Chick-fil-a of Surfside Beach

Spirit Night to the Extreme!

2009-09-18T10:05:00.008-04:00

So yesterday we had a Spirit Night for Socastee Elementary. They have new administration who really got behind the effort and I must say, it was AWESOME! We started out by going to the school at the end of the day with the Cows.

Here are the Cows getting ready to head out to the buses and car riders.

They were stopped in the hallways on the way there.The kids were fascinated with the Cow's nose for some reason.Hi Fives and Hugs! Oh Yeah!Showing some love for the car riders.

The Spirit Night itself started at 6 pm.

We had students write down their names and their teacher's name while they were there. The class who had the most attendance won a Free Nugget Party! Congratulations to Ms. Doughty's class for having the most students attend with 10 from their class!

Lots of eating and great conversation taking place.

This is Simon Keays. He's the Assistant Principal at Socastee Elementary.Simon was volunteered to dance with the cows on this evening. Little did we know it was going to turn into a DANCE PARTY!!!

Did you just ask if we had video of the aforementioned DANCE PARTY? Why yes we do. Thanks for asking.

And of course no Spirit Night is complete without a little Cow Bean Bag Toss!

This was seriously one of the best Spirit Nights we've ever had as far as turnout and participation. Thank you to Socastee Elementary School, Ms. Colliver and the entire staff for your support. A HUGE thanks to all the parents and kids who came out and partied with us. You guys are AWESOME!!!

Labor Day Giveaway

2009-09-09T10:59:00.004-04:00

We had an absolutely fantastic day here at Chick-fil-A of Surfside on Monday! It was Labor Day and we had a HUGE Labor Day Promotion. All you had to do was wear your favorite team logo into the store and you received a Free Original Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich. We were even offering free Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese and Wheat Buns for the day. We thought it would be a great idea to add some spice to the day so we added a few things to the restaurant to make it more exciting.

We had a balloon arch with some wonderful football jerseys hanging up.
We also decided to add a football field right in the middle of the dining room in front of the front counter.We also had Madden and NCAA Football available in the dining room for our customers to enjoy while they were hanging out.The Socastee High School Cheerleaders stopped by during lunch to add a little extra entertainment for our guests and those who were passing by on Hwy. 544.The Cow decided to get out and get a picture with the cheerleaders.The Cow even decided to rock out a little bit by the road for the folks who were traveling.

We ended up giving away over 1600 items throughout the day! Thank you to everyone who came out and made this day a HUGE success! As always, we greatly appreciate you and everything you do for Chick-fil-A of Surfside. You are seriously the best Fans any business could ever have!

Visit To Dr. Ross's Office

2009-08-20T07:34:00.004-04:00

And boy how the Cows showed up. We went to Dr. Ross's office this past Wednesday for their Patient Appreciation Day. They wanted to say thank you to their patients for everything and they figured the best way to do it would be with the Cows and some chicken! We couldn't have agreed more. We showed up at 2 o'clock with nuggets, fruit, plush cows, balloons, coupons and the Cows. Everyone loved the food but I think they enjoyed the Cows even more. Here are a few highlights from our time there.

The big Cow decided to catch some waves in the waiting room. The kid next to him doesn't look impressed, but he was.

Next up it was time for the Cow to get his checkup. He wasn't excited.

The Kid Cow decided she would head over to get in on some of the action.
And here is the result of that.

To finish out the day the Cow decided to lend Dr. Ross a hand with a checkup.

We had a great time at Dr. Ross's office and we just want to say thank you to them for having us. We look forward to coming back to visit. Maybe without the dental work being done next time. :) You can also check out Ross Orthodontics on Facebook and become their friend!

Customer Appreciation Week Recap!

2009-07-27T17:00:00.010-04:00

Go ahead and prepare yourself for a long post. Because of the busyness of last week I didn't have time to update the blog everyday. That being the case, I will give you our entire Customer Appreciation Week in one posting. And here...we...go...

MONDAY

We started off Monday by visiting Next Media and Qantum Communications. We went on the air with Tommy and Abbi of WKZQ, Steve Kelly ofStar 92.1, JD and Blue of Gator 107.9 and Mad Max of Rock 107. Below is the Kid Cow with Big Steve Kelly.

After our visit with the radio stations we headed to Conway National Bank in Surfside who was our Business of the Week! We took a bunch of breakfast food for the staff, our Cows, plush cows, PEZ dispensers, balloons and more to celebrate them. The Cows had to get a picture by the ATM to show their support.

After the bank we decided to run by the Surfside Police Department because we were in the neighborhood. It was an unplanned stop but fun nonetheless. The Cow decided to try and put on the police vest. It didn't quite fit.

The Kid Cow decided to wish Detective Matt Happy Birthday. It turns out it wasn't really his birthday, but it was funny.

We then had to come back to the store for our first Lemon Squeezing Contest of the week. Boy was it a good one. We had Michael, Jamie and Marla from WMBF News going head to head against JD, Blue and Amber from Gator 107.9. It was a very heated battle with lots of trashtalk taking place on air and in the Twitterverse. In the end the team from Gator pulled out the victory and saved face from their defeat in the Dragon Boat race earlier this year. Michael claims that he held the top of the juicer himself and that slowed them down. I said he should have listened to me give instructions earlier that told him someone else could hold it. Either way, everyone still looks happy.

After all the Lemon Squeezing excitement we took a short break before heading out to the WMBF studios. Musu, The Cow and I decided to hop behind a desk and see what it felt like. It felt awesome by the way.

Michael and Danner decided to show us how its done. Showoffs. :)

While we were reporting the news Megan and The Cow decided to give a try at the weather. Here they are in front of the green screen.

And here they are flying through Myrtle Beach. Awesome!

After WMBF we sent a team over to WBTW Studios as well to tell them thanks for all their help and support.

TUESDAY

We started out Tuesday morning with a Beach Party!!! We took 200 sandwiches and tons of sweet tea to the beach down in Surfside and set up our very own beach party. It was a blast. We had food, beach games, slingshot plush cows and plenty more!

The Kid Cow even got to see what it feels like to be in the back of a police car.To get back at the cops the Cows hijacked one of their ATV's and rode off through the parking lot. Lesson learned, don't ever trust a Cow with keys to anything.After the beach party we headed back to the store for our second Lemon Squeezing Contest of the week. This time it was Kyle from Conway National Bank vs. Chris from Carolina First. Even though Chris was the reigning champion from last year, Kyle brought his A game and pulled out a victory for CNB. Great job guys!After the Lemon Squeezing Contest Megan got a chance to go on the air with WMBF News and talk about our Sandcastle Building Kid's Night we were having later that day. Way to go Megan!We did a blitz in Market Common at 2:00 that was amazing. We rode through Market Common with both doors of the van open, Michael Jackson blasting from the radio, Cows dancing in the street, food flying out the van and calling everyone to join us with a megaphone! Apparently we were having so much fun I forgot to get pictures. Oops!

From 5:30 to 7:30 on Tuesday we had our Kid's Night. We brought in 15 1/2 TONS of sand courtesy of Carolina Sand and Waccamaw Brick and built a beach right in our parking lot. The kids and adults all had a blast! We had a contest for the best sandcastle and one kid walked away with a Chick-fil-A prize pack. We even had kids wanting to take home buckets of sand. Parents were not as happy about that one. WEDNESDAY

We started off Wednesday with a Blitz to Lakewood Campground. We drove around passing out Chicken Biscuits to employees and guests. The Cows even hijacked a golf cart with a family still on it! I love those Cows!

After Lakewood we went to the Kohl's shopping center and passed out some sandwiches there. No pictures from this one because we were so busy. Sorry.

The Lemon Squeezing Contest on Wednesday was between Ronny from Palmetto Shores Church and John from Surfside United Methodist Church. John actually used to be in Ronny's youth group back in the day so there was some heated competition taking place. In the end John pulled out a victory. I think his youth was on his side. No offense Ronny. ;)
Later that evening we set up for our Raving Fans Dinner. We invited three of our Raving Fans to come in at different times and bring 10 guests with them for a formal sit down style dinner. Here is Musu showing off the table setting while we were finishing the setup.And here is a shot from table level. The guests loved the setting and atmosphere and I've actually heard from other people that they've been talking about it since then. Awesome!THURSDAY

Thursday started off with a Blitz into Ocean Lakes Campground. Here's a picture of the Cows with all the management staff. They loved the surprise visit.

The Kid Cow even found a golf cart that she loved in the golf cart sales building.The Cow found a tractor that he wanted to take home but we couldn't fit it in the back of the truck. Sorry Cow.We even found some out-of-towners with a golf cart that caught our eye.
After leaving Ocean Lakes we headed down to the Surfside Town Complex to finish off the rest of the sandwiches. The Kid Cow had a great time with the firefighters playing dress up.The fun times came to an end for the Kid Cow though when she got booked in jail. Oh well, you win some you lose some.
Thursday Night was 80's Night! We decorated the store in 80's attire, had 80's video games, Freestyle Music Park did music trivia and the Cows even did the Thriller Dance. Go Cows, Go Cows, Go Cows!!!FRIDAY

We started out Friday by giving away 600 chicken biscuits for our Free Breakfast Friday. It was a busy morning but lots of great times. After our lunch we headed out to Southwood for a Pool Party. The Cows got a little hot and decided they needed to jump into the pool as well. Everyone loved it. Its not everyday you get to swim with a Cow!
After the Cows jumped in I decided I needed a dip myself. After some peer pressure Megan decided she needed one too. Here we are after the pool. Good times!To finish off the evening we did a dinner for the kids from the Horry County Shelter Home. We picked them up in a limo and brought them out for a sit down fine dining experience. The kids had a fantastic time and they even got to see the Cows do the Thriller Dance one more time. All in all it was a fantastic week and it was great to end the whole time with the dinner. It really sums up our hearts here at Chick-fil-A of Surfside and our desire to build lasting relationships. Thanks to everyone for all their hard work and thanks to you, our customers and friends, for coming out and making this week all it was.

Salkehatchie Spirit Night

2009-06-18T19:01:00.004-04:00

Tonight we had the wonderful folks from Surfside United Methodist Church join us for a Spirit Night. In case you're new to the Chick-fil-A world a Spirit Night is a fundraiser that we do for schools and organizations. They come out from 6 - 8 pm on a given night and help out in the dining room, refresh beverages, hold open doors, etc, etc, etc. It's a wonderful evening and full of good times. Tonight Surfside UMC was raising money for their Salkehatchie Summer Service Project. To find out more about Salkehatchie click here. Here are some pictures from the evening.

The dining room was a hopping place to be.Zach seemed to be enjoying the crowd thoroughly.The Cow was dancing his heart out.Here are the wonderful faces greeting you as you came in the door.And a few faces from the other door.

Here's the table with all the Salkehatchie information for the year so everyone knew what was going on.

All in all it was great evening. You can always check out our website at www.cfasurfside.com to see our calendar and know when any other Spirit Nights are happening.

The 2009 Easter 'Eggs'plosion!

2009-04-13T08:58:00.005-04:00

If you missed The 2009 Easter 'Eggs'plosion you missed an incredible time! We had 4000 sq. ft. of sod put down in the parking lot and tons of plants to go with it.

The whole event started at 3 o'clock and by the time it arrived the kids were ready to go.

They formed quite a line to get the egg hunt started.

We broke the ages up into four different categories. The 0 - 2 year olds were in the first category. They had some help from their parents.

After hunting the eggs everyone got to open their egg and see what prize they won.

We even had some REALLY little ones getting in on the hunt!

In between each age group we had to put out more eggs for the next group.

Looks like the Kid Cow was getting chased while we were trying to get the eggs out.

The Cows were even acting like sports stars giving all the kids hi-fives and partying it up.

And here is easily the best picture of the day. Everyone at the starting spot as we said 'GO'!

Thanks to everyone who came out and spent their Saturday afternoon with us. We had a great time and hopefully we can do it again next year!

St. Patrick's Day!

2009-03-17T15:55:00.003-04:00

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!

In case you didn't notice all the green clothed people wherever you've been today, it's St. Patrick's Day. We decided to have a little fun with the day as you can see by Kyra's AWESOME outfit. I love the look on Alice's face as well.
Looks like Wyatt was also getting in on the action of wearing the green.
Kyra also did some great decorations around the store. I love the cow's halo of shamrocks.
We have also been doing free green sprinkles all day for anyone who wants them on their Icedream. So if you get a chance come on out and get some Icedream with sprinkles. You'll love it!

Happy Birthday Savannah!

2009-03-02T15:50:00.003-05:00

Today we got the awesome opportunity to take some food over to Surfside Presbyterian Church for a birthday party. The birthday girl was Savannah. You can see her below with her friends and the Kid Cow. Savannah is in the red shirt.

We took some nuggets and fruit over for Savannah's birthday. Before they dove into the food though the Kid Cow wanted to play a little bit. Here is the Kid Cow throwing a ball with some of the kids. These are the moments that we truly love here at Chick-fil-A of Surfside. Thanks to Savannah for letting us come over and be a part of her birthday celebration!

Myrtle Beach Marathon

2009-02-18T11:56:00.004-05:00

If you missed the Myrtle Beach Marathon this week you missed an awesome time. We were present for the Fun Run on Friday evening. Kids and their families participated in the run as well as two of our 'Eat Mor Chikin' Cows. Here is a picture of a couple of our Raving Fans as the run was about to start.

After the Fun Run all the participants came inside to eat some Chick-fil-A nuggets and fruit. We all had a blast.

The next day we all got out to the marathon site at 5 am. It was definitely early. The race started at 6:30 am and we had to be ready. We had Cows all over the place. Some of them were in the back of the Chick-fil-A truck while we had some of the Cows at the starting line. Here are some pictures. You can see the Cows in the median. There were a ton of people running in the race as this picture clearly shows!Look at how good the Chick-fil-A Logo looks on that cup.

Our Cows were there to greet the runners as they crossed the finish line also. It was a great time at the Marathon and we're looking forward to next year already.

'Twas the Night(s) Before Christmas - Socastee Singers Performance

2008-12-22T11:51:00.004-05:00

We had a great time on Friday night with the Socastee Singers. They are a vocal ensemble from Socastee High School. If you ever get a chance to go out to their Madrigal Performance that they do every year make sure you do not miss it. They came in and performed for two hours for our customers and sang a variety of Christmas carols and other songs. Thanks Socastee Singers for a wonderful night at Chick-fil-A!

'Twas the Night(s) Before Christmas - Spirit Night for Vine and Branches Home Educators

2008-12-22T11:48:00.003-05:00

On Thursday night we had a Spirit Night for Vine and Branches Home Educators. Spirit Nights are a great way for organizations to raise funds. We take the 2 hour period from 6 - 8 pm and give 10% of the sales back to the school or organization. It was a great night with Vine and Branches. They're always a ton of fun to have at the store. Check out our calendar at www.cfasurfside.com to keep up to date on all of our Spirit Nights and come out and support them.

'Twas the Night(s) Before Christmas - Live Music with Ben Coy

2008-12-18T07:15:00.004-05:00

Last night was a really fun night at Chick-fil-A of Surfside. We had local musician extraordinaire Ben Coy come out and perform acoustic Christmas songs. Ben has a very unique flair in his music that makes him quite a delight to listen to. I don't have any audio clips from the evening but I do have some pictures. Don't forget that tonight we're having a Spirit Night for Vine and Branches Home Educators. 10% of the sales from 6 - 8 PM will be given back to the home school association. So come on out and enjoy some great food and great times! Here are the pictures.

'Twas the Night(s) Before Christmas - Plush Cow Ornaments

2008-12-17T06:52:00.001-05:00

Last night was a great night! We had our usual Kid's Night with Kyra's World but we made it even more special by letting the kids make Mini Moo Plush Cow Ornaments. A Plush Cow, a doily, and some pipe cleaners later and the kids were taking home little Angel Cows for their trees. With every purchase of an adult combo the kids also got a free 4 count Kid's Meal. Don't forget to come out tonight and check out Benjamin Coy performing Christmas Songs for us from 5 - 7 PM. You can check him out at www.myspace.com/benjamincoy for some more information and to get a sample of his music. Below are some pictures from Kid's Night last night.

'Twas the Night(s) Before Christmas - Pictures with Santa Cow!

2008-12-16T12:18:00.000-05:00

So last night started our first evening of "'Twas the Night(s) Before Christmas". We had an awesome time. We had a good turnout of kids and adults to get their pictures taken with Santa Cow. Here are a few shots from the evening. Remember that tonight is Kid's Night and we'll be making Plush Cow Ornaments for your tree. So come out from 5:30 - 7:30 pm and have a great time!

Best of the Beach 2008

2008-10-27T11:38:00.000-04:00

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped make Chick-fil-A the "Best of the Beach 2008" for fast food restaraunts. We are very thankful and proud to have received this distinction. There is no way we could have done it without all of our Raving Fans out there. Thanks again for all your support!

Customer Appreciation Week - Saturday

2008-09-23T11:56:00.001-04:00

Saturday was the end of our Customer Appreciation Week. We had a Customer Appreciation Festival from 4 - 7 pm. We had inflatable rides, Kyra's Face Painting, Balloons by Blake, hula hoops, frisbees and lots of loud music. Here are some pictures from the day.
It was a great week at Chick-fil-A of Surfside and we want to thank everyone for coming out. Keep your eyes on the blog for updates of all our events and things that we have happening here at Chick-fil-A of Surfside.

*justin*

Customer Appreciation Week - Friday

2008-09-22T10:49:00.000-04:00

Friday was another awesome day for our Customer Appreciation Week. We started off the day with Free Breakfast Friday. We gave away Chicken Biscuits all morning long. Thanks to this we actually had a 17% customer count increase and a 10% sales increase for the day. Lots of people were happy to be enjoying a free biscuit that morning.

After we made it through Free Breakfast Friday we had our final Lemon Squeezing Contest of the week. This one was between Kohl's and Office Depot. This is Robin from Kohl's.
Robin was the only one to show up for the competition. So after a solid week of competition we finally had our first no show. Kohl's won a free nugget tray by default, but Robin's cheerleader Debbie wanted to up the stakes a little bit. I had informed them that the most anyone had squeezed for the week was 4 quarts of juice in 5 minutes. The challenge was then on the table for Robin to try and squeeze 4 quarts or more and Debbie was going to add a Chick-N-Strips Tray as well as a Brownie Tray to their free Nugget Tray. Robin squeezed her heart out and did her best but was unable to achieve the 4 quarts. Debbie was a great sport and went ahead and included the trays for them anyway. Yay!

After the Lemon Squeezing Contest we took somewhat of a break to accomplish some other items on our agenda. We made it back at 4 o'clock for our Luau Party. We had a Tiki Hut with other decorations, hula hoops, limbo and free lemonade. Here are some pictures from the evening.
It was a fun night and we really enjoyed it. Only one more day to go after this.

*justin*

Customer Appreciation Week - Thursday

2008-09-18T09:21:00.001-04:00

It was another great day during our Customer Appreciation Week on Thursday. We started off the day by taking some chicken biscuits to Lakewood Campground. We were able to hop on a golf cart with The Cow and ride around the campground handing out biscuits to all the staff. We had a great time.

After going to Lakewood we came back to the store for our Lemon Squeezing Contest. The contest today was between Camping World RV Sales and Outdoor RV and Marine World. Here is a picture of Carl from Outdoor RV and Marine World.

Here is a picture of the mess Carl made.This is Eben from Camping World.He made much less of a mess than Carl did. This was also a very close competition but in the end Eben pulled out a victory for Camping World. Congratulations to Camping World for winning and getting a free nugget tray from us. Here are the guys with their cheerleaders Rodney and Tom. Check out the rabbit ears that Eben is giving Carl. Classic.After the Lemon Squeezing Contest we loaded up the tent, table, box lunches and The Cow and headed to the Town of Surfside. We were feeding all the town employees and saying thanks for all of their hard work. Here is The Cow outside of the Surfside Civic Center.As you can see from these next pictures they were thoroughly enjoying their lunch, and The Cow.After spending a great afternoon with the Town of Surfside we had to get set up for the Gabbie Rae as Hannah Montana Concert and our Parachuting Mini Moo Cow Drop! Gabbie came out and did a fantastic job and really got the crowd going. Here she is singing away.We also got a shot from up above.If you're wondering how we pulled that off here's a picture of Will on the ladder truck that the Horry County Fire Department so graciously brought out for our Parachuting Cow Drop.After the concert Gabbie Rae did a meet and greet for everyone who was here. The Cow decided to get in and get a picture for his scrap book as well.Following the meet and greet we had our first ever Parachuting Mini Moo Cow Drop. It was awesome. We had 100 Mini Moo Plush Cows attached to parachutes and we dropped them from the top of the ladder truck. Here are the cows in flight.There was one silver cow in the midst of all of those flying cows that was painted silver. It was worth free Chick-fil-A for a year. Congratulations to Josefina who caught the cow. Here she is with her mom and the silver cow.This was a great day all around. We headed home after all was said and done to get some rest and get ready for Free Breakfast Friday and our Luau!!! I'll give you the updates tomorrow.

*justin*

Customer Appreciation Week - Wednesday

2008-09-18T09:21:00.000-04:00

We had another fun filled day on Wednesday with our Customer Appreciation Week here at Chick-fil-A of Surfside. We started out the day doing a blitz just a few miles down the road from us off of Hwy. 17. We made the rounds to plenty of businesses and handed out free chicken biscuits with The Cow there to assist us. We made some great emotional connections.

See this guy? This is David. David had never even tried Chick-fil-A before we got there. This is literally David taking his first bite of Chick-fil-A. This next picture makes me think that David enjoyed his first bite plus the other bites that came after it.

After the blitz we came back to the store to set up for the Lemon Squeezing Contest for the day. Today we matched up East Coast Honda versus East Coast Volkswagen. This is Randy from East Coast Honda.

This is Nathan from East Coast Volkswagen.

This was definitely our closest competition to date. Congratulations goes out to Randy for barely pulling out a victory. Here they are both proud of the fantastic lemon squeezing they did.

After the Lemon Squeezing Contest we got together 200 sandwiches and set sail for Ocean Lakes Family Campground. We had a great time there. The staff was very pleasant and it was wonderful getting to go around and meet them all and spend time with them. Here is Grace, The Cow, and some of the front office staff taking time for a picture.

We headed over to the Golf Cart sales office and I had to stop and get a picture in this sweet golf cart. Go Heels!The Cow took time to get a picture in a golf cart he had his eye on as well.
We also got some great pictures with more of the staff and some of the guests as well.After a few hours of spending time with the Ocean Lakes crew we had to get back and get ready for Free Banana Split Night. We gave away 170 free banana splits from 5 - 8 pm. Fortunately there weren't any serious brain freezes from any of the Icedream. Here are a couple of pictures from the evening.
After all was said and done we cleaned up and called it a night. We had to get some rest so that we can be ready for the Gabbie Rae as Hannah Montana Concert and the Mini Moo Parachuting Cow Drop that we're doing on Thursday Night. Stay tuned for more details!

*justin*

Customer Appreciation Week - Tuesday

2008-09-17T11:03:00.000-04:00

Hey everybody. We had another great day on Tuesday. We started out the morning by doing a blitz through the Surfside area. Ashley, The Cow, and myself took off in the morning and stopped by various local businesses. The highlight of the morning was when we went to Primary Medical Associates. The staff decided to play a joke on Dr. Vest and they created a chart for The Cow and put him in a room on an examination table. It was a lot of fun when Dr. Vest came in to find his first patient was a cow. There were lots of laughs and pictures.

After the blitz we headed back to the store for our second Lemon Squeezing Contest of the week. This time the contest was between Carolina First and Wachovia. Wachovia sent over Nick to do the damage for their branch. Here's a picture of Nick squeezing his heart out.

Carolina First sent over Chris to do the squeezing. Here's a picture of Chris in action.

Congratulations goes out to Chris from Carolina First as he pulled out a victory for the day and won his branch a free nugget tray. Here's Nick and Chris after a hard fought battle.

Next up we grabbed some coolers full of sandwiches and headed out to go visit some TV stations. Our first stop was WBTW TV 13. We got a great tour of the building and got to meet lots of the people at the station. Here is a picture of The Cow with Nicole Boone. I think The Cow has a little crush.

We also ran into Cecil from Cecil's World who thought The Cow was looking a little thirsty.

After we made the rounds at WBTW we headed over to the new NBC station in Myrtle Beach. WMBF opened their doors to us with welcome arms as well. We received a wonderful tour from Kyle who showed us all around the studio and let us know how things work over there. Here's a picture of Marissa with The Cow.

Later that evening we celebrated the Kid Cow's first birthday with a party. He was so excited! We had a custom birthday cake made for the cow. Here it is.

Here's a picture of the Kid Cow having Happy Birthday sung to him.

And here's the Kid Cow blowing out the candle.

Alice even got in on some of the festivities.

All in all it was another great day. Stay tuned for more updates on Customer Appreciation Week!

*justin*

Customer Appreciation Week - Monday

2008-09-16T13:07:00.000-04:00

Hey everybody. We kicked off our Customer Appreciation Week this week and it has been a ton of fun so far. Monday was a pretty exciting day. We kicked off the morning by going and giving some food to some radio stations in exchange for some airtime to talk about our upcoming week. Thanks to Blue and Korby Ray from Gator 107.9, Mitch and Alix from Star 92.1, and Tommy and Abbi from WKZQ for being such wonderful hosts to us and getting us some airtime.

After that we came back we jumped into our first ever Lemon Squeezing Contest. It was between 180 Degrees Church and Surfside Presbyterian Church. Here is a picture of Tom from 180 squeezing lemons like there's no tomorrow.

And here is a picture of Justin from Surfside Presbyterian Church going at it himself.

Thanks to Stuart from 180 for crossing party lines to hold the top of the Lemon Juicer for Justin when it was trying to fly around. Here are the guys after their hard work. Congratulations to 180 for winning the Nugget Tray by juicing 4 quarts worth of lemon juice in 5 minutes. I think Tom might have done this before. Just saying.

After the crazy Lemon Squeezing we grabbed a couple coolers full of 200 Chick-fil-A sandwiches and headed out the door. We drove down 544 and stopped at tons of local business with The Cow and handed out food. There were a ton of emotional connections made during this time. We were also able to let everyone know about all the events we have going on this week. Awesome times.

After that Will and I headed over to AVAC to pick up the wonderful 42" LCD TV they so graciously let us borrow for our Guitar Hero Night. We got back to the store and began to setup for the evening. We were running it through an XBOX 360 playing on the 42" TV while running the sound through a PA system that we are using for all the events this week. Needless to say, it was loud and big. Here's a picture of The Cow going up against Cody. Cody is an expert. If you ever see him out and about and he challenges you to a game of Guitar Hero, do not play him. I repeat, do not play him. He will beat you and then smirk at you just to let you know that he could do it again if he wanted to. I learned that firsthand.

Here's another picture from the evening which includes Will getting in on some of the Guitar Hero Action. Will on the other hand is not an expert when it comes to Guitar Hero. If he wants to play you, take him up on the offer. You will feel better about yourself after it is all said and done. No offense Will. ;-)

Keep an eye out here as I'll continue to be posting the highlights from the week.

*justin*