Since then, 34,155 customers have attended over 20,000 sessions in VA. You have made over 842,470 dishes, each with six servings. That equates to about 5,054,820 plates of food that have been served on your dinner tables. We have been a part of your birthday celebrations, your baby and wedding showers, your in-law visits, your teacher appreciation lunches, your pot lucks dinners, and, of course, your every day dinners and leftover lunches. We have been with you when tragedy has struck, too. When things go wrong, regardless of whether they are sudden or expected, you, your family and your neighbors have come to us to help get a meal on the table of a family in need.

We have gotten to know so many of the great people in Northern Virginia as our customers and we are grateful for each one. We love to see your smiling faces come through our doors. We love to hear about your latest adventures and the progress of your children, grandchildren and parents. We like to say that our friends are our customers and our customers are our friends. It has been a tremendous privilege to be a part of your community.

Thank you for the last five years in business. I’d like to personally invite you to join us at our anniversary celebration on Wednesday, September 1st from 4pm to 7pm at our Ashburn store. We look forward to dishing with you for many more years!

Let’s Dish! Ashburn • 44260 Ice Rink Plaza #122 • Ashburn, VA 20147 • 703.858.7900 • dish.ashburn@letsdish.net

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We’re thrilled to be part of this incredible story. Thanks again to the Chi Psi Fraternity brothers and to the Charlottesville Daily Progress.

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A particular source of frustration to me it knowing what to purchase if I’m looking for a particular item. Everyone claims that they are the best in their advertisements and sale flyers. How do we know what to believe?

The best source for honest reviews are the ones written by customers who were not paid to write them… your neighbors! While there are dozen sites where you can look up reviews about businesses, there are two that I like best. They both generally provide a wide range of reviews, so I can usually spot a good trend.

One is yelp.com, which I’m sure we’re all fairly familar with (thanks for your great reviews about Let’s Dish!, by the way!). The other, however, may be new to some, and, trust me, it’s a gem! It’s myneighborsnetwork.com, developed by Sharon Rainey (a long-time disher!). Members can search and sort through over 10,000 referrals all divided up in hundreds of user-friendly categories. Need a window cleaner in Ashburn? Looking for a math tutor for your first grader in Alexandria? You can find it all. The referrals are all generated by the thousands of members, and are credible and honest.

My Neighbors Network is active with thousands of members in all parts of Northern VA and Montgomery County in MD. A year of membership costs $65, but Neighbors has generously offered a FREE year of membership to Let’s Dish! customers! Just enter promo code V555 when you sign up. You’ll need to enter a credit card but you won’t be charged and you’ll be given several opportunities to opt out a year down the road if you’d like (but, I bet you won’t!). There is no obligation and you can cancel at any time.

As you navigate through commercials, sales flyers and testimonials that seem to good to be true, I encourage you to take some time to read the reviews written by your neighbors (and write some, too!). It truly takes a village to get through life these days! Thanks to my neighbors who help me navigate.

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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:

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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