New Leaf gift basket. Image courtesy of New Leaf Facebook page
It’s Day Eight of Santa Cruz Restaurant Examiner/Santa Cruz Foodie’s “12 Days of Christmas Giveaway.” See end of article for how to win a sweet and savory holiday gift basket from New Leaf Community Markets.
New Leaf Community Markets has lots of last-minute holiday gift options including foodie gift baskets that are available until Dec. 31 or while supplies last. “Sweet Delights” for $19.99 contains Theo Chocolate’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, Dark Chocolate Almond BarkTHINS, Marich Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels & Double Chocolate Praline Almonds, and Verve Buena Vista Dark Roast Blend Coffee.
Three baskets for $29.99 each are Gourmet Snacking (includes alcohol; must be 21 and over to purchase), Gourmet Snacks-to-the-Max, and Sweet & Savory. Gourmet Snacking contains 4505 Meats Chicharrones Pork Rinds, Royal Hawaiian Sea Salt Macadamia Nuts, Olli Salumeria Salami, Chinook Sunflower Seeds, New Zealand Jerky’s Grass-Fed Beef Jerky, and Santa Cruz Scrumpy Hard Apple Cider. Snacks-to-the-Max features everything from the Gourmet Snacking one minus the hard cider, with the addition of Jeff’s Naturals Castelvetrano Olives. Last but not least, Sweet & Savory has Olli Salumeria Salami, Feridies Salted Peanuts, Friend in Cheeses Fig & Fennel Jam, Cranberry Hazelnut Raincoast Crisps, Chuao Dark Chocolate Honeycomb Bar and Chocolove Dark Chocolate with Almonds & Sea Salt Bar.
If you buy “non-gift-basket” items that you’re intending to use as gifts, New Leaf provides a free gift bag with your purchase. Stop by the Holiday Solutions Station for these. Also, remember that New Leaf sells gift cards to the market; you can buy them online ($25 and up) or at the store’s cash registers. It’s safe to say that most “good food” fans in Santa Cruz County would appreciate one of these as a holiday gift.
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THE CONTEST:
One person will win a New Leaf sweet and savory holiday gift basket worth approximately $30.
To enter, email your name to tfatemi@gmail.com by Mon. Dec. 21 at 9 p.m. and include the words “New Leaf.” The drawing will take place the next morning and the winner will be notified via email. Employees of Examiner.com are not eligible for the promotion.
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