Handing out flyers and Posters for GIG

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Yesterday, I went to some businesses that sell gluten-free products to hand out flyers and posters for the Gluten Intolerance Group of Port of Spain. I went to Malabar Farms Gourmet Shop, Whole Foods Market, Adam’s Bagels, Cascade Mini Mart, Peppercorns in Ellersie Plaza, Nature’s Discount Nutrition Centre, Petit Gourmet, New Earth Organics Enterprises Ltd, Be Free Foods Organic Grocery, Zayas and Hi-lo West Mall. I would’ve visited some more stores but there were time constraints and my energy level was running low. Let me know if there are any other places that you think should have flyers or posters for the Celiac Awareness Campaign for May. Contact me at gigofportofspain@gmail.com or gluten.free.trini@gmail.com
A poster in Malabar Farms Gourmet Shop


While I was out and about, I got super hungry and tired so I bought some snacks during the day, which helped a lot. I usually walk with snacks but since I knew I was going to stores with gluten-free and dairy-free snacks, I bought some to treat myself.
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I ate a Larabar Carrot Cake from Nature’s Discount Nutrition Centre. It tasted great and it kept me from getting cranky. After visiting some more places, I bought some gluten free food at Be Free Foods. I bought Bob’s Red Mills Gluten Free Rolled Oats, Enjoy Life Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips and Enjoy Life boomCHOCOboom Bar.
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The chocolate bar was awesome. I don’t get to eat chocolate that often due to the milk allergy. I usually drink chocolate almond milk for the chocolate cravings but there is a difference between chocolate milk and a chocolate bar. There were only 4 blocks in the chocolate bar and I wish there were more.
When I ate the boomCHOCOboom bar, I was like:

After that, I did some more grocery shopping and went home. It was an eventful day. I met some of the managers of the stores and I was glad to see that they were interested in the campaign.

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