Earlier this week, I attended a Stop & Shop lunch at Friend of a Farmer (they serve an amazing “Old fashion Chicken Pot Pie” …). I’ve said/written it before – Stop & Shop is a really smart company. It’s obvious that they care about their customers and are thinking about their lives. (They really do need to open a Manhattan branch!)

At the lunch, it was great to see some familiar mom-writer faces: Jennifer, Issa and Shannon. It was also wonderful to get holiday planning tips. (Fortunately, I don’t need to worry about that too much. We go to my husband’s aunt’s house for Thanksgiving – I just need to bring one dish.). We also talked about the innovative methods that their company is using to meet their customer’s financial concerns. There were several ways (that I’ll be sharing about in the future) but the one that stood out to me the most was in their meat section. They have made it so that people can choose how much meat they want from the butcher and get it individually wrapped rather than get a prepackaged amount. That’s so smart – some people can’t afford as much meat anymore. Lastly, they gave some really smart gift ideas (i.e. themed baskets filled with various grocery -tea/chocolate/etc.- items. I’m not especially crafty, but even I could do something like that!

The best thing that I like about Stop & Shop events is that I always come away with a lot of great information to share with you. So, this is what I’ll be sharing over the next four weeks (beginning today).

1.Thanksgiving Checklist

2. Shop Seasonally (this is a great one - you can plan your bulk purchases in advance for the entire year!)

3. Tips for Saving Time and Money at the Supermarket

and

4. Easy, Nutritious and Economical Family Meals (along with a $50 gift card giveaway)

Enjoy!

Posted by Kimberly on 20 Nov 2008 at 11:39 am | Tagged as: Features