Non-Slip Lappers Selling Well
Her Lapper dinner trays have appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and the home-shopping network QVC.
Now entrepreneur Ashley Hatcher is taking her invention before yet another national audience.
She and her non-slip dinner trays will appear on NBC’s “Today” show, during a segment hosted by nationally known marketing guru and TV host Donny Deutsch.
Hatcher has been peddling the dinner trays since April 2006. They come in designer and collegiate styles, with silicone-based pads helping to prevent plates and drinking glasses from slipping off of them.
By August, before her first appearance on QVC, Hatcher said she had sold about 70,000 of the plastic trays that sell between $22 and $25 at various retail outlets.
During three QVC stints this summer and fall, about 11,000 more have been sold. Anytime the enthusiastic Hatcher makes an appearance on a national TV program, sales also spike on her Web site.
The slumping economy has not cut into the business, Hatcher said.
Photo by Archer Innovations.
Jaclyn on December 16th, 2008 3:00 pm
that is a fabulous idea. there’s nothing worse then when you have a tray full of food and need to reach the remote and when you move the tray the slightest bit…everything on it goes slidding onto the floor. these non-slid tray’s will do very well i suspect.
cassy on December 16th, 2008 4:25 pm
What a great invention,this will be good for the waiter in serving foods to the costomer to avoid it slidding or even at home if you want to eat in bed to avoid it not to pour in your bed, and if your answering phone while also eating, what a very comfortable thing and a very usedful one too. this is really great, im just wondering, how did she came up with this nice and unique idea? bravo Ashley.
home based business on December 16th, 2008 9:20 pm
Infomercials and QVC are awsome for some products, this appears to be one of them. Neat idea.
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