CAMERA CALL: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 - Loblaws® store at Maple Leaf
Gardens* to mark its first anniversary with Food's Greatest
Celebration™
President's Choice® Giant Holiday Gingerbread
House now open for holiday season
TORONTO,
Nov. 30, 2012 /CNW/ - Come one! Come
all! From Friday, November 30 to Sunday, December 2, the
Loblaws® store at Maple Leaf Gardens* is hosting
a fabulous party called Food's Greatest
CelebrationTM to mark the store's first
anniversary.
What:
- Guests will have the chance to win prizes and interact with
Loblaws food experts while participating in fun food
challenges, like cheese-grating, pizza-making and
more. Prizes include festive treats from the store and gift cards
to Loblaws and Joe Fresh.
- Mark Russell, executive chef at
the Loblaws® store at Maple Leaf Gardens*, and his
team of chefs will prepare mouth-watering holiday treats and give
interactive cooking demonstrations.
- The store is bringing back some of its best musical acts of the
year to entertain guests all weekend: Marty Oakes Trio on Friday, November 30 (11
a.m. to 3 p.m.); Ryan Oliver Jazz Duo, Saturday, December 1 (11
a.m. to 3 p.m.); and the Mary Mac Duo on Sunday, December 2 (11
a.m. to 3 p.m.).
When:
A Pizza Making Challenge will take place
Friday, November 30 at noon.
Cameras are invited to arrive for 11:45
a.m. to set up.
Additional anniversary celebration activities
(November 30 to December 2):
- Kids with a flair for food are invited to have Breakfast with
Santa, when a special PC Cooking School class takes place
December 2 from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. On the menu are
yummy treats like pancakes, syrup, biscuits with jam toppings,
orange juice and lots of fun! Breakfast with Santa is open to all
ages and costs $10 per person.
Register here.
- A magical and amazing President's Choice®
Giant Holiday Gingerbread House will come to life in the
Canteen on November 30 as part of
the store's first anniversary celebrations.
- The President's Choice® Giant Holiday
Gingerbread House will be quite a sight to see, soaring almost
to the height of the store's well-known cheese wall and about as
long as the popular deli counter.
- It will be decorated with 1,000 tiles of gingerbread and
more than 700 pounds of colourful candy, including 5,000 mini candy
canes, and complete with Christmas trees, festive trimming,
surrounded by mounds of snowy white, and warmed up by the glow of a
cozy fireplace.
- Beginning November 30 and
every weekend until the end of the holiday season, Santa and
his elves will be on hand to take pictures and to help you decorate
your very own gingerbread men cookies. Nibble your creations
knowing that all proceeds from purchases of these gingerbread men
cookies will be donated to the President's
Choice® Children's Charity.
CAMERAS ARE WELCOME ALL WEEKEND. PLEASE RSVP
TO ROCK-IT PROMOTIONS TO SCHEDULE A TIME.
Where:
Loblaws® store at Maple Leaf Gardens*
60 Carlton St. (Carlton and Church), Toronto
Hours:
Activities will run from November 30
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
December 1 and 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Website: http://www.loblaws.ca/60carlton
Twitter: @loblawscarlton, #loblawscarlton1yr
Facebook: Loblaws 60 Carlton
*Reg'd TM. Lic'd use.
SOURCE Loblaw Companies Limited
Image with caption: "Marcello
Piane (right), store director at the Loblaws(R) store at
Maple Leaf Gardens*, and Santa's elves present lucky shopper
Sheldon McGlastan with a $5,000
Loblaws gift card, as part of the store's first anniversary
celebrations this morning. (CNW Group/Loblaw Companies Limited)".
Image available at:
http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20121130_C5110_PHOTO_EN_21398.jpg
Image with caption: "Santa Claus greets guests from the
President's Choice(R) Giant Holiday Gingerbread House, unveiled
this morning as part of the first anniversary celebrations at the
Loblaws(R) store at Maple Leaf Gardens*. Santa and his elves will
be in the house every weekend until the end of the holiday season.
(CNW Group/Loblaw Companies Limited)". Image available at:
http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20121130_C5110_PHOTO_EN_21397.jpg