Happy Valentine’s Day, Stonyfield lovers!
I’m Hollie – your first-ever friendly Stonyfield Love Ambassador, making my debut, on this the worldwide day of love. As many of you may know, we are encouraging all of our fans to “Taste the Love” this year and I’m here to help! For starters, to say thanks to our fans for 30 years of yogurt love, we are giving away 30 years of free yogurt through our “Taste the Love” sweepstakes, which you can enter here.
In addition, I’ll be fluttering around our social media sites like Cupid with a yogurt-covered arrow to seek out those of you who are showing your love in other ways. We really want to show YOU, our wonderful fans, how much we appreciate all you do—from choosing our cups off the shelf, to posting pictures of your kids and pets with yogurt-slathered faces, to just reaching out to us with a friendly “thanks.”
About your current Love Ambassador…
In my eight years working at Stonyfield, I don’t think I could have ever dreamed up a more rewarding title than “Love Ambassador.” I fell in love with Stonyfield as a kid, sneaking a few more YoKids Squeezers out of the freezer when mom wasn’t looking and even making up jump rope songs with my friends on the playground from the clever little messages on the foil lids we’d lick clean at lunch time (yep, true story.) As a teenager I joined the company and worked all over the place – from pasting fans’ love letters on the office walls to slinging samples at local ski events to sitting at my very own desk – woohoo! And now, as a recent post-grad in my first “real world” job, I am living the dream of working for a company with values I stand by and a title that lets me – no actually, requires me, to spread love in the world. To quote a certain dental delirium YouTube star, “Is this real life??”
Needless to say, I have personally felt a lot of Stonyfield love over the years and I am incredibly excited to be able to give some back! So keep showing your #StonyfieldLove with us – on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and here on our blog. The more love we feel, the more we’ll be able to send back out!
“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” – The Beatles
Showering you all with imaginary pink and red confetti today and every day (recycled, of course),
Hollie ♥
A 6 ounce cup of Stonyfield fat-free yogurt had 100 calories and total carbs of 17g. The same size of the new “Blend” now has 150 calories and total carbs of 28g. Why on earth would your company add sugar/calories and ruin a healthy product. There is nothing to love about the “Blend.”
Hi J.K. -
We were using a mix of organic stevia and organic sugar to sweeten our smooth and creamy fat free yogurts. When we added organic stevia in late 2011, we hoped to finally meet the needs of organic yogurt eaters who wanted a lower-calorie yogurt without artificial sweeteners. What we found was that there were many more fans who preferred not to use organic stevia as a sweetener, so we took it back out. All of our fat free yogurts are now sweetened with just organic sugar, making the amount of sugar and calories about the same as our pre-stevia recipe.
Best,
Amy