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Who we are and

HOW WE CAME TO BE

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After a vacation to Kauai, and an impulse purchase of the ultimate souvenir (a shave ice machine!), Peggy + her then partner, Martyn, created frostbites with the intention of having a fun summer together selling shave ice at the farmers markets.

With only 2 main goals in mind:

1. To connect with the large farming community surrounding them.

2. To connect with their diverse community along the Sea to Sky corridor.

frostbites was born in the summer of 2010.

A promise of using predominately locally grown ingredients to make their syrups, instead of using the common artificially flavoured day-glo & flavoured ones, frostbites became known for their fresh, unique, whimsical flavours.

Peggy knew she was on to something great when her farmer’s market booth became a weekly stop for kids of all ages. Alongside the boom of local distilleries in BC, customers started demanding to be able to take bottles of frostbites syrups home with them to stir up cocktails and craft sodas.

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Thanks to strong community support, in 2013, Peggy established herself as syrup manufacturer, bottling up seasonally inspired syrups year round in Squamish, BC.

Use frostbites syrups to craft drinks, boost smoothies, drizzle over desserts, brighten up popsicles, or add to any other culinary endeavour.

You can find frostbites on the shelves of select, locally owned stores, as well as being served in restaurants and cafes around BC.

Where to buy

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PEGGY

With a life-long career in the food industry, and almost 20 years of travelling the world as a chef for musicians on tour, Peggy is the creative force behind frostbites. Influenced by her travels and what the farmers in the surrounding communities are growing, Peggy is ever intuitively developing new flavor profiles. “I’ve always had a passion for local handmade foods, as well as the community experience of farmer’s markets, so this seemed like a perfect fit for me”. Always creating, always experimenting. Never boring!

MARTYN

If Peggy is the creative brains, Martyn is the brawn, but it was his love of Hawaiian style shave ice and an impulse purchase of their shave ice machine after a vacation to Kauai, that led them down this road. He truly is the master ice shaver with ninja like skills when dishing up cones on any given day. A long time Whistler local, working within the service industry, Martyn was looking to get out of the corporate structure and to work in an environment that better reflected his values. “I want every day to feel like a carefree summer day”…… or a Hawaiian vacation!

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