Last month I had the opportunity to attend Food Lion’s Frugal Cook-Off at Talara Restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland! Food Lion invited myself and 10 other local bloggers to learn more about their store brand products and then put our skills to test in a frugal cooking challenge. Keep reading to enter my $100 gift card giveaway!! **This giveaway has now ended. Congrats to Jennifer Flora who was randomly selected as the winner!**
Food Lion has been around since 1957 with a strong focus on quality groceries & low prices! In the Baltimore area they’ve had a presence in the grocery industry for 20 years. Washingtonians were re-introduced to the Food Lion brand when about a year and a half ago, local Bloom & Bottom Dollar stores were converted into Food Lion stores. Since Food Lion reopened here in Northern Virginia, I honestly hadn’t stepped foot in the door, but was interested to attend this Frugal Cook-Off event and learn more about Food Lion, which I remember shopping at only a few times back in 2003-2004 as a new college graduate, independent and entering the “real world.” After this event and learning more about Food Lion stores here in our area, I’m looking forward to shopping there!
I go to meet some top executives and the marketing team from Food Lion plus hear about their company values and commitment to help Baltimore & DC residents enjoy quality foods on a budget. I particularly was excited to hear about their fresh-from-the-farm Food Lion brand products and their double money back guarantee. I also learned about Food Lion’s My Essentials store brand products which were created to provide consumers with high quality products at low prices, helping you feed your family well on a budget.
For the Frugal Cook-Off Challenge, teams unveiled their secret protein from: Boneless Chicken Breast (1 lb), Ground Turkey Meat (1 lb), Boneless Pork Chops (1 lb) and Frozen Tilapia (6 pieces) and then were given time to “shop” the My Essentials products and fresh produce to create our dish.
I was teamed up with fantastic, foodie blogger teammates, Dara from Dara-Does-It.com and John from Grilling24x7, and together with our surprise selection of Ground Turkey we created Vietnamese Turkey Lettuce Wraps for under $15. Even though our dish didn’t win the grand prize, we got rave reviews from the judges and succeeded in making a frugal yet delicious meal. Be sure to check out all the Frugal Cook-Off 2013 Recipes for some frugal dish inspiration!
To celebrate the Frugal Cook-Off Challenge, Food Lion is graciously giving 1 lucky Beltway Bargain Mom reader a $100 gift card so you can experience Food Lion frugal cooking in your own kitchen!
To Enter:
- Leave a comment on this blog post sharing what type of food or groceries you plan to buy at Food Lion if you win OR share your own frugal cooking tip!
- Extra (optional) entry on Twitter if you tweet at @FoodLion and @BeltwayBargain using the hashtag #FrugalChef with a link to this blog post. Here’s an example tweet: “@FoodLion @BeltwayBargain I am a #FrugalChef and want to win a $100 gift card to shop at Food Lion! http://bit.ly/1b7bfvg”
(you must leave a separate comment letting on this blog post letting me know you follow on Twitter and provide the time stamp/link to your tweet). - Extra (optional) entry given if you like BeltwayBargainMom.com on Facebook & FoodLion on Facebook
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Contest Rules: Contest is open to US residents 18 years or older. Contest ends Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 11:59 pm ET. Entrants must enter using a valid entry method listed above. You are allowed up to 3 entries (1 Blog Post Comment sharing what you will buy or a frugal cooking tip, 1 Tweet, and/or by “liking” on Facebook). Winner will be randomly selected & notified on Monday, August 12, 2013. Prize will be mailed out to the winner in the form of a gift card.
Disclosure: I was invited to attend and compete in Food Lion’s Frugal Cook-Off 2013. At the end of the event, I received a goodie bag with a gift card for myself, plus 1 gift card to give away to a reader! The opinions shared in this post are my own, and I love to share local events, grocery store deals, plus fun giveaways for my readers! To read my formal disclosure policy, please click here.
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