Have you even heard about the Big Y birthday party? It's honestly the best party deal in town. And by that I mean any town that hosts a Big Y grocery store -- because you can have your kid's birthday at any store location. Faith adores the grocery store like most kids love Chuck E. Cheese, so I knew exactly how we were going to celebrate her recent birthday.
The Big Y party is geared toward children ages 4-10 and is limited to 10 guests or less. The party includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the store, a chance to ring and bag groceries at a real cash register, a decorate-your-own cupcake session, a balloon bouquet for the birthday child, and enough food to feed all the party guests. The menu includes a freshly-baked, large-size pizza, juice boxes, a giant bag of chips and of course the cupcakes. All of this for only $64.99. $64.99, people! I can't feed the kids alone while having a party at the house for that price, never mind entertainment. And, do I even need to mention that, like any venue party -- I don't have to clean my house afterward!
When we arrived at Big Y for Faith's fete, we were greeted at customer service and shown to the conference room which doubles as the party room. Waiting for her was an adorable Paw Patrol (her current fave -- they will try to accommodate any request) balloon bouquet -- one mylar balloon and three latex ones. The tables were decorated with cute "Happy Birthday" tablecloths. While we waited for our guests to arrive, I hung up a few other Paw Patrol decorations I had brought and we met our Big Y hosts -- the employees who were going to give us a behind-the-scenes tour of the store and basically make sure we all had a great time.
Once all of our friends had arrived, it was time to set off on our store tour. We started in the deli where we got to see how the slicer worked and had a sample of deli ham and cheese and moved on to the bakery where we got to see dough being prepared for baking. Then we were off and running: we got to touch a lobster from the tank, we had a demonstration of how the meat grinder works to churn out hamburger, witnessed the baler make a pancake out of a stack of cardboard boxes, and we got to visit the giant freezer to see all the ice cream stocked away. Whew! Then, it was time for the highlight of the day -- playing cashier on our very own register. The crew had set up a register with small grocery items. The kids had a ball running the items through the "beeper" and then bagging them.
After the tour was over, we headed back to the conference room to decorate cupcakes. There was one cupcake for each child and bags of colored icing and sprinkles to chose from. O my goodness, did those kids have a ball. Once the cupcakes were beautifully adorned, we sang happy birthday and dug in. Then, the pizza arrived. After lunch we had a few minutes left for Faith to open her gifts. As we handed out the goodie bags we brought with us and said goodbye to our guests, the Big Y crew loaded up a grocery cart with our gifts and leftovers making it super easy to get back to our car.
I can't say enough about the warmth and enthusiasm of all the employees we encountered during our party. Not just the party hosts, but the lady in the deli, the man who showed us the meat grinder, the lady who delivered the pizza -- they were all super friendly and answered all the kids' questions. Simply put -- it was the easiest and most relaxing kid party we've ever had. No clean up, no worrying about the entertainment showing up or worrying that someone was going to get hurt in the bounce house. I didn't even have to think about food. Or, the invitations -- Big Y provided those as well. And, of course, no stressing about a big party expense. This birthday party really was the whole package.
To schedule your own Big Y party, call the customer service desk of your local store. You won't regret it.
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