UPDATE: Our 2 winners have been notified and we’re waiting for them to reply before making it official….stay tuned!
Here’s a cool way to shop for freshly made, gourmet food for the holidays. 2 lucky people will each receive a $25 Shopping Certificate to apply toward any purchases from RegionalBest.com by December 18, 2009.
(Please note – this giveaway applies to USA residents only.)


RegionalBest.com is an online food artisan marketplace where you can choose from over a dozen categories of handmade and hand crafted foods from artisans, farmers and small businesses across the USA. Each artisan’s photo and personal story are featured with each product, so you know who grew or made the product, and with what ingredients. All foods are attractively packaged for gift giving and ship directly from the producer to maximize great taste, quality, freshness and value. Most of the items are all- natural or organic and sustainably grown. 225 fine foods are available for less than $25.
To Enter this Random Drawing, simply:
- Visit RegionalBest.com and checkout this amazing marketplace.
- Then leave a comment on this post, telling us which artisan appeals to you the most.
- Add the following address to your email address book: m at AlternativeConsumer.com.
Two lucky winners will be selected in our Random Drawing, and notified by email. Contest ends Friday, December 11, 2009 at 11:59p (EST). Winners have 24 hours to claim their prize, or offer is null and void. Winners’ names will also be included on this post.
*One entry per person.
*EXTRA CREDIT If you have your own blog, you can post about the giveaway with a link back to this giveaway post. To make sure we know, you can come back and leave a comment with a link to your blog post. If you Twitter, you can tweet about the giveaway once a day, and be sure to refer to @altCon, and leave a comment linking to the status. You can also receive additional entries 3 more ways: subscribe to altCon’s RSS feed, follow us on Twitter or friend us on FaceBook. (If you’ve already signed up, just enter a comment to let us know.)
Time’s ticking, so start clicking – Good Luck!
Related: previously on altCon, (11.11.09)
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I hope the gluten free macaroons taste as good as they look!
Nice site. The pistachio tower will make a great gift for my clients. Thanks for the info.
Love the variety. Interested in the vegan options, as well as, the coffees and the mixes to make things fresh at home. The Maine pancake breakfast would definitely be a hit at our house!
oooooh yum! it all looks so good. the S’more’s on a Stick are adorable!
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Love Green Sweeps! Never heard of Regional Best. I just Tweeted it!! Am heading to check out their site now.
So many things from Cheese to nuts, but the one that really catches my eye and makes my mouth water is the Grocer’s Daughters Chocolates -Chocolate Michigan Cherries
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Great Lakes Tea & Spice Co. seems to have the variety of products I love to try, like tea and spices.
I could pick a ton of things, but the Beer and Pretzel Caramels really stood out as something different. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com
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I would like to try some Barely Buzzed cheese.
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We can’t live without our seasonings so we are interested in what Chef Heidi Basik has to offer and would love to try some of them. Thanks we had never heard of RegionalBest.com
the Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate items look/sound wonderful, especially the Sun Bars, and thank you for the chance!
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I like the Artisanal Shortbread Bars, but they all look great! THanks!
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I’m always looking for places to buy locally raised free range meat. K&M FARM sells free range turkeys which I’m really excited to try out
I’d loved to try the sweet potato biscuits
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So many yummy choices! I really like the Cheese Lovers Set from A Perfect Pear :)
I love this: Apple Caramel Walnut Crumb PieArtisan baker Marie Connell handcrafts her pies with heirloom apples and all natural ingredients.
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The Artisan’s Candies group of items could make you gain weight just looking at them, but I would be more than willing to test the concept!
Beehive’s cheeses are the ones I keep going back to, but so many of these products sound wonderful.
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The baking products and teas look so good.
I would love any of the Vegan products, the Paloma chocolate sounds great!
I like Full Moon
I Want To Try The Variety Pack – Blue Smoke Salsas!
The Cheese Lover’s Gift Set from Napa Valley looks delicious
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Everything looks yummy.
My husband would be in Heaven with the Pistatio Tower. Thanks for the chance.
Wow…great products available on that site. The Appledore Cove company’s Balsamic Strawberry Salsa sounds really great.
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