Lowes Foods And Terri Bennett Partner For "Everyday Green Living Is Good For You"

Online, July 23, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Charlotte, NC - Terri Bennett Enterprises and Lowes Foods have entered into a partnership to provide Lowes Foods patrons and website visitors with "Everyday Green Living is Good for You" video segments, tips and eco-content. The partnership includes Terri Bennett hosting two-minute video segments, which post every Wednesday on www.lowesfoods.com offering tips of green living. Video segments began on May 5, 2010, and in its first few weeks topics have included alternatives to chemical cleaners, wine box or bottle debate, preserving garden-grown foods, environmentally friendly party supplies and understanding beef packaging labels. Archives of the videos can be viewed online.

Bennett is also a weekly contributor of Do Your Part Sustainability tips and information on Lowes Foods website as well as providing articles for its monthly newsletter, Fresh News, being distributed online via email. Special appearances by Bennett and in-store promotions are also planned to share how "Everyday Green Living is Good for You" at Lowes Foods.

About Lowes Foods
Founded in 1954, Lowes Foods employs 8500 people and operates over 100 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The company grew rapidly during the 1960s, '70s and early '80s. Lowes Foods was acquired by Merchants Distributors, Inc. (MDI) in 1984 and began an aggressive expansion program in 1986, opening 19 stores over the next four years. In 1997, Lowes Foods acquired Byrds Food Stores, located in eastern North Carolina. It continued its growth in 2000 with the purchase of 13 Hannaford stores. Lowes Foods has always had a strong customer orientation. Stores reflect the varied needs and desires of shoppers in different areas. Stores, products and services are continually updated to meet the changing needs of customers. In the 1990s, Lowes Foods introduced FreshSmart stores, with an emphasis on customer service and fresh produce, meat, seafood, deli and bakery items. The company is committed to offering fabulous fresh foods and delivering personal attention to each of its customers. They offer programs such as Lowes Foods To Go and Fresh Rewards that focus on saving people time and money in a family-oriented environment. Information about these programs and other services offered by the company may be found at www.lowesfoods.com.

About Do Your Part®
Do Your Part® is produced by Terri Bennett Enterprises specializing in the production and distribution of eco-focused content for broadcast, print, and Internet distribution. Do Your Part print content is a weekly 400 to 500-word column written by syndicated columnist, Terri Bennett. Do Your Part videos (TV broadcast quality and streaming options for Internet broadcasting) range in timeframes from one to two minutes in length. Do Your Part content provides practical, eco-friendly solutions and information to inspire viewers and readers to reduce environmental waste and improve our planet through everyday green living. Targeted to women 25-64, the most influential consumers in the marketplace today, solutions and information provided are not difficult or expensive with the consumer woman in mind, oftentimes helping her save money. Do Your Part is apolitical and based in easy-to-understand science. Terri Bennett Enterprises is continuously adding content to its expansive Do Your Part library of print and video categories on a daily basis. More than 200 articles, columns, and/or video segments exist in twelve categories covering everything from home and automotive to travel and entertaining. For more information, log onto www.doyourpart.com.

About Terri Bennett
Terri Bennett incorporates 20 years as a nationally recognized and award-winning weathercaster and TV station scientist with her life as a mother of three to show how we can all do our part. For more than 16 years, Bennett provided nightly weather forecasts to the Charlotte, NC, television market area as a weather reporter and meteorologist. Her work was recognized by the Radio and Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas as the "Best Weathercaster in the Carolinas" numerous times. Her work during Hurricanes Floyd and Frances earned her two prestigious Mid-South Regional Emmys for excellence. In January of 2008, Terri received the "Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist Award" from the American Meteorological Society for the WaterWise franchise she developed. From 2004 to 2007, she also penned a daily newspaper column, "Earth, Stars and Skies" in the Charlotte Observer newspaper where she answered readers' questions about all things science. In September of 2007, TerriBennett.com was launched to serve as the single source of Bennett's knowledge and expertise. Do Your Part® was born out of Bennett's passion to help others understand how easy, economical and important it is to tread a little lighter on the planet. She is the expertise behind the nationally and internationally syndicated content of Do Your Part for print and broadcast media outlets. For more information, visit www.DoYourPart.com.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS:
Debbie Williams 336.775.3107
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Terri Bennett 704.246.5910 x 101 Lowes Foods
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