Monday, March 16, 2009

Midlands Honda will be at Earth Fare's "Spring Fever " Event...





Natural foods leader Earth Fare, the healthy supermarket, will hold a "Spring Fever" event at its Columbia location on March 28th in conjunction with the South Carolina Wildlife Federation. The activities of the day will show customers how to reduce, reuse, recycle and revitalize. In addition, Earth Fare will donate 5% of total store sales that day to the South Carolina Wildlife Federation.From 1-5 pm, guests can participate in a variety of activities, kid's projects, and do-it-yourself seminars in celebration of the eco-centric seasonal fever that drives gardeners, gourmet cooks and nature lovers alike. There will be a number of environmental organization at Earth Fare talking with people one on one about how they can help our local environment, including Midlands Honda, who will have one of their hybrid vehicles on hand explaining the benefits of these vehicles, there will be hot dogs for one dollar with one hundred percent of proceeds benefiting the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, free eco-friendly crafts for kids, a mini farmers market featuring local and organic farmers, sustainable cooking classes, a DIY class on how to make your own natural cleaning products, free eco-friendly samples and give-aways, a chance to win a rain barrel and other prizes, live music, and even a recipe swap. Local foods will be featured on Earth Fare's hot bar, as well."Earth Fare's commitment to the community goes beyond selling foods that are the healthiest available and most sustainable for our planet," said Troy DeGroff, marketing director for Earth Fare. "By partnering with local non-profit groups to hold quarterly events like these, we are able to highlight like-minded organizations that are really making a difference in our communities. It's a win-win for all of us."Earth Fare was founded in Asheville, N.C. in 1975 and has grown into the premier chain of natural foods supermarkets in the Southeast. Located in N.C.., S.C., G.A., and T.N., all Earth Fare supermarkets provide customers with real food that tastes better - fresh, locally grown organic produce, artisan products such as raw milk cheeses and specialty wines, traditional hard crusted bakery breads and pastries, as well as antibiotic and hormone free meats and poultry, and sustainably harvested seafood.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

We're excited about the new Insight!

Come and see... the all-new 2010 Honda Insight goes on-sale Tuesday, March 24 with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $19,800 for the Insight LX. Yes, you can now own a fun and efficient hybrid for less than $20K!

Friday, March 13, 2009

USC Baseball Ticket Winners

Midlands Honda loves the Gamecocks... and apparently so does most of Columbia!!

We've had an overwhelming response to our weekly ticket drawing. Check out our ad on Gamecock Central or go to our website, www.midlandshonda.com to register under the "Community" tab. Here are just a few of our happy winners:






Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Congrats!



Congratulations to Preston Locklear for the highest Customer Satisfaction Score for the month of February!

Preston has been a devoted employee at Midlands Honda since January of 2005, working his way up from the detail department to a very successful service advisor.

He receives much support from his family... his wife Katie and his two year old daughter, Kalee.

Preston’s genuine concern for the customer has proven to be the number one reason why customers return asking for him by name.

He is a true asset to Midlands Honda and we are honored to have him as part of our service
team!

Honda tops Consumer Reports 2009 Automaker Report Cards... again


GO HONDA!
Link to article:
http://tinyurl.com/bn427d

Sunday, March 1, 2009

A Record Day

We may have set a guiness book record today... 19 preowned cars sold on a rainy day in February. We sold 4 new cars for a total of 23! We had buyers from Spartanburg, Orangeburg, Greer, Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston, Sumter, and of course Columbia. We had one all the way from Arkansas! We're attributing the increase in sales to several things, but we're thinking one of the most important is that we're carrying a much broader variety of makes and models. We're paying more attention to what our customers want and if we don't have it, we go get it!

On another note... Columbia is expecting snow tomorrow. School is already called off, but we will be at Midlands, open and ready for business. Come by and see us, call us, email us, comment on Facebook, follow us on Twitter... however you communicate-- we're there with you!