Posts Tagged ‘Marketplace’
- Alibaba : Alibaba.com is marked as the largest online B2B e-commerce website in the world serving over 35 millions of users.
- Bridgat: Bridgat.com, eshtablished in 2007 has within short period of time has proved its presence in b2b marketplaces.
- China.cn: China.cn is a government authorized B2B website based in Beijing, and founded by the China Internet Information Center.
- EC21: EC21 is the largest B2B marketplace in South Korea, with buyers and suppliers from over 200 countries and regions.
- ecplaza: This is another Korean e-commerce website based in Korea. It has launched four language versions: English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- ECVV: This is a new business-to-business directory in China. It is serving millions of manufacturers and global buyers in the world. It categorizes its content by Product Directory and Business Directory.
- DHgate: Dhgate.com, a totally new entrant in B2B industry, is serving a third-party payment escrow. The buyers pay through PayPal and funds are deposited into DHgate account.
- DIYTrade: Based in south China, DIYTrade is one of the leading directories for exporters and importers. It is. Formerly known as eBigChina.com,
- globalsources: This is the first company listed in stock market. It is famous for its quality suppliers. Infact many manufacturers from China choose to pay a big amount of money to become a verified supplier.
- GlobalSpec: This is search engine specially designed for the engineering industry. It provides online resources for industrial parts, specifications and related services.
- IndiaMart: It is the largest Online searchable business (B2B) directory & yellow pages of India with more than 300,000 Indian & Foreign companies maintaining the list of indian exporters, importers & service providers, foreign exporters, importers & service providers. Recognized by CNBC & BBC for its contribution to Indian suppliers.
- Kellysearch: One of the leading directories of U.S. manufacturers in the world. It also has country specified B2B search engine in U.K., Germany, Netherlands, and India.
- KOMPASS: The second largest companies directory in the United States. It has web pages in 27 languages and 8 individual sites for country-based markets.
- Made-in-China: The world second largest manufacturer directory in the word. It provides sell offers for buyers all around the world.
- MainOne: It is a big Chinese manufacturing directory. It has recently launched its English website for foreign buyers and suppliers.
- Manta: This is actually not a B2B marketplace. It simply provides company profiles for B2B industry.
- Meritline: With headquarter in US and operating branch in China, it is one-stop trading solution for suppliers and buyers.
- ThomasNet: The largest B2B directory in the North America. This portal focuses on machinery and other industrial products.
- tradeindia: An Indian B2B website, Tradeindia offers trade leads for both India and Foreign exporters, manufacturers, and service providers.
- TradeKey: The largest Business to Business marketplace in Middle East.
Trading is described as the intentional exchange of goods only, services only, or both. It started out as the direct barter of goods and services. Nowadays, traders utilize money as its medium of exchange.
Because of modern technology, trading now becomes easier. You do not have to be meeting the exporter, importer, manufacturer, wholesaler or supplier in person. Transaction can now be made through the internet. Buying from the different suppliers can be made by browsing the different products of the different manufacturers. On the other hand, if you are selling your merchandise, you can make a product catalog and post them in the net to be readily accessible to whoever is interested in them.
There are several online services that aid in connection between buyers and sellers wherever they are throughout the world. Tradenote.net e-Marketplace is among them. And they offer their service for free. All the interested manufacturers should do is to register its company.
Sellers, exporters, suppliers, wholesalers or manufacturers can promote their product through the Tradenote.net e-Marketplace. The process is so easy. First, register the company name and viola! You get a free website, you can create the product catalog which will be available online, you can post an advertisement for the product you are selling and you can get inquiries through email from international buyers. All members who registered for free can now post and advertise up to 30 trade leads or tradeleads and 30 products. And here’s more, if you opt to be a paying member, you get to post more products and at the same time the company is given a higher rank in searches, and their products are advertised more.
On the other hand, the site also requires buyers to register before getting the chance to buy any product. Buyers can now search and choose through the site the products that the different sellers have posted. It is now easier for them to select the suitable seller through the company directory, who offers the right package. All they need is to submit the buying application. Likewise, these buyers can also make their list of merchandise that they are interested to purchase by submitting inquiries. Then the buyer will now be receiving alerts from other traders who wish to start business with them.
Tradenote.net e-Marketplace’ mission is to advertise and at the same time consolidate various services and resources into one site. In this way, small to medium-sized companies will be able to compete and penetrate international trade and global trade. Even small businesses have the chance to go international.
Through the Tradenote.net e-Marketplace, there is a systematic incorporation of several trading houses that results in an increase of product exporting. It is its objective to created global trade lead awareness of export import companies. It is a matter of business to business or b2b concept. Tradenote is doing business with companies that are doing business as well. It is just a matter of getting the exact sourcing, and the various companies that are being served by the site are its answer.
The ClickBank Marketplace for Information
The Click Bank Marketplace features over 10,000 products to promote. Commissions as high as 75%. High-converting products drive high ROI on your marketing programs. Reliable and accurate tracking gives you credit for your successful marketing strategies. We manage the publisher relationships, so you always get paid what you are owed.http://affiliatenetworkssites.blogspot.com
ClickBank makes it easy to become a successful affiliate. Opening an account and gaining access to our marketplace will provide opportunities you can’t afford to miss.
1.Sign Up as a ClickBank affiliate. 2.Search the ClickBank marketplace for products to promote. 3.Incorporate our simple “hoplink” into your marketing campaign. 4.Earn commission on every sale, plus extended commissions on recurring billing products.
Affiliate marketing is an internet marketing practice where a business rewards affiliates for each customer that purchases something on their site. Affiliate marketing has been impacted by the rise of blogging and interactive online communities. Affiliates are now able to get closer with their customers and have a more personal relationship. This is one of the best forms of marketing if used efficiently and ethically.
Now that you know what affiliate marketing is, what are some of the advantages?
1. Affiliate marketing boosts sales and opens up new marketing channels.
2. Merchants only have to pay their affiliates when a lead has been generated or there has been a sale, which is cost effective marketing.
3. Marketing allows smaller companies the chance to expose their products on websites that already have a great number of people looking at them. Affiliate sites also benefit from this type of marketing because they receive a commission for every sale they make for their website.
With all the advantages, there are about as many disadvantages. Some of the disadvantages are:
1. Affiliates may mislead or falsify advertising in order to get the sales commission. The affiliate may make promises regarding the product which are completely wrong or exaggerated. If this happens the merchant will usually receive complaints and potentially lose customers.http://affiliatenetworkssites.blogspot.com
2. Merchants could promise high commissions to get new affiliates and then lower the commission rate a couple of weeks after getting the new affiliates.
3. There are link hijackers that hijack the affiliate link and then get paid the commission that the affiliate is suppose to be getting paid.
4. Dishonest merchants can close down their program without telling the affiliate and without paying them their commission.
There are many advantages and disadvantages to internet marketing affiliate programs, most of which have been listed in this article. No matter what the disadvantages are though, affiliate marketing is one of the best forms of marketing available on the internet today and is a great way for you to make money. If you are looking for a way to make extra money and help others market there business, affiliate marketing is right for you.Find your Affiliates programs
You’re hired! In today’s sophisticated job marketplace these are the words we’re waiting to hear. But that’s at the END of the job search process. How does it start?
If you don’t understand how the job marketplace works you could lose big time. You cold lose a lot of time and money chasing the old-fashioned techniques for finding a job . . . you know, like flooding the market with your resume and waiting for the phone to ring.
And you could lose because when you take that kind of easy, automatic approach you also put yourself right in the middle of all the competition where your odds of being a finalist are slim. In other words, you’re requiring an employer to evaluate you against potentially dozens of other candidates.
But, perhaps most importantly, you lose because you’ve turned over to someone else the decision about what’s the best of all jobs ideally suited to your specific needs and expectations. You’re expected to take whatever is offered without considering any alternatives.
Understanding where a hiring decision comes from is critical to your employment success. You see, the decision to bring you on board doesn’t happen spontaneously. It evolves over a period of time. Here are the steps:
1. A need is identified within an organization.
2. That need evolves into a description of the job required to fill that need.
3. The qualifications of the person to fill that job emerge.
4. A job search is initiated.
5. Candidates are identified and reviewed.
6. A finalist is selected.
A traditional job candidate typically enters the process in Step 5 . . . after a job description has been firmed up . . . after the qualifications have been pre-determined. The problem is you are now just a resume — one of the many being screened for consideration. So, you’re up against lots of COMPETITION!
But what if you entered the process at Step 1 or Step 2? Now, you become part of the job creation process. You are bringing your expertise to the table in response to needs as they’re being uncovered and discussed.
Getting you into the decision-making process before a job description is finalized . . . where you can help create your own job . . . where you can be part of the solution without any competition . . . that is what working the job marketplace on your own behalf all is about. That’s how you avoid losing big time!
There are many proven alternative techniques and strategies available. They can help you intervene in the decision-making process at exactly the right point. And uncover a superior job and income opportunity in record time!
The Trials and Tribulations of Finding Writing Work in the
Freelance Work Marketplace
There are many ways to find freelance writing work on the net.
The most popular method is by signing up to one or more of the
many freelance work sites available. There are a ton of them to
choose from. Take Elance.com for instance, it is the site that I
am known as a “service provider” and it’s where I get most of my
writing projects. While I do also have offline clients, mostly
corporations, Elance is a good supplement to my writing
business.
However, there are some things that you should be aware of
before you go rushing off to sign up to one of these sites. Take
a look! (I will use Elance as an example because it is the one I
am most familiar with).
Costs: Many of these sites don’t charge a signup fee, however,
many charge either a monthly fee (can be quite steep like
Elance, writing category, $75 per month for select provider
status), or they charge a transaction fee for each project you
accept. Many charge both (again Elance does this, 8.5% of total
project amount).
Categories: Many of these sites break out their projects into
levels such as basic level, where basic providers can bid on
basic projects and select providers, where select providers can
bid on any job, basic, or select. They also have a category in
writing called professional for $40 per month where you can bid
only on basic projects as well. Of course, as you may have
guessed, you pay a higher price for select as you are looked at
as an expert in the field, whether you are or not. Elance
doesn’t check, so if you are willing to shell out the $75 per
month, you too can be a select provider.
Bidding: Now this is where it really gets competitive, the real
dog-eat-dog stuff. The reason is that, say for instance that you
are paying $75 per month to bid on projects plus an 8.5%
transaction fee for each project you bid on, then along comes a
provider that underbids you and gets the project, regardless of
your skill level, portfolio or client references. It is
disheartening and frustrating. You’ve just been passed over for
what is known as a “low-baller.”
Low-balling is a frequent practice on these sites, especially
from foreign providers whose cost of living is a lot lest than
the US. Also, you will find “newbies who have no experience,
portfolio or references stoop to this to get the project to
build these things.
You may be thinking that this may be understandable in some
cases because everyone has to start somewhere, right? Wrong!
Actions like this devalues our skills as a writer and says to
prospective clients I work cheap, use me like slave labor!
Additionally, you will always find providers who will underbid
you simply because they outsource the work and get a percentage.
So they can make money without ever doing the work themselves.
They can afford to bid less because a piece of the pie, which is
better than none at all.
This also undermines the skills of writers trying to make a
living off writing. They are basically deceiving the client by
not disclosing that they have a “team” or writers that the work
will be outsourced to. Again, this prevents you from getting
work. My personal belief is that if you have a team of writers
and you are a legitimate business, then you owe it to the client
to disclose it. It will also help the other providers bidding
against you to swallow it better. It becomes more of a way of
doing business and less of a sneaky tactic.
To top it all off, a lot has to do with the way the contracted
work site markets itself. Elance, one of the largest freelance
work marketplaces on the net, markets themselves as basically a
place where customers can get “cheap labor.” This prevents
providers from being able to place a bid based on what they are
worth in terms of skills, experience and expertise. They
basically have to bid what the Elance marketplace will bear,
which in most cases is peanuts in comparison to what writers in
the real world make. Providers on Elance are literally at the
mercy of customers because they flock to Elance to get a
500-word article written for $5 or a 100 page ebook for $300.
Both absurd prices by the way and a fraction of what writers in
the real world get. This type of marketing makes it so hard for
more seasoned writers to bid higher, because so many providers
on Elance are willing to offer these ridiculous prices.
There are times when you will come across a potential client
that is willing to meet your price, but it doesn’t happen as
often as you think. It would be great if this continued and
clients would wake up to the fact that they “get what they pay
for.” Many have found the cheap labor source to be unreliable in
terms of content and delivery. I have been contacted many times
by Elance customers who paid one provider their low fee to write
something, only to ask me to rewrite it at a higher price (I
won’t bend on my prices, work or no work) because the provider
either: Took a down payment for the work, did half of it and
disappeared, or Plagiarized entire work, word for word, or Just
did shoddy work.
It appears on these sites that customers have to learn the hard
way sometimes. So when they contact me for a rewrite, I charge
my going fee, and you know what? They pay it without blinking an
eye and you can bet they learned a valuable lesson the hard way.
Unfortunately these kinds of actions on the part of the
providers give good quality writers a “black eye.” It causes
customers to be skeptical and leery of what we say we can
provide them in terms of our skills and expertise. So it makes
the bidding and negotiation process that much more difficult.
Unfortunately I am only familiar with Elance, however, I do
believe that the actions that I have described here, do exist on
other sites as well. You can visit any one of them and see how
low the bids are for various writing jobs. It appears to be the
norm out there.
Signing up? Take a look for yourself, visit these sites and
learn all you can about them before making a decision to fork
over your hard-earned money on a subscription. It may be quite
awhile before you will even see a small return on your
investment!
Elance.com Guru.com Getafreelancer.com Freelanceyourproject.com
Contractedwork.com Rentacoder.com
Now, luckily I have been with Elance since 2001 and have built
up a portfolio, a long list of client references and even made
some decent money. But it hasn’t been easy and I would hate to
see anyone else jump in thinking that their troubles are over
and the money will start rolling in. I have branched out and
obtained corporate clients that have become long-term clients.
You may not be so lucky or it may take you just as long if not
longer to get to that stage. So keep in mind before you shell
out high monthly fees coupled with a percentage of the project
amount that trying to eke out a living as a freelance writer on
these contracted work sites is rocky going at best. It may take
months before you are awarded your first project from a client.
Don’t quit your day job just yet! Good luck in your writing
endeavors!
Copyright 2005 Lorraine Cote
This article may be freely reprinted as long as the author’s
information and copyright notice remain intact.
DATELINE: MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA…
For a few days in August, Endicott Street in Boston’s North End will be transformed into “Cirelli Way” a fitting tribute to the late John Cirelli who first purchased Italian food products from suppliers in the North End in 1946 and sold them door-to-door from the trunk of his car, the first “Cirelli warehouse.”
Visitors to St. Anthony’s Feast, christened by National Geographic as the “Feast of all Feasts,” are invited to stroll down the Haymarket side of Endicott Street in Boston’s historic North End Friday August 29 –31 and experience a day in Italy at the all new Cirelli Marketplace while shopping, eating, and meeting new friends.
Cirelli Marketplace is a St. Anthony’s Feast original that is being offered for the first time in the 89-year history of the feast. Cirelli Marketplace will play a major role at the feast with numerous Cirelli Marketplace vendors joining in the festivities, offering quality brand name products and tantalizing foods that are a staple of fine restaurants throughout New England. Specialty food items and gift baskets featuring an assortment of Italian foods will also be offered.
Attracting millions of visitor over the years, St. Anthony’s Feast has been celebrated in Boston’s North End since 1919 as a tribute to both St. Anthony and the Italian culture, bringing the traditions of the small town of Montefalcione, Italy to Massachusetts. Colorful parades, live entertainment, and feasting on traditional Italian cuisine are hallmarks of the festival honoring Montefacione’s patron saint, Saint Anthony of Padua.
The original Cirelli Marketplace, located in Middleborough, MA, is the retail division of Cirelli Foods, offering restaurant quality foods at warehouse prices. Cirelli Foods rose from it’s humble beginnings as a one man operation founded by John Cirelli in Brockton, MA, to its present position as an $80 million business that is New England’s largest family owned broad line foodservice distributor with over 4,000 customers in the Northeast.
Summer Fun
Cirelli Marketplace’s Classic Car Cruise Night, an entertaining and FREE outdoor community event that is open to the public, is held every Saturday from 4 pm to 8 pm at Cirelli’s Middleborough location at 30 Commerce Boulevard. Classic Car Cruise Night is a fun family night featuring hundreds of cars, music, and Cirelli’s famous hamburgers and hot dogs, which are offered for a nominal fee, with all proceeds going to Children’s Hospital.
On Fridays from 4 to 7 pm, Cirelli Marketplace also hosts a local Farmer’s Market outside, showcasing the wares of local farmers and crafters.
To join in the fun at Cirelli Marketplace take Exit 6 off of Route 495 and follow Route 44 East to Middleborough, travel 3/4 the way around the rotary and take Route 18 North toward Bridgewater, then take the first right onto Commerce Boulevard, the entrance to Cirelli Marketplace is on the left. Regular Cirelli Marketplace hours are Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 8 pm, and Sunday from 8 am to 7 pm.
From Humble Beginnings
Originally founded in Brockton over 60 years ago, Cirelli Marketplace, the retail division of Cirelli Foods, was originally referred to as Cirelli’s Cash & Carry. Today the 17,000 square foot Cirelli Marketplace provides customers with the opportunity to shop for name brand products at warehouse prices, with no membership fees.
Cirelli Marketplace, located at Cirelli Foods’ Middleborough facility, contains 4,000 on-shelf products, and provides access to any of the other 10,000 items in stock in their warehouse. The Marketplace is a state-of-the-art retail operation offering a wide selection of name brand foods, paper goods, beer and wine as well as a full selection of liquor.
Cirelli Marketplace is located at 30 Commerce Boulevard in Middleborough, MA, with close proximity to Interstate 495, and Routes 44 and 24. For additional information about Cirelli Marketplace please call 1-508-947-8211, email marketplace@cirelli.com, or visit www.cirelli.com.
What is Broadband
Broadband can be described as a way to share information or any chunks of data that lies on the vast network known as the internet. The term ‘Broadband’ explains the method that is used in conjunction with this data in order for it to be sent and retrieved. In short and easy terms, you could explain broadband by saying that it was the prime successor of dialup modems. During the dawn of the internet, where houses were beginning to get connected using first-generation modems, these little box would allow a transfer that varied between a couple of kilobytes per second to around fifty kilobytes per second; with broadband, these transfers can vary from hundreds of kilobytes per second to literally thousands of kilobytes per second. Seeing the net amelioration in data transfer, it was quite comprehensible that many companies wanted to get control over this new technology. No single company was able to grab the title of ‘monopoly,’ thus every one of them were able to keep on existing (which could not have beenpossible through a monopoly) and altogether, we can classify this group of companies as the Broadband Marketplace.
What does the Broadband Marketplace do?
An easy way to define a Broadband Marketplace is to think of it as a giant mall where you can go shop for the broadband distributor of your choice, instead of having to deal with a single company that controls all of the market. A very good point about having a group of providers instead of a single entity is the resulting war that will ensue between them. Providers will obviously try to get as many subscribers as possible, and to do so, they will have to attract you in any means necessary; this resulting feud means that you can look around for rebates, bonus, referral programs and many innovative market stunts that they will offer, all will be in the customers advantage. Below, you will see some points that tackle this so-called marketplace, as well as tell you what you should be looking for aside from the cheapest provider available.
Which Broadband Provider is the best?
Sometime, we look at similar products and we make our choice based solely on one aspect, the price. As far as it goes, selecting the cheapest service is a valid way to pick a provider, but it is probably not the best.
Connection Speed
When you are browsing through websites or downloading content, data packets are transferred from your computer to the location of those packets. The transfer rate should vary from 256 kilobytes per second to 1.5 megabytes per second and the higher the number is, the better it is for you (while taking in consideration that 1.5Megs is the highest of the two, as it is close to 1500 kilobytes per second.) As well, some Broadband provider may have a clause in which they reinforce a cap or transfer limit in which you cannot download more than the said limit per month. Depending on your activities, you may ask tech-savvy friends if the imposed limit of a provider is enough for you.
Service
Just like every other service out there, your internet connection is bound to come face to face with trouble; when those time arise, you will undoubtedly have to call your provider’s customer service. Be sure that the provider that you select has a good reputation when it comes to customer service, as there’s nothing worst for you than having trouble with your line, and have someone on the tech support that is not being helpful to you.
DATELINE: MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA…
Calling all classic car enthusiasts! Cirelli Marketplace is hosting a season long Classic Car Cruise Night/Car Show at their Middleboro, MA location at 30 Commerce Boulevard.
Every Saturday from 4 pm to 8 pm, starting June 7, 2008, the Marketplace invites local cruise night fans to rev up their engines and head to Middleboro for a chance to show their stuff. No registration or fee is required to display a classic or custom car.
To kick off the season, Cirelli staffers will fire up the grill and offer Cirelli’s famous hamburgers and hot dogs for free. After opening night, local non-profits will be invited to man the grills and charge a nominal fee for food and drinks to benefit their organization. Cirelli Marketplace customers are welcome to join in the fun, casing out the cars and voting on the most impressive set of wheels in the show. Music and contests will also liven up the evening.
Cirelli Marketplace Manager John Santos welcomes local car enthusiasts, “We’re pleased to be able to offer local classic car fans a place to gather. There aren’t a whole lot of places available locally for them to get together, particularly on a Saturday night. As the season progresses we’re hoping to be able to team with local non-profits to also help them use this night as a way to benefit their organizations.”
To join Cirelli’s Classic Car Cruise Night at Cirelli Marketplace take Exit 6 off of Route 495 and follow Route 44 East to Middleborough, travel 3/4 the way around the rotary and take Route 18 North toward Bridgewater, then take the first right onto Commerce Boulevard, the entrance to Cirelli Foods is on the left.
Classic Car Cruise Night hours are from 4 pm to 8 pm every Saturday, starting June 7, 2008. Regular Marketplace hours are Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 8 pm and Sunday from 8 am to 7 pm.
For further information contact Mike Grant at 508-844-7720 or email MGrantKRS@aol.com.
From Humble Beginnings
Originally founded in Brockton over 60 years ago, Cirelli Marketplace, the retail division of Cirelli Foods, was originally referred to as Cirelli’s Cash & Carry. Today the 17,000 square foot Cirelli Marketplace provides customers with the opportunity to shop for name brand products at warehouse prices, with no membership fees.
Cirelli Marketplace, located at Cirelli Foods’ Middleborough facility, contains 4,000 on-shelf products, and provides access to any of the other 10,000 items in stock in their warehouse. The Marketplace is a state-of-the-art retail operation offering a wide selection of name brand foods, paper goods, beer and wine as well as well as a full selection of liquor.
Cirelli Marketplace is located at 30 Commerce Boulevard in Middleborough, MA, with close proximity to Interstate 495, and Routes 44 and 24. For additional information about Cirelli Marketplace please call 1-508-947-8211, email marketplace@cirelli.com, or visit www.cirelli.com.
ozLance.com.au is a new Australian based website portal targeting the needs of many business professionals. ozLance.com.au offers a convenient service for both freelance professionals looking for work and clients looking to outsource a project. The Australian freelancing industry has largely been untapped so far, simply for the fact that most companies who offer a similar service are based in the USA.
ozLance.com.au is therefore filling a much needed gap in the Australian and New Zealand marketplace. Previously it has been quite frustrating for clients and freelancers alike to outsource and find jobs due to long distance communication problems and delays.
Because of the convenience of locality, professionals can now communicate through ozLance’s inbuilt private messaging system. It makes for faster and speedier completion of awarded jobs.
Clients such as Australian Webmasters, Small Business Owners with websites or blogs, EBay Store Owners/Sellers, Publishers, Real Estate, Photographers, Corporations, Banks, Telemarketing Companies, Accountants, Translation Agencies, Teachers, Schools, Universities, Lawyers, Media Providers or Insurance Companies are targeted by ozLance.com.au. Basically any business looking to outsource their services should consider registering with ozLance.
Registration for clients is free and they don’t have to pay to post a project. They can list any number of projects accompanied by an available budget. Upon completion of a project done by the freelancer, the client simply pays the freelancer for a job well done.
After the completion of the free registration process freelancers such as Web Developers, Programmers, Graphic Designers, Writers and Copy Writers can bid on any project they find suitable to their experience. They can set the price for the job according to the clients budget. ozLance’s listings also include services such as accounting, surveying, telemarketing, photography, research, translation, legal services, testing and more.
Once the freelancer’s bid is chosen, he/she will have a prearranged time frame to complete the job. Upon completion of the project to the clients satisfaction, the freelancer will get paid from the client. Freelancers will have to pay around 5% of their bid amount to ozLance.com.au.
ozLance’s services provide an ideal environment for businesses around Australia and New Zealand. It is however also open to the rest of the world.
DATELINE: MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA…
Cirelli Marketplace in Middleborough, MA has brewed up a fun way to celebrate the upcoming summer season. Dads, Grads (21 and over), and June brides are all welcome to join in a month long celebration of summer as Cirelli Marketplace offers complimentary micro brew tastings from their specialized selection of craft beers on Saturdays from June 7 through July 5 from 12 noon to 4 pm.
Edgar “Buzzy” MacDonald, Cirelli’s own resident expert who has decades of experience in the industry, will be on hand to pour, explaining the nuances of each type of micro brew. The first tasting on June 7th will feature selections from Atlantic Brewing Company of Bar Harbor, Maine, Delaware’s Dogfish Head and additional organic beers.
Quality and diversity are the hallmarks of Cirelli Marketplace’s collection of artisan beers that includes selections from across the globe. Hard-to-find Belgium ales are available including Chimay and Orval, authentic Trappist beers brewed within a Trappist monastery, under the control and responsibility of the monastic community. Only 6 beers in Belgium can carry the appellation “Trappist”: Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren and Achel.
Additional ethnic beers are in the mix including Tsingtao, the most popular Chinese beer in the United States, Sagres from Portugal, the abbey beer Affligem from the Flemish village of Oproyk, and Alsatian Fischer beer from France.
Local New England microbrews are also well represented with Long Trail Ale’s Double Bag from Vermont, family owned Vermont based Otter Creek, Massachusetts’ Wachusett Brewing Company, and Boston’s own Sam Adams. Craft beers from across the US are also part of the selection including beers from New York’s Brooklyn Brewery, Delaware’s Dogfish Head, Leinenkugel’s Wisconsin brews, San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing, and Colorado’s Flying Dog Ales.
In addition to the Saturday micro brew tastings, Cirelli Marketplace really kicks off the summer season on June 7th with Cirelli’s first Classic Car Cruise Night of the season from 4 – 8 pm, and Cirelli’s Annual BBQ Bonanza from 2 – 6 pm.
To join in the fun at Cirelli Marketplace take Exit 6 off of Route 495 and follow Route 44 East to Middleborough, travel 3/4 the way around the rotary and take Route 18 North toward Bridgewater, then take the first right onto Commerce Boulevard, the entrance to Cirelli Marketplace is on the left. Regular Cirelli Marketplace hours are Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 8 pm, and Sunday from 8 am to 7 pm.
From Humble Beginnings
Originally founded in Brockton over 60 years ago, Cirelli Marketplace, the retail division of Cirelli Foods, was originally referred to as Cirelli’s Cash & Carry. Today the 17,000 square foot Cirelli Marketplace provides customers with the opportunity to shop for name brand products at warehouse prices, with no membership fees.
Cirelli Marketplace, located at Cirelli Foods’ Middleborough facility, contains 4,000 on-shelf products, and provides access to any of the other 10,000 items in stock in their warehouse. The Marketplace is a state-of-the-art retail operation offering a wide selection of name brand foods, paper goods, beer and wine as well as a full selection of liquor.
Cirelli Marketplace is located at 30 Commerce Boulevard in Middleborough, MA, with close proximity to Interstate 495, and Routes 44 and 24. For additional information about Cirelli Marketplace please call 1-508-947-8211, email marketplace@cirelli.com, or visit www.cirelli.com.