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Gourmet food company Tastefully Simple was the recent sponsor of the backstage retreat at the Academy of Country Music Awards. The Awards show aired May 18th on CBS and featured all of the biggest names in country music. This year, Tastefully Simple, a direct sales company that sells its goods through at home parties, supplied the stars with gourmet treats at “The Retreat” backstage.

Among the treats given to the singers were a variety of chips and salsas including the Corn, Black Bean Salsa and the Cilantro Olive Salsa as well as Tastefully Simple’s popular Blue Aztec chips.

Along with the backstage samplings, stars such as Kenny Chesney, Dolly Parton, and Carrie Underwood were given products to take home and enjoy.

It has been a recent trend lately for many MLM and Direct Sales Company’s to appear in gift baskets at awards shows. We’ve seen other company’s such as Shaklee participate in other awards shows. It’s a great chance for the company to get a lot of great attention and publicity.

“We’re delighted to participate in this year’s ACMA show and introduce some of music’s biggest names to our products,” says Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple founder and CEO. “It’s fun to think of these stars munching on a big scoop of our Cilantro & Olive Salsa.”

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Gourmet Food and Direct Sales Company, Tastefully Simple and Women For Hire -the nation’s top producer of job fairs and recruiting events for women, joined together this spring to promote new career opportunities for women. Women for Hire named Tastefully Simple its 2008 Direct Sales Company of Choice, commending the company for its dedication to building up and supporting women in their desire to achieve success and financial independence.

This year, the Spring 2008 tour began February 28th and just recently concluded April 17th in Philadelphia. Both companies proclaimed this year’s job fair tour as an amazing success bringing thousands of women out to meet recruiters and talk to hiring managers from top companies. Since 1999 Women for Hire has had over 10,000 success stories come from their various job fairs and conferences.

“Partnering with Women For Hire is an excellent way to reach women interested in independent, flexible and rewarding work,” says Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple founder and CEO. “Direct sales is an industry that offers incredible opportunities for women to achieve the lifestyles they dream about.”

Tastefully Simple is a direct sales company that features home taste-testing parties. The company offers ready to make gourmet food that requires only one or two additional ingredients and are easy to customize for each family. The company is now in the middle of their spring and summer product promotion offering for a limited time gourmet meals and deserts with fresh fruity flavors. The new products are available until September 1st, 2008.

Tastefully simple has been around for over a decade and has grown into a $100 million dollar company with over 26,000 consultants nationwide.

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Tastefully Simple (Alexandria, MN) which offers gourmet foods through more than 24,000 independent consultants nationwide, and Women For Hire, which is the nation’s top producer of recruiting events for women, have joined together in promoting the ideal career opportunities for women.

This spring Women For Hire will host 10 high-caliber career expos around the nation where Tastefully Simple will have a presence as the organization’s direct sales company of choice.

“Partnering with Women For Hire is an excellent way to reach women interested in independent, flexible and rewarding work,” says Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple founder and CEO. “Direct sales is an industry that offers incredible opportunities for women to achieve the lifestyles they dream about.”

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