Marsh Chronicles - Day 13

When Eastsiders decides to do something...we do it big!

I walked to Marsh this evening with my 17 year old son (to be able to have some one on one time with my teenager is lovely and I gladly accept the small bits he so infrequently doles out to me), we even remembered to bring our re-usable bag. The purpose of our trip was to pick up some strawberries. Lee and I had purchased some on Sunday that were delicious. Once we were there, I thought I would check with the manager to see if Marsh could give us some information on any marked increase in the store's activity.
I spoke with Mr. Paul Pottle, one of the Marsh managers, he was extremely pleasant and told me that our initiative had prompted quite a response from their corporate offices. He went on to tell me that they had received NUMEROUS Inventory Request Forms and that most of them contained organic items. He also stated that there were some items that Marsh, as a whole, did not carry and that they were researching these to find vendors to provide this store with them. We discussed a way in which he would let me know when those items came in so that our neighbors and friends could come and purchase them at the Irvington Plaza Marsh. So from now on, he will call or email me and I will post when those items come into the store on this blog.
He then donated items for our Clean Up Day this Saturday April 17th (Thank you KIBI for all you do for us!)
And that is not even the most exciting news! The whole reason I had to rush to the computer after dinner! The piece of information that absolutely BLEW MY SOCKS OFF!

Irvington Plaza Marsh has seen a 7% increase in sales over this time last year.....SO FAR!!
This is huge! We have just put an additional 7% into this store in 13 days.

I don't know about you, but this is a true demonstration of what the East Side can accomplish! I am so proud to be an Eastsider and to live in Irvington Terrace!


Tammy