JUST A LITTLE TOO HARD TODAY BECAUSE IT IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WHICH MEANS IT’S SHOPPING SEASON AND LOCAL SHOPS AROUND LITITZ. THEY JUMPED IN ON THE BLACK FRIDAY DEALS ONE HEAD, ONE DAY AHEAD OF SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. LOOK HOW. IT’S FAIR TO SAY WE’RE IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. WE ARE IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. MEET CONNIE SCHERTZER. SHE’S THE GENERAL MANAGER AT MATTHEW 25. THRIFT SHOP. SO TODAY I HAVE A SPECIAL SALES WHERE THEY IF THEY SPEND SO MUCH MONEY, THEY GET FREE GIFT CARDS FROM MATTHEW 25. HELLO. WELCOME TO OUR BLACK FRIDAY SALE AT MATTHEW 25. SHOPPING SMALL ALSO MEANS GIVING. BACK 612 SAYS PROCEEDS SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY NICE THINGS TODAY AND THEN TOMORROW FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY WE’LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SALE. PLUS ALL CHILDREN, THE FIRST 50 CHILDREN THAT COME IN WILL GET A CHOCOLATE TRADER JOE’S ADVENT CALENDAR AND IT’S ALL PART OF THE PUSH TO GET PEOPLE IN THE DOOR. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO SUPPORT. LITITZ IS WELL, I’VE LIVED IN LITITZ MY WHOLE LIFE, SO. BUT LITITZ HAS SUCH WONDERFUL SHOPS AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM HERE BECAUSE THERE’S SO MANY PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE LOSING THEIR SMALL TOWNS, AND THEY TRULY DO APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE CUSTOMER THAT WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR. EVEN WHEN THE NEWS WALKS IN. MATTHEW 25 ACTUALLY OPENS BACK UP TOMORROW MORNING AT 10 A.M. AND REMEMBER, CONNIE SAID THE FIFTH 51ST CUSTOMERS WITH KIDS WILL GET THAT FREE TRADER JOE’S CHOCOLAT
Susquehanna Valley small business owners encourage people to shop local
Updated: 5:35 PM EST Nov 29, 2024
Small businesses in the Susquehanna Valley are hoping you’ll also spend some of your holiday money with them.Shops in Lititz, Lancaster County, jumped in on the Black Friday sales, with even more planned for Small Business Saturday.”Today I have a special sale where if they spend so much money, they get free gift cards for Matthew 25,” said Connie Shertzer, the general manager at the Matthew 25 Thrift Shop.Shopping small also means giving back. Shertzer said proceeds support local charities.”We have a lot of really nice things today. And then tomorrow, for Small Business Saturday, we’ll have a little bit of a different sale. Plus, the first 50 children that come in will get a chocolate Trader Joe’s Advent calendar,” Shertzer said.It’s all part of the push to get shoppers in the door.”We want everybody to support Lititz. Lititz has such wonderful shops, and we want to keep them here because there’s so many places in the United States that are losing their small towns,” Shertzer said.Terri Givens, who owns The Main Street Peddler, said it brings her a lot of joy to see the people come out and support small.She said shopping local also benefits consumers.”You’re going to experience something that you normally wouldn’t experience or not experience at all if you’re sitting across from a computer screen and ordering something online,” she said.
Small businesses in the Susquehanna Valley are hoping you’ll also spend some of your holiday money with them.
Shops in Lititz, Lancaster County, jumped in on the Black Friday sales, with even more planned for Small Business Saturday.
“Today I have a special sale where if they spend so much money, they get free gift cards for Matthew 25,” said Connie Shertzer, the general manager at the Matthew 25 Thrift Shop.
Shopping small also means giving back. Shertzer said proceeds support local charities.
“We have a lot of really nice things today. And then tomorrow, for Small Business Saturday, we’ll have a little bit of a different sale. Plus, the first 50 children that come in will get a chocolate Trader Joe’s Advent calendar,” Shertzer said.
It’s all part of the push to get shoppers in the door.
“We want everybody to support Lititz. Lititz has such wonderful shops, and we want to keep them here because there’s so many places in the United States that are losing their small towns,” Shertzer said.
Terri Givens, who owns The Main Street Peddler, said it brings her a lot of joy to see the people come out and support small.
She said shopping local also benefits consumers.
“You’re going to experience something that you normally wouldn’t experience or not experience at all if you’re sitting across from a computer screen and ordering something online,” she said.
