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Yo’ Mama Loves BETA5!
Mother’s Day at BETA5 is full of special surprises:
From Afternoon tea
to 3 Social Media Contests,
BETA5 can help you maintain your coveted position as
‘Mom’s Favourite Child’!
Mother’s Day Specials + Contest Details Below:
Mother’s Day Sunday May 12th
Afternoon Tea – $45 for 2
Sunday May 12th from 1-4pm
Tickets available online or at our shop
Looking to spend an afternoon with mom this Mother’s Day? We’ll be hosting an intimate afternoon tea in our private dining room. Perched above our storefront, you’ll be treated to an assortment of modern, savory and sweet, tea-time treats, along with a pot of your choice of premium, loose leaf teas. The perfect opportunity to catch up with mom, away from the crowds.
Union Memberships
Purchase online or at our shop
Our Chocolate Union Membership is the gift that keeps on giving!
Sign your mom up for 3, 6, or 12 months of deliciousness,
delivered right to her door.
3 Social Media Contests
INSTAGRAM CONTEST: #YoMamaSoVintageBETA5
We love Moms!
Follow us on Instagram + share a vintage photo of you and your mom with the hashtag #YoMamaSoVintageBETA5 to enter to win a BETA5 Mother’s Day Gift Box ($50 Value).
How to Win:
- follow us on Instagram + share an old school photo of you and your mom with the hashtag: #YoMamaSoVintageBETA5
- you can submit as many vintage
‘mom+me’ photo entries as you’d like.
- our vintage photo experts will select
the best old school photo as the winning entry
- we will contact the winner by posting a comment below their winning photo on Wednesday May 8th, so they can receive their BETA5 Mother’s Day Gift Box in time for Mother’s Day
TWITTER CONTEST: #YoMamaSoFunnyBETA5
We love moms!
They say funny things.
Tweet your funniest mom-saying with the hashtag #YoMamaSoFunnyBETA5 to enter to win
a BETA5 Mother’s Day Gift Box ($50 Value)
How to Win:
- follow us on Twitter and tweet a funny mom saying along with the hashtag: #YoMamaSoFunnyBETA5
- you can submit as many entries as you’d like.
- our mom-sayings experts will retweet the most humourous sayings throughout the competition, and we will select our favourite funny mom-saying as the winning entry
- the winner will be contacted by Direct Message on Wednesday May 8th, so they can receive their BETA5 Mother’s Day Gift Box in time for Mother’s Day
FACEBOOK CONTEST: Yummy Mummy Food Memories
Moms are pretty awesome, and we want to hear about a special food memory you have of you and your mom.
Or, if you’re a mom yourself – why not tell us about your favourite food memory with your kids.
Share your mom-centric food memory for a chance to win a BETA5 Mother’s Day Gift Box!
How to Win:
- Like us on Facebook
- Tell us about a special food memory you had with your mom, or you had with your kids, by commenting on our contest post.
- A winner will be randomly selected from all entries, on May 8th, so they can receive their BETA5 Mother’s Day Gift Box in time for Mother’s Day. Be sure to check the contest post to see if you won!
Social Media Contests – Duration: May 2nd to May 8th, 2013
The Prize: Mother’s Day Chocolate Gift Box ($50)
12pc signature box
6pc salted chocolate caramel box
120g Strawberry Pebbles
Crushed Polygon Bar
*Free Shipping to anywhere in Canada + a note from you to Yo’ Mama!
March 17, 2013
CAN YOU GUESS WHERE IN VANCOUVER OUR BRONTOSAURUS EGG IS HIDING?
To celebrate Easter, we will be traveling around Vancouver and hiding our Brontosaurus Egg in 10 different locations. Over the course of 10 days, we will be running a contest through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram giving you a chance to win one of these special Easter creations! Read on for more details and information about how to enter…
Duration: Tuesday March 19 thru Thursday March 28
The Prize: a ‘Brontosaurus Egg’ – a 3kg chocolate egg filled with an assortment of our Easter treats, including pebble-filled chocolate eggs, marshmallow chicks, and a ‘Komodo Dragon Egg’ (retail value $200, details and images available here) * if the selected winner is not in Vancouver, or unable to make it to our store to pick up the prize, we will substitute a gift box valued at $200 (including shipping costs) sent to the winner’s home or office.
How to Play:
1. like/follow BETA5 Chocolates on Twitter, Facebook and/or Instagram
2. every day at 9am, a new image of our ‘brontosaurus egg’ hiding somewhere in Vancouver will be posted with the question, ‘where in Vancouver is our Brontosaurus egg?’. the image will be posted on our social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram)
3. to enter on Facebook: reply to the post with your answer to enter the draw to win (only correct answers will be entered into the draw)
4. to enter on Instagram: reply to the post with your answer to enter the draw to win (only correct answers will be entered into the draw)
5. to enter on Twitter: reply to the tweet with your answer to enter the draw to win (only correct answers will be entered into the draw)
6. entrants are free to enter on all three platforms each day, and submit multiple guesses (again, only correct answers will be entered in the draw, with a maximum of one correct entry per person, per day, per platform)
7. contestants will have 24 hours from the time a picture is posted to submit their guess. (the previous day’s location will be announced the following day before a new picture is posted)
How to Win: at 9am Pacific time, on Friday March 29 (Good Friday), the winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received and then announced on all three platforms. the winner will have 24 hours to contact us directly (by email or through Twitter, Facebook or Instagram) to claim their prize.
Happy Hunting!
February 12, 2013
JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL VALENTINE’S DESSERT TASTING
Join us for a special Valentine’s Dessert Tasting for Two, on Thursday, February 14 or Friday, February 15 at 8.00pm.
Buy your tickets online here.
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Strawberries and Champagne
carbonated strawberries, champagne granite, strawberry jello
Blood Orange Rice Pudding
vanilla-scented carnaroli rice pudding, blood orange, biscotti
Red Velvet Cake
goat’s cheese parfait, beet sponge, honey-poached pear, cocoa nib
Crème Brulée
vanilla custard, caramel, raspberry, cacao fruit snow
Chocolate Tart
chocolate ganache, passionfruit curd, coconut sorbet, caramelized puff
Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate
frozen milk chocolate mousse, dark chocolate pudding, blackout cake, cocoa nib sablé
$175 for 2
includes pairings
and a 24pc box of valentine’s chocolates ($45 value)
December 1, 2012
BETA5 CHOSEN AS 1 OF THE TOP 10 CHOCOLATIERS IN NORTH AMERICA
Read more in our December newsletter here…
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