Catch the Up Market Fresh Bus Tour! {Giveaway!}

Y’all remember me blogging about the new Walgreens Flagship Store in San Francisco a while back, right?! Did you know they also have an Up Market Fresh Bus? I didn’t, until they contacted me & told me all about it- they even invited me to check it out in San Francisco this past weekend. Curiosity got the best of me & I had to check it out. photo-122 Isn’t she a beauty?! This custom made, 40ft bus is part of Walgreens mobile tasting tour, the “Up Market: Fresh” Experience. The bus visits select locations and special events nation wide. The bus is visiting the San Francisco Bay Area for the month of May. The Fresh Bus is giving out samples of Walgreens Fresh new offerings to celebrate the grand opening of the Walgreens Flagship store & its Fresh stores throughout the Bay Area.The Fresh Up Market is Walgreens approach to healthy, convenient & high-quality food offerings. If you’d like to learn more about Walgreens Up Market, the Fresh Bus is the place to be! photo-113 What can you expect to find on the bus? I’m glad you asked!

The “Up Market:  Fresh” bus will be serving free samples of a variety of items to celebrate the fresh food offerings available at the new flagship store. Free tastings include:

  • Juices  — Samples of nutritious, fresh-made juices made from a combination of fresh fruits and vegetables.“Painted Lady Punch” is a featured juice and is a blend of apples, strawberries, lemon and ginger. “Cable Car Carrot” is also a featured juice and is a blend of carrots, oranges and pineapple.
  • Smoothie — The featured smoothie will be the “Ocean Beach Peach,” which is blended fresh from peaches, bananas, pineapple and coconut water.
  • Frozen Yogurt  Two premium, low-fat frozen yogurts will be sampled alongside a selection of toppings.
  • Café – Visitors can receive free samples of a selection of coffees brewed using the same fresh roasts and barista quality techniques showcased at Walgreens.

photo-114 You know I’m all about the Smoothies, so that’s the first thing I had! photo-120

The bus is fully equipped with everything it needs to whip up smoothies & other tasty treats… Fro-Yo anyone? photo-116 photo-117 photo-115

There was even some action going on outside the bus. Walgreens had a few tents set up, passing out more samples of their healthy items. Everything from sunscreen to granola!photo-121

True to form, everyone on the bus was friendly and eager to help out. They were happy to discuss the Up Market Fresh items available on the bus & inside Walgreens. You don’t want to miss this bus! I wonder if Walgreens will let me have one of my own?! A girl can dream!

Want to know where the Fresh Bus will be stopping next? You can follow them on twitter at UpMarketFresh. Here’s the schedule for the rest of this week:

Walgreens, 1333 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
  • Wednesday, May 29 – Noon – 4 p.m.
 Walgreens, 2801 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA 94703
  • Thursday, May 30 – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Walgreens, 5055 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA 94609
  • Friday, May 31 – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Who’s ready for a GIVEAWAY?  (Click on the blue “Rafflecopter Giveaway” icon below to be taken to the entry form!)


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Disclosure: I was provided with a GC in exchange for this post, no other compensation was given. All opinions are mine. Don’t miss the Fresh Bus when it hits your town! Thank you to Walgreens for hosting this Giveaway for my readers! Be Well!

Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil Review & Giveaway!!

Finally! After a few bumps in the road, I am finally doing my review & giveaway for Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil. Let me start out by saying I had been reading & hearing so much about coconut oil prior to reviewing the Tropical Traditions brand. I had even purchased another brand at a local grocery store. Having never used coconut oil before, I did not know if the one I had purchased was a good quality one or not… Until I received my samples from Tropical Traditions! The moment I unscrewed the lid and took a quick whiff, I could tell the difference. The one I had bought at the grocery store really did not smell like coconut at all, which had surprised me at the time. The Tropical Traditions brand does have a slight coconut aroma to it-it was very light and quite pleasant.

Virgin Coconut Oil, Gold Label – 1 pint

Since receiving my sample, I have cooked with it on numerous occasions. I no longer use vegetable oil to cook with, and have been using olive oil and my Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil when I cook. Like many moms out there, I want to prepare healthy meals for my family, with healthy ingredients.

So far, my family has enjoyed everything I have prepared for them using my Tropical Traditions Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil! That’s definitely a plus.

I’ve also used it for cosmetic purposes! Nothing like killing two birds with one stone!

Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil.
Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their
website: Tropical Traditions.com

What is Virgin Coconut Oil
? You can also watch the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:

Tropical Traditions also carries
other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil. Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the  advantages of buying coconut oil online.
Since the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.

Tropical Traditions sells many more awesome, healthy products. I was amazed with the variety on their website, they have organic food, skincare, oral hygiene…even pet products!

 GIVEAWAY!!


Gold Label Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

Win 1 quart of  Gold Label

Now to the good stuff! I am pleased to announce that Tropical Traditions has been kind enough to supply me with a 1 Qt. jar of Tropical Traditions Gold Label Coconut Oil to give away to one lucky winner!!! YAY!!!

ATTN: Since this is a wordpress blog, I am not able to use Rafflecopter here…so I am going to post this giveaway on my Mommy Powers Blog! Please go there to Enter, good luck!