Everyone, meet Taige – the first kid to collect all 50 Itty Bitty Bites trading cards, AND the first kid to be turned into an Itty Bitty Bites character!
We got the chance to hang out with Taige at his party last Thursday, and he is seriously one of the coolest kids on the block. He was more than willing to show off his card collection and share his fresh chocolate cake (in between meeting other Itty Bitty Bites characters and getting a sneak peek at the next comic book, of course).
Hey! Want to win a week’s worth of FREE Itty Bitty Bites meals? Just leave a comment on this blog post! At the end of the week, we’ll choose one lucky commenter to take home five Itty Bitty Bites meals – all at once, or one at a time. Perfect for parents who pack their kids’ lunches!
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I think it’s great that Earth Fare is helping lead the way in promoting healthy children through nutrition!
That is cool.
Awesome new character!!!
Wow look how happy Taige is! That makes a kid smile seeing the yet to be released comic. My kids would love that opportunity.
A BIG CONGRATS TAIGE!! I am sure you were so excited when you realized you had that LAST card! My girls have enjoyed collecting the cards so much and are still hoping to finish their sets. Taige, they really liked looking at your pictures from Earth Fare & seeing the really cool cartoon character they turned you into! I can’t say enough about these Itty Bitty Bite meals. My kids love them and of course so do their Dad & I. We feel there is a great amount of nutritional food in each meal for a low cost. I am sure if we lived closer we would be there 4/5 times a week!
Again congratulations Taige and big high fives to all the kids that worked hard on collecting the cards!!!
The Chambliss Family : )
Itty Bitty Bites are wonderful and just right to take to a homebound friend of mine. Thanks!
haha! This is great! I have no idea how many of those cards my kids have/ or have had. We get those meals ALL THE TIME, so I find cards everywhere
. It looks like this young man had loads of fun! Thanks so much EF for providing healthy, tasty, & COOL kids meals for our kids! Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!!
Love the Itty Bitty Bites meals! Great job Taige and Earth Fare!
My boys love the cards
How exciting to be turned into a character! That’s so cool. My son wants to try these meals but your store is 45 minutes away, so we don’t go very often. When we do go, I never have the money to get everything we need, so the fun stuff gets left out.
YAY! Taige worked so hard to collect these and what fun we all had! Thank you Earth Fare…for EVERYTHING! Mostly for inspiring our family to ditch the HFCS forEVER and for making your meals healthy, kid-friendly and a SUPER alternative to fast-food! Earth Fare rocks! Taige says THANK YOU!!! He is loving his bike and is thrilled about himself as a character. Give thanks! -Carey
What a wonderful way to acknowledge a child’s achievement.
Great job! My boy will be so jealous when I tell him. We love to have kid’s night at EF. My son really looks forward to the cards (and the pizza!)
Very cool Taige! Good going, dude!
Nice! Love you EF.
Thanks for sharing the photos from the party. Our family loves Earth Fare – and the Itty Bitty Bites meals! Thanks for providing a healthy alternative to ‘fast food’!
WAY to GO Taige!!!!! I cooked dinner at least 5 out of 7 nights, for my family, when my children were growing up. Always thought I was providing healthy meals. Now I see how I could have improved. I have two adult sons on Colesterol Lowering Medicine. Today’s families have a great opportunity to change this withe the Itty Bitty Bites. Thanks to you for educating children & parents on eating healthy. You don’t know, what you don’t know.
This is so cool! Exciting for Taige, too! Thanks for offering the giveaway.
We love the ibb meals!
Congrats!!! Can’t wait to see you in the next comic book!
Great story! We love IBB meals – such a great value and so wonderful that my kids can eat food they love and I don’t have to read ANY labels!!!
Love the characters, but would love cards or a book or something more geared towards younger kids (5 and younger)!
We love the IBB meals. We just tried them last week for Family night and I was pleasantly surprised by the number of choices the kids can make! There is something for even the pickiest kids. Congrats on becoming a IBB character Taige! That is pretty cool.
My daughter is 4 and I take her for an IBB meal every Saturday, and I pick up lunch there too. I didn’t even realize there was a natural gummy snack out there until she got them in an IBB meal. Of course now there’s always some in the pantry
Her fave lunch is the pb&j rollup.
I don’t know what IBB meals are, but I am excited to find out! Every time I visit the Earth Fare website, I learn something new. I have 2 young children and can only read (and absorb) a little at a time because they keep me hopping. I would be thrilled to discover something healthy to put into their lunches for pre-school and day care that would be fun and tasty. I will be looking more into this to see if it is worth the 30 minute drive to my local EF. From reading the comments so far, I am guessing it is. Congratulations, Taige!
Way to go, Taige! So cool to have all the cards AND have a character based on you. OK, I’m not a kid anymore (at least chronologically), but I’m going to try an IBB next time I go to Earth Fare.
Wow Taige you’re a celebrity!! My one year old granddaughter loves to eat at Earth Fare!
How fun! We have really enjoyed having an Earth Fare close by. We just love the selection you have in the deli case, along with the yummy desserts. It has been fun trying new things each week =)
How cool! What kid wouldn’t want to be immortalized in a comic book? My son loves the grilled cheese IBB meal and I love any excuse to not have to cook! Thank goodness for Thursdays, we’re on our way to Earthfare right now!
I love Itty Bitty Bites!
I love the Itty Bitty Bites!
Very cool! My kids love the comics!
Great to see Earthfare trying to relate to kids to get them to eat healthier.
VERY COOL!!! WTG
What a great way to motivate kids to eat healthy! That is so awesome he got to be drawn into a comic book character! Way to go Taige!
This is such an amazing program. Kudos to Earth Fare for making this important issue a priority! If we all work together in educating our children about the lifelong benefits of a healthy diet, it will pay dividends in the future. Healthy habits are best taught while children are young and companies like Earth Fare are on the forefront of this mission. Thank you for all the work that you do!
Thanks to everyone who commented! I’ll be posting the winner soon!
i love shopping at earhfare, i just hate that it is so far away from my area which is the sandhill mall,clemson rd. i can only visit once a week or longer. will you be building an earth fare in our area in the future or a similar store. eating healthy is so important now days with all the steroids and chemicals being put in all the foods, so thank you all at earthfare.
@Cindy, thanks for the suggestion! I’ll definitely pass along your request for a store in your area
Thanks for making the trek to the nearest store!
What a great way to encourage kids to explore healthy eating!! I work with my kids daily on making better health choices. I would love to learn more about Earthfare’s Itty Bitty bites program. I am currently taking a nutrition course at a local community college, and it clearly reminds me of what foods I a need more of in my own diet. I believe that greater awareness of what we eat, and therefore what are children should be eating is down the pike.
I do my part, and appreciate Earthfare for all of its opportunities to learn about healthy eating!!
Very cool!
Itty Bitty Bites comics prompted my grandkids to go through all the food in their pantry and convinced my daughter to throw out some offending foods and to be a more conscious shopper. Thank you Itty Bitty Bites!
How neat!!
Way to go, Taige! Thanks, Earth Fare for providing nutritious meals for all of us! My husband, my sister, and I all love those IBB meals. They are a great value. Adults, don’t be afraid to buy a kid’s meal!! I love them. They are perfect for anyone, and full of healthy choices that you won’t feel guilty eating. Don’t ever discontinue these, Earth Fare. I love your store. Thank you for bringing one to Huntsville, Alabama!!!!!!!! Huntsville and the surrounding area just love it!
Thanks, Denise!
This program is such a great way to get parents to encourage their kid’s to eat healthy. My little sister really likes the Itty Bitty Bites meal. She doesn’t always keep her cards though, she like to share them with her friends to encourage them to eat at Earth Fare too.
How cool!
CONGRATULATIONS TAIGE! Pretty cool!
I am so proud of Taige (and love the name). I think Earth Fare is doing a terrific service to us by involving our children in such healthy choices that they wouldn’t ordinarily make if it weren’t fun. Kudos to Earth Fare and Taige!
Wow…Taige you really have it going on. My grandsons think you are just the coolest kid around. It is great have a young person leave a pleasant lasting impression on younger kids and help them stay health conscious. Thanks for all you do for us and our kids.
YAY for great, healthy, kid-friendly food. Thanks, earth fare, for providing us with options that leave our body AND pocket book feeling good. Way to go, Taige!
Those comic books are a great idea for kids. I appreciate how it provides positive reinforcement for healthy food choices. Way to go Taige (and Earthfare)!
a weeks worth of lunches is a great opportunity,,, they sound delicious!