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Bucket of Bread is experimenting with a traditional giveaway contest to see if it achieves a range of marketing and business objectives. The contest also lets the winner decide to gift all or a portion of their prize to a charity combating hunger and fighting food insecurity. What are your thoughts on this? Feel free to tell friends and or enter if you like as well. But, here's the post from FB about it for your feedback should you wish to share: #marketingideas #holdingagiveaway #marketing #smallbusiness ______________________________ 🎉 Calling all baking aficionados! 🍞 Win a YEAR SUPPLY of our premium Baking Kits from Bucket of Bread! 🌟 Enter our Year Supply Contest at the Bucket's website for a chance to elevate your baking game with a year's worth of essentials! https://lnkd.in/gYKsTrA3 No purchase necessary! Contest ends August 23rd, 2024. Don't miss out! See website for rules and more details on how to enter. #BucketOfBread #bakingkits #YearSupplyContest #giveawayalert __________________________________________

🔥 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗔 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚! #𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 – your weekly guide to mastering the art of building a cult-like community around your brand! (THIS WEEK)  𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠: THE CHURCH OF “CHICK-FIL A” 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆?… 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸-𝗙𝗶𝗹 𝗔 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦! 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲: “it’s my pleasure” 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁: - Customer Service - Conviction of Belief - Health and quality of food - There concerns matter 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸-𝗳𝗶𝗹 𝗔: ͟* 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴: Chick-fil-A’s advertising campaigns, such as the iconic “Eat Mor Chikin” cows, are memorable and endearing, contributing to brand recognition and loyalty. * 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀: Chick-fil-A promotes strong ethical practices, including community involvement, charitable donations, and a commitment to treating employees well. * 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: The chain's policy of closing on Sundays reflects its commitment to providing employees with a day off for rest and family time, which resonates with many customers. * 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: Chick-fil-A is renowned for its chicken sandwiches, which many customers find flavorful and consistently well-prepared. 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 What belief system surrounds your culture? What specific things are you clients telling other people about your brand? Do you have a plan to make each customer an ambassador? #𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 #𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀

On November 28, the U.S. will celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday that began in what’s now Virginia. Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Specialty Diagnostics business operates a manufacturing facility in Middletown, Virginia. For the past three years, 90 members of our Middletown team have given a Thanksgiving meal to 12 local families that might otherwise go without one. A dozen teams from practically every part of the Middletown operation, from production staff to training specialists, quality managers to warehouse workers, create 12 baskets. The baskets are filled with non-perishable food items needed to make a Thanksgiving meal, gift cards and special vouchers for perishable food, and other items to address a particular family’s urgent needs, such as diapers, hats, gloves or children’s clothing. The kindness of our Middletown team was further shown by including other items, such as puzzles and coloring books. To add some friendly competition to the basket program at Thermo Fisher’s Middleton site, the baskets are judged, and for the second consecutive year, I was honored to be one of the judges, this time remotely. It was difficult to think about anything other than the care, compassion and generosity that went into the contents of each basket, what it will mean to the family who receives it, and how proud I am to work alongside the people of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Once complete, the baskets are delivered to Family Promise Northern Shenandoah Valley, a local non-profit that delivers the baskets to families in need. Family Promise’s local coordinator told our Middleton colleague Hannah Thiel, who co-leads the site’s Community Action Council with Becca Hartley-Cole, “Your teams went above and beyond in bringing much-needed items for families to be able to have a joyous Thanksgiving. One Mom called me crying from her car after she picked up her items.” This program, this week and the upcoming holiday are all reminders to be grateful for all that we have, and to give back whenever we can. Happy Thanksgiving. #QualityProfessionals #QualityAssurance #RegulatoryAffairs #QARA #Regulatory #Quality #QualityControl #QualityManagement #Thanksgiving #Gratitude #Giving Back

Maximize your impact with the help of Cheddar Up and these Thanksgiving food drive tips:

If milk gets bad, it becomes yoghurt. Yoghurt is more valuable than milk. If it gets even worse, it turns to cheese. Cheese is more valuable than both yoghurt and milk. And if grape juice turns sour, it transforms into wine, which is even more expensive than grape juice. You are not bad because you made mistakes. Mistakes are the experiences that make you more valuable as a person. Christopher Columbus made a navigational error that made him discover America. Alexander Fleming’s mistake led him to invent Penicillin. Don’t let your mistakes get you down. It is not practice that makes perfect. It is mistakes we learn from that makes perfect! Via :- Facebook (Charming ladies) #thursdaythought #lifelesson #learningfrommistakes

The fastest way to someone’s heart? Through their stomach! 🍬 Whether you're planning a promotional giveaway, employee appreciation gift, or fundraiser treat, Fully Promoted has you covered. We can brand anything from mints, hard candies, chocolates, and more tasty treats! #fullypromoted #promotionalproducts #giftideas #brandedfood #foodiegifts #foodie #fpisprepared #didyouknowFPcanhelp

The fastest way to someone’s heart? Through their stomach! 🍬 Whether you're planning a promotional giveaway, employee appreciation gift, or fundraiser treat, Fully Promoted has you covered. We can brand anything from mints, hard candies, chocolates, and more tasty treats! #fullypromoted #promotionalproducts #giftideas #brandedfood #foodiegifts #foodie #fpisprepared #didyouknowFPcanhelp

The fastest way to someone’s heart? Through their stomach! 🍬 Whether you're planning a promotional giveaway, employee appreciation gift, or fundraiser treat, Fully Promoted has you covered. We can brand anything from mints, hard candies, chocolates, and more tasty treats! #fullypromoted #promotionalproducts #giftideas #brandedfood #foodiegifts #foodie #fpisprepared #didyouknowFPcanhelp

Saturday, April 20, from 1:00 - 4:00 pm, is our day for an ALA-Oregon Chapter fun-filled social event full of camaraderie, bowling, and food! Register by April 10! Several of you participated in past events supporting the Sunshine Division, and we want to continue that support! We are hoping that you can bring one or more non-perishable food items for donation to the Sunshine Division as your entrance to this event—the more the better! This is an exciting opportunity to connect with your fellow members and business partner colleagues while we continue our support of a local community partner. Perhaps a bit of competitive bowling or competitive eating—who knows! Knowing that weekends are often family time, our event is open to your +1 and kids. The Grand Central Bowling venue should be a fun way to mix and mingle, enjoy some good food, enjoy bowling at your leisure, or take in a few arcade game activities. Space is limited so register at oregonala.org EARLY! Be sure to register yourself as well as any family members who will join. Please email Lori Hughes at lori.hughes@millernash.com with any questions. Let her know if you will be bringing any children so that we can plan the menu and arcade opportunities. Let’s kick off spring together, support our local community, and spend time with the best in our community -- you! Sunshine Division Food Donation Recommendations: "We rely heavily on food donations to make our mission possible. We are always looking for the following non-perishable items: canned meats, pasta, rice, cereal, soup/broth, peanut butter, canned/dried beans, canned fruit, canned vegetables, cooking oil and shelf-stable milk.    To ensure food safety we cannot use: Noncommercial or repackaged items, perishable items, open or used items, alcoholic beverages, damaged or unlabeled cans, homemade items." #networking #ALABuzz #LegalManagment #FoodDonation

How are you celebrating World Chocolate day? Here are three exciting ways you can have some fun at work and indulge: 1.   Strawberries & Chocolate, Anyone?: In line with the Wimbledon season, why not have a decadent treat for all the staff of strawberries with chocolate topped with cream? Sounds delicious!! To add to the festive atmosphere everyone can come dressed in Wimbledon-inspired attire! 2.    Chocolate Bake-off: Host a chocolate-themed baking competition. Everyone can bring in their best chocolate-based desserts, such as cakes, brownies, or cookies. Have a panel of judges or let everyone vote to determine the winners, with prizes for the top creations. 3.    Chocolate Fundraiser: Set up a chocolate sale with proceeds going to a charity of the staff’s choice. You can donate homemade chocolate goodies or buy chocolates from a local shop. This not only celebrates the occasion but also contributes to a good cause.