- April 18th, 2015, 11:58 pm
#76334
I met Laresa (PR Manager) today and she was super nice and we had a chat about Taste of Carolinas.
I thought the idea is good, but it needs some tweaking in the execution.
I purchased $20 worth of samples so that gave me a choice of 5 different items I could try. Each booth had 4 or 5 items.
I felt that the sample sizes were good, mostly. The only one that I felt a bit cheated on was the ShooFly Pie. Too much crust and topping...not enough yummy molasses filling. I also sampled the Seafood Cocktail which was nice with crab, shrimp, peppers and fresh citrus juice. The Chicken over cabbage and beets was nice, however a bit of salt and pepper could have helped that. The fourth thing I tried today was the Jalepeno Pimento Cheese. That was nice and was great with a beer in a rocking chair at Harmony Hall.
I think the biggest problem they had today was the people that were supposed to be selling you on the tastings and getting you interested were young, bored kids that just stood there with the info in their hands. I stood near the info booth at Harmony Hall for a good while and the girl there just didn't seem interested. If someone stopped and talked with her, she would chat, but this is something new and they need the staff to be excited.
On that note, the people in the booths, while really nice, looked incredibly bored. I asked one person what their favorite offering was in their booth and her response was..."I don't know, we don't get to try nothing. What you want to try?" That was followed by an eye roll so I told her I thought I would try something in another booth.
They need to set up info in that new booth they built and aren't using by the new bridge and get someone really exciting to stand there and grab people as they come into the park. The signage is nice, but not sure having all the NC lumped in one area and SC lumped in another is good. I think if it was spread around the park it would be more effective and fun.
I don't feel as if I was cheated and i still have one sample left on my Taste of Carolinas card. The card is a good idea because you don't have to keep pulling your wallet out. They load your samples on a card and you just hand that to the cashier at each booth and they will subtract until you use it all up.
I thought the idea is good, but it needs some tweaking in the execution.
I purchased $20 worth of samples so that gave me a choice of 5 different items I could try. Each booth had 4 or 5 items.
I felt that the sample sizes were good, mostly. The only one that I felt a bit cheated on was the ShooFly Pie. Too much crust and topping...not enough yummy molasses filling. I also sampled the Seafood Cocktail which was nice with crab, shrimp, peppers and fresh citrus juice. The Chicken over cabbage and beets was nice, however a bit of salt and pepper could have helped that. The fourth thing I tried today was the Jalepeno Pimento Cheese. That was nice and was great with a beer in a rocking chair at Harmony Hall.
I think the biggest problem they had today was the people that were supposed to be selling you on the tastings and getting you interested were young, bored kids that just stood there with the info in their hands. I stood near the info booth at Harmony Hall for a good while and the girl there just didn't seem interested. If someone stopped and talked with her, she would chat, but this is something new and they need the staff to be excited.
On that note, the people in the booths, while really nice, looked incredibly bored. I asked one person what their favorite offering was in their booth and her response was..."I don't know, we don't get to try nothing. What you want to try?" That was followed by an eye roll so I told her I thought I would try something in another booth.
They need to set up info in that new booth they built and aren't using by the new bridge and get someone really exciting to stand there and grab people as they come into the park. The signage is nice, but not sure having all the NC lumped in one area and SC lumped in another is good. I think if it was spread around the park it would be more effective and fun.
I don't feel as if I was cheated and i still have one sample left on my Taste of Carolinas card. The card is a good idea because you don't have to keep pulling your wallet out. They load your samples on a card and you just hand that to the cashier at each booth and they will subtract until you use it all up.
