Two of My Favorite Things Join Forces for a Fun Reward
I’ve had a crush on a guy named Joe (Trader Joe, that is) since I lived in Los Angeles in 1998-99. I left him for a while … moving to Orlando and then St. Louis, but he found me, opening three stores in the ‘Lou sometime around 2005.
I visit Joe a few times a month and always take my reusable bags, one of my favorite things . At the register I fill out a slip for the weekly drawing Joe does for his customers that bring in their own bags. Last week … I won the drawing!!!
I picked up my prize last night … a reusable Trader Joe’s bag filled with goodies: three dark chocolate bars, a pumpkin bread mix, a gingerbread mix, a beer bread mix, organic penne pasta, pasta sauce, a big can of coffee beans, pumpkin butter and an Indian dinner mix.
It’s really great marketing tactic because it’s mostly things I ordinarily wouldn’t buy, but will likely buy again. I had the pumpkin butter on some toast for breakfast and it was fantastic. I’m also blogging about it and have mentioned it a few times on Facebook … as I said there, I’m so excited about winning the drawing, you’d have thought I won the lottery! Not to mention the fact that when I when it to pick up the prize, I, of course had to shop some more!