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#CatChat: Get your ONO boxes

By Catherine Toth Fox • April 15, 2013 • Videos

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In my line of work, I often come across businesses doing some pretty cool things.

But Hello Makana is doing something that made me actually say, “Oh, man, what a great idea!”

Here’s the deal: this company, run by Wei Fang and Kina Mahi, puts together boxes full of unique, created-in-Hawaii products on a subscription basis.

Similar to CSA (community-supported agriculture) boxes that farms send out, these boxes have a variety of goods, from locally made popcorn to graphic prints designed by local artists. Monthly subscriptions start at $27 — and you never know what you’re going to get each month. I love that!

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But even cooler than that, Hello Makana launched ONO boxes (left). These are care packages you can send to anyone on the Mainland or Neighbor Island filled with local goodies such as Banana Foster Jam by Monkeypod Jams from Maui, Passion Fruit Butter by Rainbow Falls Connection in Hilo, or 100 percent organic Kona coffee by Cloud Forest Coffee from the Big Island.

Boxes are $35, $55 and $90; that includes tax and domestic shipping.

What a great gift idea for college students and homesick friends. (Think Mother’s Day, too!) And the best part? The company supports local businesses.

Watch my #CatChat and learn more!

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16 Comments

  • Reply David Jackson April 15, 2013 at 3:29 am

    By domestic shipping are we talking local Hawaii or are we talking USA in total?

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 15, 2013 at 7:49 am

      The entire US. Cool, right?

      • Reply David Jackson April 15, 2013 at 10:26 am

        Very cool… you should take one to NYC.

        • Reply Catherine Toth April 15, 2013 at 10:30 am

          I think I’m going to send one to my friend I’m staying with after I leave. Then I don’t have to lug it with me!

  • Reply David Jackson April 15, 2013 at 3:31 am

    OK… now I watch the video and my question is answered, smack forehead and feel embarrassed, so I think I will order a box.

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 15, 2013 at 7:49 am

      ***SMACK***

  • Reply Annoddah Dave April 15, 2013 at 4:25 am

    CAT: Guud idea with local fuud!

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 15, 2013 at 7:49 am

      I know! I want to buy one for myself!

  • Reply M April 15, 2013 at 7:05 am

    Hello Cat,
    Great Idea!

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 15, 2013 at 7:50 am

      Agreed! I can’t believe no one else is doing something like this!

  • Reply rayboyjr April 15, 2013 at 8:56 am

    Hey Cat … wow … something to look into … I send my Sis up in California a package with stuff from Wholesale Unlimited … always the same old stuff …

    … I’ll watch the vid later … see what kind of items are in the care packages … my Sis has two teenage girls who still tend to like the candy and snacks …

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 15, 2013 at 10:30 am

      I know! I’m obsessed with them! I have a list of receivers already!

      • Reply rayboyjr April 15, 2013 at 11:10 am

        … I wanna be your friend … haha …

    • Reply Catherine Toth April 15, 2013 at 10:36 am

      Does Wholesale Unlimited have pre-packed gift boxes???

      • Reply rayboyjr April 15, 2013 at 11:11 am

        … yeah, they have a few for mailing … but I just choose my own stuff and pack it myself …

  • Reply KAN April 16, 2013 at 10:12 am

    This. is. GENIUS. Gonna check ’em out.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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