Wednesday, 9 December 2015

The Story behind Sweet Sensation






Sweet Sensation was the 3rd food business venture that its owner, Kehinde Kamson, started before seeing major success(the name of the 1st was fish mongers, while the 2nd was Citicate,the city caterers).

 
Citicate was a supplier of assorted pastries to MediLag,UTC, and then eventually Mr Biggs(the dominant player in the Fast-Food business in Nigeria at the time)

While supplying Mr Biggs with pastries, she was highly influenced and inspired. Hear what she says about her experience:
 
"Mr Biggs inspired me beyond imagination. It was not just the boost in my sales but the impressions I had as I watched on a daily basis their sales staff counting loads of cash. I must confess I found that cash counting sight very inspiring!... The cash counting at Mr Biggs went on the whole day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. My Prayer point became: "Lord make our money counting sessions as long as Mr Biggs!"
 
Four years after supplying to Mr Biggs, she decide to open her own brand. This was how Sweet Sensation was born.



She started Sweet Sensation in the back of her family home where she set up a small bakery. She then moved to what she calls her "first shop" which was the Security/Gate house at her father's house in Ilupeju, Lagos. 

Here she sold pastries, Ice-cream, Chicken with rice, and Chinese food. Her young business expanded rapidly, which led to her opening her second outlet at Victoria Island, Lagos.


Now in its 18th year of doing business, Sweet Sensation is a successful and well known brand in Nigeria.
Kehinde Kamson is an example of an entrepreneur that faced the odds, built steadily and progressively and applied prayer and her relationship to her God to her business life.

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