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Supermarket Offered Free Bacon For a Year in Text-to-Win Sweepstakes

Hy-Vee Supermarkets appealed to bacon lovers with their prize… free bacon for a year.  They tied their promotion to the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, one of the top baconfests in the world. Hy-Vee, a chain with more than 240 stores in the Midwest, ventured into text-to-win and saw success with this promotion.

Objective:

  • To create a fun text-to-win to promote Hy-Vee Supermarkets during an event.
  • To convey to bacon lovers (and grocery shoppers) that Hy-Vee Supermarket is the place for great bacon.
  • To gain a database of participants to re-market offers via text message and emails.

Promotions Channels:

  • In venue advertising
  • Social media promotion

Outcome:

  • Hundreds of participants entered.
  • Hundreds of new emails collected.

Prize: Hy-Vee vouchers for a 12-month’s supply of bacon

To get started with your own text-to-win, see features and pricing.