Love our lobster winners announced

A popular buy-local campaign featuring Island seafood products has come to a close for another year, says Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Alan McIsaac.

“We had 20 retailers across P.E.I. participate in Love our Lobster this spring. Congratulations to all of this year’s lucky winners who supported our lobster industry this year by buying their seafood from local retailers,” said Minister McIsaac. “As we begin another lobster season on P.E.I., I encourage all Islanders and visitors to continue to support our local industry by purchasing seafood from Island retailers and restaurants.”

Love our Lobster gives shoppers the opportunity to win many great prizes. Shoppers who purchased P.EI. lobster at one of the 20 participating retail outlets received a ballot to win great prizes. This year’s Love our Lobster campaign flourished throughout a successful spring lobster season and more than 3,500 ballots were distributed following purchases of Island lobster totaling $120,000 in sales.

The grand prize winner for Love our Lobster is Don MacLeod who receives a private lobster party for 10 people. Andrew Williams, Robert Gallant, Mark Doyle, Greg Masters and Paul MacDonald were all secondary prize winners and receive two weekend passes each to the P.E.I. International Shellfish Festival happening September 15 to 18 at the Charlottetown Event Grounds. Ron Butler, Alice Reeves, Isabel Gallant and Harold Frizzell will all receive a Flavours of P.E.I. Cookbook featuring Island products and recipes.

“Thank you to all of the retailers and buyers that participated in the 2016 Love our Lobster promotion,” added Minister McIsaac.  

For more information on provincial seafood campaigns, visit  Love our Lobster
 
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Amber Nicholson
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amnicholson@gov.pe.ca
902-368-5286