Sep. 16—WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Buff City Soap — a rapidly expanding handmade retail franchise known for its plant-based soap and body products made in-store daily — has opened a new location in the Arena Hub Plaza.
To celebrate the opening, the store in Wilkes-Barre Township hosted a VIP event — the first 50 people who visit the new store each day from Thursday, Sept. 15 through Sunday, Sept. 18 will receive one free bar of soap every month for a year.
"Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is the perfect destination for a brand like Buff City Soap and we can't wait to share all of our high-quality, customizable soap and body products with the community," said Virginia Kamenitzer. "At Buff City Soap, employees can literally walk customers through every ingredient that's in our products. There's no big box delivery and there is a deep personal pride that goes into every product we create. It's a real joy to share something that satisfies our customer's needs and wants."
Founded in 2013, Buff City Soap has created a high-quality alternative to commercial soap products full of harsh chemicals, detergents, animal fats, and sulfates.
By giving customers the chance to see the whole making process live in each Soap Makery, Buff City Soap is disrupting the consumer goods industry by focusing on transparency of ingredients and process.
Each Buff City Soap store offers more than 30 unique and customizable scents across dozens of handcrafted soap products; including its famous soap bars, bath bombs, foaming hand soap, and even laundry soap.
The brand's products are crafted by local artisans at the in-store Makeries, which allow guests to customize the scent and ingredients used in the process to create a unique scent profile.
On Friday, the Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony outside the store. The Wilkes-Barre Township store hours will be Monday — Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday — Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
To learn more about Buff City Soap of Wilkes-Barre, visit — https://www.buffcitysoap.com/.
Founded in 2013 and franchising since 2018, Buff City Soap continues its rapid growth trajectory across 31 states and 228 stores.
Buff City Soap creates delightfully smelling and uniquely handmade soaps that are disrupting the retail beauty and consumer goods categories, and Buff City Soap was recognized in Entrepreneur's Top 100 "Best of the New" franchise rankings.
For more information visit — www.buffcitysoap.com.
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