• Stores will generally only sample products already in inventory - this is not a way to get into a new chain.
• Stores have widely different policies. Some will sample your products with their staff; some will require you to provide your own personnel; and some will only allow sampling for a per-store fee.

Putting your name on the list will not guarantee you a sampling opportunity - but if you don't sign up, you'll be out of the game for sure. So contact Mallory today and keep your fingers crossed.

Check out the latest updates on Whole Grain Sampling Day here including our fun new promotional video and downloadable PDFs of information for Manufacturers, for Supermarkets, and for Restaurants / Foodservice. We'll tell you more about other options for food companies next month. 

Lately we've enjoyed seeing publicity from some of our members detailing the number of servings of whole grains they've provided in the last year. 

McDonald's, for instance, served up 420 million servings of whole grain in the 52 weeks ending July 31, 2013, and General Mills sold 15 billion servings of whole grain during 2012. We love the contributions that companies like these are making to the whole grain cause.

We're putting together information for the media on the wonderful momentum of whole grains, and we'd love to include your company's contributions, too. Email Danita Boyce (danita@oldwayspt.org) with your information about aggregate servings sold; if you're not sure how to calculate servings, we can help with that, too. We want to get you the media attention your efforts deserve!