Grand Opening and a Giveaway!
the loverly folks over at Giant Eagle have asked that i give away 8, yes eight, $25 gift cards as a way to help promote the grand opening of a brand new market district at the robinson location!
visit the store during their grand opening celebration, november 6th – 8th, and “get a taste of the many ways food invites, excites and entertains with cooking classes, local chefs, foodie favorites, visiting vendors, cookbook authors and culinary stars.”
some of the foodies you will see:
- Ted Allen – host of Chopped and Food Detectives on the Food Network AND the food guru on Queer Eye.
- Chris Fennimore — program director of WQED and host of ‘QED Cooks
- Christy Rost — television chef, entertaining expert and author of The Family Table: Where Great Food, Friends, and Family Gather Together
- Carla Snyder & Meredith Deeds — cookbook authors, food writers & culinary instructors
- The Organic Gardeners, Jessica Walliser & Doug Oster — organic authorities, columnists (Jessica with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Doug with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) and co-hosts of KDKA Radio’s The Organic Gardeners
- “The Cheese Lady,” artist Sarah Kaufmann, who carves the Pittsburgh skyline from a 1,000 lb. block of mammoth Wisconsin Cheddar
additionally, there will be
- FREE classes at our new Hands-On Cooking School!
- 3,000 free Market District reusable bags
- A feast of freshly prepared foods and enjoy live music all weekend long!
need more convincing that you should get your you-know-what there? check out MarketDistrict.com for a complete listing of dates and times for all of the grand opening events.
you can also click here for a promo flier about the grand opening.
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now, for the good part. how do i win one of the gift cards?!
here’s how to enter:
- leave a comment below for 1 entry.
- for a second chance to enter, tweet the link to this giveaway. important: please make sure to include @reluctantveggie and #marketdistrict somewhere in the message so that i can keep track.
contest ends on wednesday, november 11th. 8 winners will be drawn at random on thursday, november 12th.
Jennie said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:36 am
SO excited for this new foodie playground!!
andy said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:37 am
I <3 Chris Fennimore!
red pen mama said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:38 am
I just saw the PG article on this. It’s in my neck of the woods, and I am so excited. I’m debating going this weekend (with the kids), but it looks hard to resist!
ciao,
rpm
Kristin said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:39 am
Can’t wait to visit!
Nate said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:42 am
The Cheese Lady worries me more than a little.
ClumberKim said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:43 am
So cool! Some things about the store seem even better than *my* market district in Shadyside.
julie said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:47 am
I love the market district.
Kelly from Bridges and Bites said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:51 am
Oh my goodness, my husband and I could really use those gift cards right now!!!!
I will be Rt-ing this! (KellyDiane is my twitter username)
karlye said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:52 am
I’ll miss the opening, but definitely will make Robinson my store of choice!
Amy Constantine-Kline said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:56 am
Whoo hoo! I wanna win! I’m so excited for this store to open!
Chelsea said,
November 5, 2009 @ 11:56 am
I can’t wait to check this place out! The deals this week look amazing!
Jody (The Point) said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Wow! what a super giveaway. i can’t wait to check out the shop!!
Jennifer said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
I’ve been drooling over the brochure they sent me in the mail. Can’t wait to visit!
Julie said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
I’m crossing my fingers!
Andy Quayle said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:07 pm
I’ve heard so much about this place. I’d love to take a card there!
Holly said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
I went there this morning and it was awesome!
Andrew said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
I am looking forward to the biggest supermarket store in western PA… looking forward to dealing with ALLLL the craziness this weekend.
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:16 pm
You’re in Pittsburgh? So I am! Very cool!!
Zack said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:16 pm
So close to where we live, now we don’t have to drive all the way to Shadyside!
Scottsweep said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
Can’t wait for the opening
George said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
This should be a great store. I’ll be there!
Jessica L. said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
I so can’t wait to check it out!!
Kayla said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
i’m going today to check out the new store! so excited to have a market district right in robinson!
Erica said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
I love that they are growing lettuce in the store and wish they would do something like that in non-suburb stores too.
Rachel said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:28 pm
nom nom nom. Very interested to check this place out!
jenna said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
i love robinson giant eagle!
Julianne said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Love that this store is opening near me – it sounds amazing!
Lisa said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:46 pm
I’ve never been excited about a grocery store before, but this one seems kind of fun. I plan on checking it out this weekend.
Colson said,
November 5, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
Now if they can only put one of these in the North Hills:)
Alan said,
November 5, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
Mmm food.
Laura said,
November 5, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
Comment/entry!
Kelly said,
November 9, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Love the new store! The crepe station was awesome and so were the cupcakes.
celinasews said,
November 10, 2009 @ 8:59 am
Sounds like it is worth the drive. I’ve heard it is the largest grocery store in the country!
Tricia said,
November 10, 2009 @ 11:13 am
I just saw the Market District opening and posted it to Facebook the other day. Can’t wait to get over there.
Gwendolyn Schmidt said,
November 10, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
I’m @gwenix on twitter. I would love to get to the new Market District soon!
DigitalAlan said,
November 10, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
Cant wait to go and visit this new store. Sounds amazing
D-A