bean Krewe parade throw. Future boxes, delivered quarterly for $39.95 per box, promise surprises of classic and heirloom beans, specialty ingredients (sometimes delivered before they are available to the general public), exclusive access to recipes and discounts, and other “lagniappe” items.
Subscribe by May 15 to get the Spring Camellia Bean Krewe Box as your first box; on May 16, you can sign up to receive the Summer Box. shop.camelliabrand.com
Anchor of Hope Box Originally founded by Adrienne McCann in North Carolina in 2015, the Anchor of Hope Box is a monthly subscription that employs women all across the globe who are refugees and survivors of human trafficking. After partnering with the business for some time, earlier this year Baton Rouge’s Rebecca Gardner, owner of The Hope Shop, took over the Anchor of Hope Box, and is now running it as a sister business to her nonprofit Hands Producing Hope. Anchor of Hope partners with organizations around the world that provide ethical
