Win! Sobeys Gift Card Giveaway and tracking where you dinner came from
It’s time for another Sobeys gift card giveaway!
I had the opportunity to purchase the new Sensations by Compliments wild fish frozen packages. They come in portions of two.
With the gift card we purchased the Halibut and the salmon. Both fish are sustainably caught and are wild. More information can be found on their website.
Each package has a numbered code on it and a QR code (very cool!) that when scanned brings me to the website (although it was a little tricky to read at first-mobile friendly? But once I select the province it was easier to read). The site directs me to enter the numbered code and it tracks where dinner came from!
It’s really interesting to see where the fish was caught, the fisherman who caught it, how it was caught and the company who processed it. How great is that? I shared it on Twitter and others were able to see where my dinner was arriving from (both the salmon and halibut we had were from BC).
Since trying it we now keep it stocked in the freezer for easy, quick meals (you can find salmon and fish recipes on A Little Bit of Foodsense).
WIN!
Sobeys is generously giving readers a chance to win a $30 gift card so you can try them too!
To enter, simply leave a comment below and let me know where you go to find local food. The market? Great grocery store? Your own garden? Share for a chance to win!
1-One entry per person
2-Open to Canadian residents only, excluding Quebec
3-Giveaway closes October 27, 2011 at 9 pm EST
Disclosure: I was given a Sobeys gift card to try out this product but now love it and have added it to my weekly grocery list! Opinions are my own
31 Comments
Sylvia
I go to the local farm market for my fruits and vegetables.
Joanne
We go to farmers markets when we can but most often rely on our grocery store.
Lil
Our two local farmer’s market (Preston St. and Parkdale) are our first choices for produce. Parkdale has really improved… I love the fact that signs in all of the stalls now identify who is a local producer and who is just a distributor.
Londia
We get our local products from the grocery store and sometimes from a local store that just carries produce.
silverneon2000 at yahoo dot com
Sandra
I go to our local farmers market every saturday mornings to stock up on my locally grown vegetables and meats. Whatever I can’t find there, I then pick up at the grocery store.
Jan
I rely largely on our grocery store but take full advantage certain times of the year when we can pick-our-own produce.
Glogirl
I get local food from our own garden throughout the summer months and eat the produce canned from our garden in the winter months.
missbobloblaw
I love supporting my local farmers market when I can’t get stuff from my own garden. I also have a great butcher shop down the block who makes me (just me…cus I asked nice) some of the best double smoked bacon I’ve ever had!
Misty Pratt
This past summer I discovered a great biodynamic farm just 1/2 hour outside Ottawa. We went there to pick apples, and I also ordered my free range turkey from them. Being able to know where your food comes from, and how it was raised, it so important to our family. Ever since I learned more about industrial farming, there has been a boycott in our household on all meats from the grocery store (unless we can trace it back to the farm and find out more about it). I’m happy to see that grocery chains are finally figuring tapping into the market of customers who care about the quality of their food!
Tracy
I go to our closest farmers market – The Carp Market. I buy my local produce there as well as order our meat from a local farmer.
Cari
I go to my backyard. You can’t get much more local than that! All summer long we enjoy fresh veggies picked up to the minute. Sometimes we go to Acorn Creek Farm for the veggies that we don’t grow.
Orangeheromama
I venture out to one of the many farmers markets in the area when i want local food! <3
Sandra
We try to go to the Orleans Market when it’s open but mostly the local grocery store.
lyle
We go to grocery store with the best deals and fresh produce.
Sherry
I use my garden, my mom’s garden, my neighbour’s garden. :). I also go to Garden Market in Smiths Falls.
Gav
The St Lawrence Market for fresh seafood & produce.
Vivian
We end up having to rely on the grocery store for whatever local food we can find. When we’re lucky, the neighbours’ gardens provide some fresh produce 🙂
Joy
Usually the grocery store. Or Farm Boy. Sometimes, we’ll stop by Abbeyhill Farms, a roadside market, for fresh carrots or tomatoes or apples, when they are in season. Nothing better.
aussie monica
Grocery store!
Amy Worrell
I am lucky that I live right beside the St.Lawrence Market. I always get great produce and meat!
Tabitha
I go to the local farmer’s market for the most part. Sad that we’ve only got one week left!
Candace
Ok, Sobey’s. It’s close, they have local produce AND the owners at the one I go to are incredibly community minded.
Julie
I love my garden…. still harvesting beets and brussels sprouts, and tomatoes are ripening on my kitchen table!
ladybirdathome
The local farm, markets, and grocery store.
Corina
I adore the St. Lawrence Market… can’t beat the quality and prices.
FOKXXY
I GO TO ZEHRS…. or my garden :0
Kathy
I shop at the local farmer’s market as much as possible, grow some of our own veggies in our garden and also buy produce and baked goods at local farms and fruit stands.
Tanya Hebert
I go to my local Farmer’s market or go out to the Hutterite colony to buy some fresh produce.
Deanna T.
During the warm weather, when the they are open, we visit the local farmer’s markets. Year round we patronize a small local grocers, where they make many products in house.
JennyB
We grow a few things in our wee garden but mostly just veggies we snack on while we’re in the back yard – like cherry tomatoes and green beans. Otherwise, we look for the Foodland Ontario logo and shop the farmers markets.
Chantal
I must be honest and say that I am time limited and only shop at one or two stores a week. I should make time for local markets in the summer/fall but I don’t. That being said I do look for local produce in my Superstore/Farmboy and chose it over imported (assuming the price difference won’t break my bank 😉 ).