 Have your children ever come home from school, only 2 months into the school year, complaining that they’re bored with their brand new lunch box and they absolutely need a new one? An Akron, Ohio stay-at-home Mom came up with an environmentally friendly alternative to the standard plastic lunch box that is sure to hold every kid’s attention through the school year.
Each morning, Kristi Thomas spent a few moments adding a special touch to her daughter’s school snack and lunch bags. Some days, it was a love note or words of encouragement. Other days, it was a brainteaser, joke or fun fact. Whatever the theme, Kristi always took the time to handprint it, along with some cool artwork, on a simple brown lunch bag. The decorative bags quickly became a hit with her daughter’s classmates. “Kids are always asking for my lunch bags when I’m done with them, Mom or they take them right out of the trash can!” exclaimed the young Thomas. As children, teachers and parents began requesting their own sets, Kristi experienced a “Light Bulb Moment.” She hired a patent attorney, outlined a business plan and dove into the family’s nest egg. Then, with the support of her techy-savvy husband, Kristi proudly launched LuNcHoLOgy®.Today, LuNcHoLOgy® has created more than 1,000 Themed Lunch Bag Sets designed for children of all ages, as well as adult brown-baggers. Made from recycled paper and printed with non-toxic soy-based ink, LuNcHoLOgy® Lunch Bags are compostable and biodegradable. Each Themed Set includes 25 one-of-a kind creations where no 2 bags are alike. Original Illustrations and Age Appropriate Fun Facts are printed on one side of each bag, while space is allocated for a child’s name, room number and teacher’s name on the other. Topics span the gamut, from foreign languages to grosser-than-gross tidbits and sports trivia. The interesting facts and figures entice children so much, that kids are learning when they don’t even realize it! “LuNcHoLOgy® is Building Brains, Bite By Bite! ®” LuNcHoLOgy® Lunch Bags serve an additional purpose; they help children weather a variety of school days and give them a, “Dose of home in the middle of the day, when they need it most!®” LuNcHoLOgy® began its manufacturing in the Thomas’ home in 2002 and quickly gained appeal from a wide audience. Parents, teachers, grandparents, celebrities and buyers from across the country began requesting their own LuNcHoLOgy® Lunch Bags. LuNcHoLOgy® has made its way from an Ohio product launch in 2004, to the shelves of 1500 upscale grocery and gift stores across the country, and is sold online too at www.lunchology.com. As Proud Silver Sponsors of the 2006 110th National PTA Convention, LuNcHoLOgy® now also offers School Organizations a unique Fundraising Opportunity. Schools sell Customized LuNcHoLOgy® School Spirit Sets, with their very own school mascots and fun school facts on every bag and EARN 50% back to their school.LuNcHoLOgy® has captured the attention of the national media spotlight. In 2005, Ladies Who Launch (www.LadiesWhoLaunch.com) featured LuNcHoLOgy® as a Model Female Run Business. In the fall of 2006, LuNcHoLOgy® was featured on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360° and on Business Week. A National Publication, SCORE Counselor Magazine, featured LuNcHoLOgy® in the October 2006 Edition, too. We continue to be highlighted in newspapers all over the globe and have graced the February 2007 Edition of Family Circle Magazine and will be featured in the fall of 2007 in Entrepreneur and People Magazines. If that’s not enough, LuNcHoLOgy® President Kristi Thomas, Founder Madison Thomas and the LuNcHoLOgists® Crew, are guest Celebrity LuNcHoLOgy® Chefs on Cooking Stages at the Biggest Food Trade Shows across the United State's, teaching kids how to create kid friendly and heart healthy LuNcHoLOgy® Lunches, right along side other Food Network Celebrity Chefs. The LuNcHoLOgy® Live “We’re Kids and We’re Cookin’ with Mom: Heart Healthy and Kid Friendly Recipes” Stage Show gives an inside view of what's to come for the LuNcHoLOgy® TV Show, to be pitched to 3 major networks. The LuNcHoLOgy®, “We’re Kids and We’re Cookin’ Cookbook,” publishes in 2008.
Sometimes, it’s hard for the Thomas’ to believe that –
By combining one crazy idea with a lot of love and plenty of hard work – LuNcHoLOgy® was born.
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LuNcHoLOgy®, a company that makes children’s lunch bags with educational, entertaining and inspirational messages on the OUTSIDE is turning its attention to what kids put INSIDE their lunch bags.
