All Good news & banana gossip
Good one Gary the Gorilla
18 April 2011 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Banana lovers
Now believe it or not, we get quite a few requests from people who are gagging to leap about in a gorilla suit for us. None however, have been as excited or persistent as Gary the Produce Manager at South City New World in CHCH. So to reward such enthusiasm, what could we do but get him his own suit for parading in.
Not an ordinary suit no siree… a lovely bright yellow one.
Gary we salute you.
Gaga in Grey Lynn
15 April 2011 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Banana lovers
The kids, teachers and parents at Grey Lynn school went bananas this morning. We took a few boxes along to help raise money for the year 6 school camp and they sold out in minutes.
Thanks Grey Lynn. Good effort.
The boys done good…
11 April 2011 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Banana lovers
We’re so proud here at All Good HQ, of Team Go Banana Go and their sterling effort in yesterday’s RedBullTrolley Derby.
Banana looked slick as…
Gorilla suits grizzly…
Sharp choreography with pom-poms
Psyched out the competition
Bananas all round
LEADING for 90% of the day!!
Still managed time to chat up the grid girls too.
Nice job fellas. Nice job.
Carrot-mob? In Wellington?? What the what???
08 April 2011 | Posted by julia in Uncategorized
No this doesn’t involve a mob of people throwing carrots. More a mob of happy people rewarding a business for being toooootally awesome and having great environmental & ethical practices.
A joycott rather than a boycott (love that word, thanks @Conscious Consumers).
The past couple of weeks Conscious Consumers have been working with Wellingtonians to select THE best café location. All Conscious Consumers’ cafés were in the running to get mobbed – but there could only be one winner. Following the frantic bidding war started on 21 March 2011, the café that pledged to use the highest percentage of its take from the mob day to improve its energy efficiency won.
Take a bow Memphis Belle, for they pledged 201%!!
It’s going to be NZ’s first carrotmob, so head down there tomorrow Sat April 9th to see the entertainment and be part of the fun.
Follow Consious Consumers facebook page for more information, and if you’re the 42nd carrot-mobber you’ll also get one of our gorgeous tees too.
You could even wave/lob a few carrots if you fancy, but be safe kids. Be safe.
Team Go Banana Go on a stealth test drive
05 April 2011 | Posted by simon in All Good News, Banana lovers
Untitled from Simon Coley on Vimeo.
A sneak preview of the Go Banana Go warm-up to this weekends Red Bull Trolley Derby. Speed is good but judging by the way the banana corners this will be an event with just as many spills as thrills.
Are you awesome? Like bananas? Like talking to people about bananas??
04 April 2011 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Banana lovers, General, Uncategorized
Mmmh you sound like our sort of person, we should talk.
We’re on the hunt again for amazing, good guys & girls to help us out with promo work. Give us a shout and you too could be running around dressed as a gorilla…
…or in a sharp ‘All Good’ tee if being a Gorilla is not your thang (we’re nice like that).
Banana lovers we need your help…
31 March 2011 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Banana lovers, Uncategorized
We’re on a mission to make Auckland a Fairtrade city and we need your help to do it.
Fret not, it’s really easy. Just go to the link here, enter your deets and voila we’re on our way.
Muchos gracias…
Fair play, we loves a bit of morning tea we do…
29 March 2011 | Posted by julia in All Good News, Banana lovers
Well, we were pleased to be invited back so soon to Point Chevalier Primary School, but when we found out we were going to have a Fairtrade morning tea. Oooh you couldn’t stop us.
Last Tuesday we were treated to Fairtrade coffee, hot chocolate and some delicious All Good banana muffins whipped up by the class that morning.
Yuuuuuum-eeee. Thanks heaps guys.
Grey Lynn by night
22 March 2011 | Posted by simon in All Good News, Banana lovers
If you’re near the Grey Lynn area this Thursday, then definitely make sure you take a stroll or cycle down to the West Lynn Street Party & Twilight market.
You’ll be able to grab a drink, sample some tasty food and soak up the music and atmosphere. Judging by the video from last year, you’ll be in for family, fun-filled treat.
Oh and make sure you swing by the Fairtrade stall to say hi and pick up a few of our bananas.
More details about the event here.
It’s all in the hips…
21 March 2011 | Posted by simon in All Good News, Recipes
Well they say a race is often won or lost off the track, so it was nice to see Team Go Banana Go getting some well deserved airtime on TV3 this Sunday. Beautiful modeling of our shirts too, watch the clip.
The trolley is looking fast on its way to completion, though let’s hope the brakes are sorted in time for the test run this week. We certainly don’t want a banana split before the race (Ay! Ay! Did you see what we did there?? Sorry, we’ve got a bit of cabin fever from all the rain today).
Anyway, with the car on its way to getting sorted we’ve got to get the dietary preparation and training going. Any extra weight has got to be a good thing right? We think the Ripe Roast Banana cheesecake might just be the ticket.
For those that missed the earlier post, you can view the recipe here.
Meanwhile, we’re off to get baking.
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