Today was Delivery Day for me - as in my usual every-other-week delivery from the supermarket. Having unpacked everying I had ordered, I found myself myseriously left with an extra bag, containing a strange mix of things which I had not ordered...
Had it just been one or two of the smaller items, I'd just have taken them for what Janice of the blog Jabblog the other day called "free gifts". (Actually I was amused to note that the pink "goodies" bar seemed kind of similar to the sweets she blogged about - claiming to be "95% fruit"...)
However, since the bag also contained...
- a normal size bag of rye bread
- a 3-pack of Taco spice mix
- a weird narrow stick labeled "ölkorv"( = Swedish name for German Bierwurst = "beer sausuge" in English) (something I've never tasted)
- a small roll of wine gums
- a mascara
- a small jar of skin cream
- a small bag of instant coffee
- a small bag of some weird porridge powder (baby food??)
... I found myself puzzled by the strange variety of stuff, and assumed I must have received someone else's bag by mistake...
So I called the store to ask. But it turned out that they were indeed having some kind of "campaign week"; and as I had been one of the first 150 people to put in an online order this week, I had received all these various "gifts". (The campain thing had totally passed me by when I put in my order, I just went by my list of things I wanted/needed...)
I have received free stuff before on a few occasions, but never this many different things all at once. And the only things among them that I might have considered buying myself, on special offer, is the bread and the Taco spices (although I prefer a different brand).
What an unexpected haul like a lucky dip of everyday curiosities, half practical, half puzzling, but all part of the small surprises that keep routine days interesting
ReplyDeleteRo, it certainly kept me puzzled for a while... ;)
DeleteStill, a nice, unexpected surprise. And maybe the skin cream will be nice.
ReplyDeleteGinny, it was a good small size to put in a bag to take with me when going out, so may come in handy.
DeleteA funny mix of stuff in try-out sizes! I guess you are familiar with NIVEA? I quite like their skincare products. You could give the stuff you don't want to a family in your building, someone might appreciate the baby/children stuff and the mascara :-)
ReplyDeleteMeike, I am familiar with Nivea, yes. Haven't used their products in while but I'll try that one of course. Might try the mascara as well, even if I don't use makeup daily. - To suddenly out of the blue try to give any of the young mothers (of foreign origin) among the neighbours one single portion of powdered baby food, when we've never said more than hello in passing before, would probably seem as weird to them as to me, though. (Or at least definitely to me!!)
DeleteThat's quite a bonanza. I wonder if the marketing strategy/campaign will work.
ReplyDeleteJanice, as I totally missed how they presented the campaign in their ads or in the store, I have no idea! (lol) My own favourites among the "free gifts" were the bread and spices, which will both definitely be used. But I doubt any of it will change my regular shopping habits much!
ReplyDeleteWrongly, I suspected that the supermarket had heard about your recent fall and wanted to cheer you up. Like giving flowers or grapes to a hospital patient. Enjoy your weird porridge powder!
ReplyDeleteYP, even if I'm a long term home delivery customer, if that had been the answer from the supermarket when I called to enquire, that would truly had stunned me! ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat an intriguing mix of items - possibly designed to cover the whole family! Not sure if any of our supermarkets do something similar as I don't have home deliveries.
ReplyDeleteCarol, I've got samples of single new products sometimes before, this just seemed "too much" all at the same time!
Deletenot me, no gifts wanted, both Jablogs gift and your gifts are nothing I would use.. I did get a 1/2 lb of deli balonga that I did not order, and stuck it in the freezer. maybe it was a gift, stranger things have happened.
ReplyDeleteSandra, I don't even know what balonga is? - The bread and the Taco spice will get used by me; more doubtful about the strange sausage...
DeleteThat's nice of them to give you some free gifts, that doesn't happen very much.
ReplyDeleteAmy, when it's happened before it's usually just been one item, like if they've been introducing a new brand of something.
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