We want to apologize to all of our customers for our inability to keep raspberries in stock. There is a world-wide raspberry shortage that stems largely from a substantial shortfall in the first and second Chilean harvests of late 2007. This shortage has resulted in huge price increases and unmet shipping commitments.

Our supplier received only 25% of his order (at triple the price) and has not been able to find anymore. It is hoped that this situation will stabilize once the Serbian crop comes in which is not until mid –July. It is very difficult to know when more will become available, but as soon as we are able to find any raspberries we will purchase them immediately and get them back into your smoothies. The attached article provides more details if you are interested.

Raspberry shortage article

In the meantime; in the three smoothies which usually have raspberries…

• The Raspberry
• The Red Apple
• The Blue Orange

We can replace the raspberries with strawberries. The smoothies are different, but they are still delicious. If this change doesn’t suit you, we would love to suggest another option from our menu. A good place to start might be the Raspberry 50 / 50 (which is our April Special). It is refreshing and is made with raspberry juice, raspberry sherbet, and vanilla non-fat frozen yogurt.

Again, we apologize and will resolve this situation as soon as possible.

Art, Scott, and Keric