Are your morning consumed with never ending conference calls, errands, or client meetings? Lunch time gives workers a chance to just take a break from what you’ve been doing and take a breather. At HotRef, we’ve complied a short list of how you can make the best of your lunch time. Plus, we have also added a few promotional products that can be useful and make your lunch a little more enjoying! Most promotional products listed can be customized to include a company name, logo, or a little phrase. In turn, these promotional products are also great gifts and giveaways to employees at corporate and business events.

 

1. Eating Well

If you’re always eating a lot during your lunch break, chances are it’s probably not healthy food. Start by making the right choice by packing something healthy for lunch like a soup or salad! It does not require that much effort and time either! Our reusable lunch boxes and containers are great for storing your salad or soup! Some of our containers (like our Thermos Food Jar) can retain your soup’s warmth for a long period of time.

From top left to bottom right:

• Color Dip Lunch To Go
• Cool Gear® Deluxe Salad Kit
• Salad Shaker Set
• Thermos® Food Jar with Spoon – 16 Oz.

2. Saving Money

Tired of spending money eating out with your coworkers? Take a few minutes out of your day and pack a lunch in one of our popular Lunch Coolers! They’re insulated to keep your food fresh and your beverage cool! There are many ways you can go about preparing a lunch:

• Pack a quick sandwich and drink in the morning
• Before you go to bed, prepare a lunch for the next day for you to take to work
• Meal prep for the week – plan out what meals you want to eat the week before, prep them in containers and leave them in the freezer.

From top left to bottom right:

• Indulge Lunch Cooler
• Kodiak Lunch Cooler
• California Innovations® Classic Lunch Bucket
• Spirit Lunch Cooler

3. Relaxing and Recharging

Work can sometimes be a little stressful, with deadlines that need to be met and back-to-back meeting. Why not use your lunch break to relax? If you’ve been dealing with clients all day and do not want to be disturb, just plug in your headphones and zone out to your music or podcast. At HotRef, we carry a wide variety of headphones and earphones that can help you relax and tune out  any background noise.

From top left to bottom right:

• Twister Earbuds
• Blaze Light-Up Earbuds
• Bass Headphones
• Rockz Earbuds

4. Building Relationships

Lunch is also a great opportunity for coworker to mingle and build relationships.  Hit the gym, go out to eat lunch, or stay in the office and share a meal — these are great opportunities to create a friendship with your coworkers.  While hanging out with your coworkers,  it’s also important to stay hydrated throughout the day!

If you’re going to hit the gym with your coworkers during lunch, stay hydrated with our sports bottles! They’re durable, travel friendly, and come in a variety of colors and designs!

From top left to bottom right:

• Hydracoach BPA Free Sport Bottle
• Marathon BPA Free Sport Bottle
• Aquos BPA Free Sport Bottle
• bobble® Sport Water Bottle with Tether Cap 22 oz

For something more casual, our tumblers are also great bottles to keep you hydrated throughout your day! Most tumblers are built with double walls for protection from either hot or cold drinks.  We have an array of tumbler designs and colors to choose from — so pick one that suits your best.

From top left to bottom right:

• Tower Vacuum Tumbler 16oz
• Beacon Tumbler 15oz
• Groovy Double Wall Tumbler 18oz
• Swivel Lid Stainless Tumbler

Our stylish Mason Jars are also a perfect way to stay hydrated throughout your work day and during lunch time! At HotRef, we offer a variety of mason jars:

From top left to bottom right:

• Vintage Mason Jar 25oz
• Game Day Mason Jar 25oz
• Vintage Double-Wall Mason Jar 20oz
• Game Day Double-Wall Mason Jar 20oz

Hope these tips and ideas can help you enjoy your lunch time at work! Check back next week for more promotional products from HotRef!

-Nina A.

HotRef.com carries more than just favors for weddings and parties, we also carry corporate or business gifts as well. If you need to celebrate company event or trade show, let us give you a few tips on what items are sure to be a hit for your event. All of our promotional products can be customized, in no particular order here are some of the top products we recommend.

Best Sale Corporate Gifts for Business Events

Companies often hold some parties and give several business gifts for staffs in order to let them keep a positive and optimistic attitude towards daily work. We are now making a recommendation on several best sale products for your reference. The items such as bottle opener credit card opener, padfolio, bottle, pens, tote bag cooler are the best sellers. You may select some as you like according to your special taste.

Credit Card Size Bottle Opener

Credit Card Size Bottle Opener is our top selling corporate gift. With its sleek look and convenient size, this bottle opener will be a popular gift and a hit for your staff. It is the most popular item form Leed’s and can be imprinted with company logo and name. This gift would be great for any company, it can be a small token of appreciation to your staff.

Stationery: Padfolio and Journalbook

Stratford Zippered Padfolio is the most popular promotional product for corporate gifts because of its convenience and versatility. Employee can use them to take notes during meetings or just scribbling down ideas for a conference. The convenient elastic loop makes it easy to jot down notes without having to dig for a pen.. There are many choices for stationery at HotRef, like padfolio, portfolio, journalbook and writing pad. Leather padfolio or recycle jounalbook can be deboss with company logo and name.

Promotioal Products: Drinkware

Hydracoach BPA Free Sport Bottle important to get those 8 cups of water a day. It features double wall construction as well as an easy push button to lock and unlock the cap. This gift is great for active companies or companies that promote healthy living. Your staff members will thank you on those hot days for a water bottle. Interested in a different style or design? With our huge selection of drinkware, such as sport bottle, insulated bottle, tumbler, mug and more, you can be sure to find one that’s right for your company with your logo and company name on it.

Promotional Products: Pens

Twists or SoHo Roller Balls, are a great corporate gift because of their size. They’re small and light weight making them easy to carry around, thus helping to promote your company. Besides, everyone is always looking for a pen since they misplaced theirs. There are two types of materials for pen: plastic pen and metal pen, which can be imprinted with different colors. Scripto and Balmain we carry are great brands for pens.

Customized Tote Bag

Tote bags have been around since the 1940s and was made popular by L.L. Bean’s Boat Bag in 1944. Now in days you can find them anywhere and everywhere, and they come in all shapes and sizes. It’s hard not to like them, they’re so versatile and useful. Recently on our website, we added more tote bags to our already huge selection of tote bags. If you want a quick glance of what tote bags we carry visit our Pinterest board of Tote bags. For an explanation of the types of totes bags we carry, go to hotref.com/blog and read tote bag blog. For detailed information you can always visit our website and search for Tote Bag.

Most Popular Cooler for 2014 Summer

With the arrival of hot summer, foods are easy to go bad, thus in order to freshly and perfectly protect foods from spoiled, cooler becomes more and more popular in the market. Now here we recommend you various kinds of different coolers at Hotref.com. These coolers can be available or regarded as the corporate gifts which are commonly used at school, the office, picnics and the beach. There are many different types available, cooler chair, music cooler, rolling cooler and lunch cooler.

Business Cases: Computer Backpack and Duffel

We know that when some jobs call for extensive traveling and other jobs require you to carry around your whole work life. For these situations, we carry plenty of business cases such as computer backpacks, briefs, duffels, and wheeled business cases. The Zoom™ Power2Go Backpack And Zoom™ Energy Bar Pro is a great for traveling employees. The backpack is ideal for carrying around large laptops or padfolios. While the Zoom Energy Bar Pro will keep your laptop powered and ready to go.

Housewares: Wine and Cheese Collection

Houseware products are a great way to promote your business, while allowing the recipient to get the most use from these products. A helpful tip is choosing promotional items that are functional and practical since they will be used over and over again. Our Housewares include wine and cheese collection, cutlery, food storage and utensils. The wine collection is wide enough to allow for multiple types of wine opener or wine tote to be showcased.

Health & Wellness Products for You and Your Family

Do you want health and wellness for you and your family? Whatever the combination of people in your family, you no doubt share the goal that all families have in common. To promote health and wellness for all the member of your family, hear is our chosen collection of Health & Wellness Products for You and Your Family for everyone from the young and the elderly members of your busy family.

Promotional Travel Gifts

Feed the wanderlust of your favourite travellers with these affordable Promotional Travel Gifts sure to inspire and improve that next trip. Travel in style and save space, from luggage tag to book light, here is a collection of gifts they will appreciate and find interesting as well as practical during travelling.

Promotional Tradeshow Giveaway Ideas

In any industry, tradeshow is a great way to network and promote your business. Promotional giveaways are the easiest way to gain potential customers as well as get your business noticed. At HotRef.com, we have so many different options for promotional giveaways.

At HotRef.com, we offer durable and affordable promotional products that won’t lack in the quality. Popular promotional tradeshow giveaway items are ones that potential customers can use over and over again. Offering more than just a onetime use feature, giveaway items are ones that clients continually use long after the trade show has ended. With the start of the tradeshow season approaching, these are some of our more popular trade show giveaways products.

Do you want health and wellness for you and your family? Whatever the combination of people in your family, you no doubt share the goal that all families have in common. To promote health and wellness for all the member of your family, here’s our chosen collection of Health & Wellness Products for You and Your Family for everyone from the young and the elderly members of your busy family.

StayFit Multi Function Pedometer For the music fans or fitness buffs or both on your gift list, this personlized StayFit Multi Function Pedometer make a great gift for the special one in your life. The pedometer has a built in FM scan radio with earbuds and has an elastic arm band/plastic belt clip. The pedometer counts calories and steps. A clock display and area for imprint make this item a must-have.

StayFit Personal Fitness Kit To busy to make it to the gym every day? Take the gym wherever you go instead with this StayFit Personal Fitness Kit. Loded with nine pieces of equipment that will ensure that regardless of where you are, a full body workout is possible

Sportline total fitness pedometer This versatial Sportline total fitness pedometer has everything you can ask for from a pedometer. This smart timer starts and stops according to user’s movements and display miles per hour and steps per minute. The patented APD Accurate technology ensures that the statistics that you see are on the nose.

Brookstone Active Fitness Belt Carrying you essentials while on the go with this Brookstone Active Fitness Belt. This all purpose fitness belt is ideal for storing smartphone, keys and accessories with zippered pocket, ID tag and reflective4 accent for safety. Adjustable 27-40″ belt strap with optional extension strap will mean that it is a comfortable fit for a wide majority of people.

Fitness Training Kit This smart Fitness Training Kit allows you to keep track of your workout anywhere you go. Each Multi functional pedometer monitors heart rate, counts steps taken, distance traveled and calories burned. Drawstring carrying bag with heart rate chart on back, terry cloth sweat band fit most wrists.

Brookstone Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Kit Active your fitness goals with this Brookstone Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Kit that offers an unsurpassed measure of heart rate and bio feedback. Each kit encludes adjustable chest strap, wrist watch and performance nylon carrying pouch.