Cheers to a Happy Heart

February 4, 2010 – 1:15 pm
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Heart Healthy!February is American Heart Month - a time to raise awareness about heart disease and living a healthy lifestyle.  As a company that feeds families each and every day, it’s an important time for us to spread the word about the value of good nutrition in preventing heart disease.  Our commitment to heart health can be found throughout all of our stores:

While we always offer healthy choices on our menu, our food development team has put together a menu full of 9 heart healthy meals this month!  With tasty and nutritious dishes such as Rosemary and Mustard Grilled Sirloin Steaks and Moroccan Chicken with Couscous, we’re making it easy to fight heart disease one delicious bite at a time!

  • National Wear Red Day - 10% of Ready Made sales donated to the American Heart Association

In honor of National Wear Red Day on February 5th, we’re swapping our orange for red (you should, too!), and donating 10% of all Ready Made sales to the American Heart Association.  A healthy dinner and a donation - what a perfect way to show your support for the fight against heart disease!

Our blog is also a great resource to learn more about heart health.  Just click “Heart Health” or “Healthy Living” under “Topics We Discuss” for past posts, including tips from an AHA nutritionist, heartfelt stories from our staff members affected by the disease and much, much more!  One of my particular favorites is titled “To Your Health” - a post from our food “guru,”, Holly, about how Let’s Dish! makes it easier to live a healthy lifestyle. Cheers to eating right, and to a happy, healthy heart!

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Operation Feed Haiti raises $1000 for the relief efforts

January 19, 2010 – 1:45 pm
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With your support in Operation Feed Haiti, we were able to donate $1000 to the American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. As a small, family-run company, we truly couldn’t have done it without your help.  I want to share with you this message from the American Red Cross:

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$20 donated to Haiti for every session booked today or tomorrow

January 14, 2010 – 2:31 pm
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Collapsed government buildings. Damaged hospitals. As many as 3 million people affected.

The news of the Haiti earthquake disaster hit all of us hard at Let’s Dish! (as I’m sure it did to you and your family). Yesterday was filled with checking CNN for updates, googling statistics and asking, “How can we help?” Beyond getting out our own checkbooks (and, believe me, we all have), was there something else? And then, it occurred to us… we have a fabulous, wonderful, generous customer base of 40K+ strong. And, there is certainly strength in numbers.

The outcome:

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Feed your family, while helping to feed those facing loss of life and devastation.

Today and tomorrow, we’re donating $20 for every session booked using promo code HAITI. Money raised will be donated directly to the American Red Cross Haiti relief efforts.

I think we often hear of disasters of this magnitude, but don’t think that our small contributions can help. (I’m personally guilty of that sentiment.) But, the reality is that it’s going to take every penny, every contribution, to help bring the people of Haiti back to their feet. And, if we all come together, there’s no stopping what we can do.

I’m proud to work for a company that shares this philanthropic view and sincerely hope that you will join us in Operation Feed Haiti.

Promo cannot be applied to previously booked sessions or combined with other offers. Valid at Let’s Dish! in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Must sign-up January 14-15, 2010. Must enter promo code HAITI at checkout on letsdish.com. Offer valid only on 4, 8 or 12 meal sessions, HALVES not included. Money raised will be donated to the American Red Cross Haiti relief efforts. For more information about the American Red Cross, visit www.redcross.org. Let’s Dish! is the region’s leading meal-assembly chain, where customers stock up on homemade, freezer-ready meals that take the stress out of dinnertime. For more details visit letsdish.com.

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Our Parent/Kid Sessions - Now (officially) Mom Approved!

November 25, 2009 – 10:28 am
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We’re always mentioning that Let’s Dish! is a great solution for families, and we’re delighted that A Parent in Silver Spring (a funny, parenting blog written by Silver Spring mom and freelance writer, Jessica McFadden) agrees!

On her latest blog post, Jessica writes, “After all that Thanksgiving cooking you’re doing today and tomorrow…wouldn’t is be nice during the crazy time between Turkey Day and Christmas to have a bunch of meals pre-made? And bond with your kids while you make them?  Then sign up for a Second Sunday session at Let’s Dish!.”

While supervised kids 8+ are welcome at any time, Second Sunday of each month at Let’s Dish! are always special Parent/Kid sessions.  As Jessica mentions, dishing is a “great way for kids to learn about the things they eat and feel more involved in dinner time… (and) may help to get those picky eaters to try new things.”  Plus, most kids just think it’s fun!

The next Parent/Kid session is Sunday, December 13th, and there are still spots available to sign up.  Jessica, thanks for the rave review and we hope to see you there with your little one in tow!

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Pink Dish! ‘09 To Support All Nominated Families!

November 9, 2009 – 3:39 pm
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picture-3.pngEach year we challenge our customers and staffs to contribute generously to support local families touched by breast cancer.  And every year, you come through.

2009 was no exception.  Despite our nation’s “Great Recession”, we once again raised thousands of dollars for local families.  These moneys were generated from promotional events like “Pink Dish! Day,” contributions as part of in-store offers, and — more than ever before — out-of-pocket donations from dishers and hosts alike.

Your generosity enabled us to provide every Pink Dish! nominated family in the Mid-Atlantic region with a FREE dish-and-dash session.  We hope these healthy, pre-assembled meals make their daily challenges feel a little less overwhelming, at least around dinnertime.

We couldn’t have done it without you.  And for that, we — like the families that received these free meals — are sincerely grateful.

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