Celebrity Entrepinay Feature: Jodi Sta. Maria's Milkshake Barn

By Go EntrePinay 6:41:00 PM Celebrity Entrepinay Feature

Doting MOM + Celebrity Entrepinay = MOMtrepinay Jodi Sta. Maria.

The two descriptions above may best explain how the Kapamilya Primetime actress was led to her latest business venture, The Happy Barn Milkshake Factory. It opened its first branch at Rustan’s Evia, Las Pinas in May 2013, and additional branches at SM South Mall, Rockwell Powerplant Mall and Market, Market, BGC a little after one year later.

Be Careful With My Heart star and Happy Barn celebrity entrepinay, Jodi Sta. Maria
Photo courtesy of Tilly Holland via Flickr, Creative Commons

Jodi, who isn't totally new to the business world with her Rue Bourbon Bar and Restaurant started back in 2011, also attends to her newest enterprise with such seemingly detailed attention and untiring energy. But this time, Jodi admits it was her son's love for milkshakes that inspired her on the idea.

Owing perhaps to her entrepreneurial senses, Jodi is proud to say that the Happy Barn presents the first milkshake bar concept in the country. Aside from its regular best-sellers such as Oreo Overjoy, Cookie Butter and Tickled Pink Berry, The Happy Barn also has more offerings which allow customers to concoct their own milkshakes, too. For starters, there's Cowie's Favorites for basic milkshake flavors like Chocolate and Vanilla. For more options, there's also Cowie's Specials which blends in sweet goodies like Oreo cookies and bananas. And finally, there's Cowie's Shake and Bake that combines cake desserts with your milkshake. Price starts from Php 85 but you may also want to hype your milkshake drinking experience with extra toppings and mix-ins for just an additional Php 15-20.

And what’s more? Apart from wonderful flavors, The Happy Barn also comes with health value to beverage consumers via its own ice-cream. Jodi utilizes their exclusively prepared ice-cream that's low-sugar, low- fat and made with prebiotics to facilitate easy digestion and absorption of calcium.

With so much going on for Jodi aside from her current impressive showbiz career, she admits it’s no easy task having a business of your own. But with her entrepreneurial insights kept intact, Jodi surely has gotten more surprises tucked in her sleeves for the future.

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