Giveaway: Stop & Shop Warms Up Your Heart with Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
We Have A $25 Stop and Shop Gift Card Just For You!
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It’s hard to believe that Valentine’s Day weekend is going to be here in a blink! Stop and Shop will help you “Set the Mood” with Flowers, Sweet Treats, New Products, Recipes and Express Lanes.
We took a trip to our local Stop and Shop so we could see first hand what Valentine goodies we could find. Wooza, we left with our hands full of treats for loved ones, family, friends and the teacher, too! The Stop & Shop we completely ready with plenty of ideas to make this Valentine’s Day extra special.
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Bonus: THIS is great!!!! Each store has set up a designated Lover’s Lane Express Checkout reserved just for Valentine’s Day purchases, including flowers, bakery treats, cards and candies allowing customers to get in and out of the store quickly. How awesome is that? I love it especially because I am the one running in at the last minute grabbing something I forgot for Valentine’s Day!
I was thrilled at the variety of flowers to choose from to make the perfect bouquet. Stop & Shop is featuring single and dozen rose bouquets, rose bunches and premium roses to satisfy anyone’s budget or choose from store made arrangements, mixed flower bouquets, flowering plants, balloons and much, much more! Stop & Shop sources all of its flowers from farms whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainability so you can be sure that your flower purchase is not only brightening the day of a loved one, but also being a better neighbor to the environment too.
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If you’re looking for something a little more special, Stop & Shop’s team of florists can help you put together a custom arrangement. Just call your local Stop & Shop to place an order or have a floral associate help you choose the perfect bouquet. This is definitely another perk!
Of course, I’m sure I’m not the only one that is “Cooking In” on Valentine’s Day night. If you are like me you can kick up your homemade romantic dinner with Stop & Shop’s exclusive brand new World Menu products. These internationally, inspired items feature quality ingredients and bold flavors, including many Italian and Asian favorites. Found throughout the store with a large variety in the frozen department, World Menu products bring the tastes from around the world to your kitchen for quick and easy meals in just minutes. Try ricotta and spinach tortellini paired with broccoli rabe & smoked provolone or enjoy chicken pot stickers with sweet & sour chicken for a new take on take-out. For more information about our new World Menu products visit http://stopandshop.com/shopping/our-stores/our-brands/. Also, don’t forget to check out Stop & Shop’s Recipe Center for thousands of entrée, appetizer and dessert ideas for all skill levels at http://stopandshop.com/recipes-and-meals/recipe-center/. Ingredients for all are available in-store.
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This Special Dish will make you look like a master chef! Stop & Shop’s shrimp primavera is an easy dish that will get you from the kitchen to table in less than an hour. To spice things up this Valentine’s Day add in cayenne pepper or hot sauce.
Shrimp Primavera
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Stop & Shop canola or olive oil
- 1 Tbsp fresh garlic, crushed
- 1 medium yellow onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 large green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 14 oz. Stop & Shop can diced tomatoes
- 6 oz. can Stop & Shop tomato paste, mixed w/ 1 cup water
- ½ tsp dried basil
- ¼ tsp dry oregano
- 1 dash cayenne pepper or hot sauce
- 1 dash black pepper
- 1 lb fully cooked Stop & Shop shrimp, peeled
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 12 oz. Stop & Shop pasta (spaghetti, linguine or small shells)
Steps
Heat the oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion and cook one minute. Add green pepper and sauté until tender-crisp, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and seasonings. Stir well and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook pasta according to directions. When pasta is almost done, add cooked and peeled shrimp to the sauce just to heat through but do not overcook. Squeeze lemon juice and stir in. Ladle shrimp and sauce over pasta.
Have a sweet tooth?
Stop into the bakery department for Stop & Shop’s special real whipped cream strawberry cake or choose from a variety of cookies, cakes and other pastries. Don’t forget the produce section to make your own covered strawberries! Strawberries are buy one, get one free the week of February 8 at all Stop & Shop stores.
Stop & Shop also offers a wide variety of gift cards to your Valentine’s favorite chain restaurants, major retailers, movie theatres and more! Customers who use their Loyalty Card will also earn four times theGas Extra Rewards points on select gift card purchases.
If you plan ahead or wait until February 14, think Stop & Shop for all of your Valentine’s Day-related goodies!
visit www.stopandshop.com or www.facebook.com/stopandshop.
GIVEAWAY: We have teamed up with Stop and Shop to bring you a little love on Valentine’s Day. We have a $25 Gift Card just for you. Winner will be chosen on Valentine’s Day at noon. USA/18+ please. Winner must be a 3decades3kids verified subscriber. To enter please answer this question in the comments below. What do you like about Valentine’s Day?
…..For me, I love celebrating with hubby and the kids. Valentine’s are fun. My daughter and I bake together. Since this year it falls on Saturday, most likely we will go out for lunch and a movie!
Disclosure: Gift cards provided by Stop and Shop for review products and giveaway. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Contact me at 3decades3kids@gmail.com and everywhere else at @3decades3kids.
Wow, so nice! I would love to win and go on a shopping spree.
I like seeing all the couples who look like they have been together for a long time still have a reason to get all mushy and lovey dovey with each other!
I love to see my wife and 3 daughters face when I surprise them with gifts, especially on Valentine’s Day. I love them with all of my heart.
I love being able to have an excuse for a nice date night!
My husband always cooks me a special meal. I love watching him do it!
I love Stop & Shop! I an a regular shopper there and I love all the sales they have there. What a great giveaway this is.
I LOVE the flowers and the chocolate 🙂
I like getting chocolates and being with my husband and son
just another opportunity to acknowledge the importance of our relationship. Also anniversary of our engagement, so we celebrate that as well.
Stop and Shop has some really great stuff! I’ll have to look into them. Thanks!
I love the Lover’s Lane Checkout idea (no pun intended.) Perfect for those last minute gift shoppers.
Wow! I had no idea that you could find such great stuff at Stop and Shop. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this.
I really like the Rose Cupcake design. They are really cute! This sounds like an awesome shop!
Valentines Day gifts are simply the best. It is so much fun to givestuff like this away 🙂
What do I like? Hmm…I like the chocolates I always get, the dinner at red lobster and the flowers I always have to share with my daughter 😉
I love that every valentines day my kiddos bring home projects they have made from school!
My Valentine’s Day gift to my husband is usually a nice homecooked meal…that we eat AFTER the kids have gone to bed!!! Once you have kids, those quiet moments alone are priceless 😉
I love this shop. It has so many great items. I like the Rose Cupcake: looks delicious
That recipe would be great for company! I like those cupcakes too… pretty. 🙂
That is such a great giveaway. We don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day as a couple, but might do something special for the kiddos.
Ong bow cute are those cupcakes?!?! Love stop & shop!!! Wish they had one near me in WNY!
Wow, would be awesome to win this. Would have a great time shopping. thank you for sharing.
What a great giveaway! Perfect heart warmer for tomorrow. Happy Valentine’s day!
I could definitely go for some Shrimp Primavera right now. It sounds really tasty.
Those flowers are absolutely gorgeous! What a great Valentine’s Day!
I would love to get a bunch of stuff at the bakery. I am making a big dinner and will be making some treats.
That’s really awesome that the store has an express checkout for Vday stuff! Thanks for the Valentine’s Day ideas too! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe, I love shrimp. I didn’t realize Stop & Shop had so much Valentine’s Day stuff and I love the idea of the lover’s lane express checkout!
It’s nice when a store takes the time to set up a sort of this holiday for dummies section – there’s an easy reminder and everything is in one place. Win Win.
What an awesome holiday selection! Sure does make for easy shopping!
I love Valentines Day! Not because I’m big on celebrating the actual day but it gives me a reason to send out even more love! LOL. I can’t wait to try the Shrimp Primavera recipe!
That sounds really good. I’m a big fan of shrimp primavera. I’ve never tried to make it.