{"id":4259,"date":"2019-05-14T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T20:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdem.flywheelsites.com\/?post_type=publications&#038;p=4259"},"modified":"2021-06-16T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:51:40","slug":"le-monkey-bar-reaches-for-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/publications\/le-monkey-bar-reaches-for-new-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Monkey Bar Reaches for New Heights!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"primary alignright\">\n<p><strong>For the third\u00a0summer in a row, Le Monkey Bar will be back on the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge with new and even more delicious offerings of cookies, cheesecakes, cakes, and pastries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Run by owners Muriel\u00a0Dupuis and Rahim\u00a0Limam, the \u201cBar\u201d is an eco-friendly kiosk that offers all-vegan desserts; nothing is made from animal products.<\/p>\n<p>After competing in the 2018 edition of\u00a0<em>La Fosse aux Lions<\/em>\u00a0(think Dragon\u2019s Den) and winning in the \u201caudience favourite\u201d category, the Bar\u2019s visibility skyrocketed. The event put Dupuis and Limam squarely on the Francophone community\u2019s radar, and more importantly, gave them a newfound status as professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Limam explains: \u201cWe developed our concept at St.\u00a0Boniface\u00a0University as students, so at first it was difficult to be taken seriously.\u00a0<em>La Fosse aux Lions<\/em>\u00a0changed everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the pair of entrepreneurs generated $50,000 in sales, which allowed them to invest in a professional kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A key purchase, since\u00a0<em>La Fosse aux Lions<\/em>\u00a0has allowed Dupuis and Limam not only to develop new products but also add a catering service for events and companies. The investment will be money well spent.<\/p>\n<p>Limam remembers when they started catering: \u201cOne day, a company called us to make vegan desserts. It was new to us but we couldn\u2019t say no!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today they\u2019ve gained experience and can develop and offer products tailored to their customers\u2019 tastes. Their goal for this new season: double their sales compared to 2018!<\/p>\n<p>And with their new neighbours, the Ker Breizh cr\u00eaperie, winners of the 2019 edition of\u00a0<em>La Fosse aux Lions<\/em>, they\u2019re anticipating a successful season. \u201cKer\u00a0Breizh will attract a new clientele, who will then discover the products that we offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dupuis and Limam see this shared territory as a great opportunity, rather than competition. \u201cWe complement each other,\u201d says Limam. \u201cOur products are different. We\u2019re just there to support each other so that we both have an excellent business season!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4258,"template":"","type-de-publication":[69,68],"class_list":["post-4259","publications","type-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-de-publication-business-services","type-de-publication-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/4259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publications"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"type-de-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-de-publication?post=4259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}