by MelanieD | May 25, 2015 | Shop Local
Shop Local Rolesville had a very successful event on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Sixteen local businesses participated in our 2nd quarter event.
Melanie Diehl, local business woman and one of the event organizers, shopped all day and shares her adventure.
“My first stop was the Rolesville Farmers Market. Even though the market wasn’t an official participant, it doesn’t get much more local than this. I met local farmers and business owners who offered samples and business cards. One of my favorite purchases at the market: snickerdoodle cookies from Michele Bobe of Scrumdelicious.
“I tried to visit every business who participated in the event and take pictures of my purchases. I really enjoyed visiting with the business owners, and look forward to shopping with them again in the future. It was a truly enjoyable experience, and I encourage everyone to support our local business community!”
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Diehl shares her day with pictures:
Scrumdelicious at the Farmers Market
The Bobe family, owners of Scrumdelicious, at the Rolesville Farmers Market
Chef salad from Anzios
The salad at Anzio’s is always fresh and delicious!
Herbs from Ace Hardware Rolesville
Herbs for my garden from Ace Hardware in Rolesville
Heritage Market wine & cheese special
Heritage Market had a special on NC cheese and wine.
Pope’s Dry Cleaners
Deborah at Pope’s Dry Cleaners was happy to help me in getting my drapes dry cleaned.
Macon Garden Center
The great folks at Macon Garden Center helped me pick some flowers for my front porch flower pots. That place is bigger than I thought!
Apple pie & Ice cream!
My husband loves apple pie, and when I got this amazing creation at MB’s Tasty Pastries, I got a free Lumpy’s Ice Cream (locally made in Wake Forest) from the Heritage Market. Triple-dip local shopping!
Jumpin Jojo’s
Jumpin’ Jojo’s offer is a free popcorn with the purchase of an entry. I got my snack when I purchased a gift card for my godson.
by MelanieD | Jan 23, 2015 | Shop Local, Uncategorized
Shop Local. Shop Small. Shop Rolesville NC
Our History

In October 2014, local business owner Melanie Diehl, Your Social Media Gal, decided to work with business owners in the Rolesville NC area to promote them on Small Business Saturday. Diehl applied for and was approved as a Neighborhood Champion through the American Express Small Business Saturday website. Being a neighborhood champion gave her the tools and marketing materials necessary to provide to the local business community and help them promote their goods and services. Armed with flyers, reusable shopping bags and balloons, Diehl set out to educate these local business owners about how to participate in Small Business Saturday and “get in on the spending action taking place during this holiday shopping weekend.”
Diehl partnered with the local weekly newspaper, The Rolesville Weekly, and the participating business owners advertised their specials to help spread awareness of this first event to take place in Rolesville.
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Neighborhood Champion Melanie Diehl (l) with a shopper from Ohio (c) and her sister (r) on Small Business Saturday |
On the cold morning of Saturday, November 29, 2014, Diehl and two friends set up shop on Main Street, in front of the local coffee shop, The Coffee Lodge, and passed out shopping bags, shopping lists and other Shop Small branded products to the shoppers, in hopes of sending them on to the business owners.
Several shoppers visited ALL 10 participating businesses and took “selfies” while there, and those businesses got even more exposure when the pictures were uploaded to social media sites and tagged #ShopRolesville.
Some of the participating business owners were so excited about this opportunity to promote the Rolesville business community they decided to make this a quarterly event, not just an annual event. So, a handful of business leaders started meeting in January of 2015 and launched Shop Local Rolesville, All Year!

Watch for Shop Rolesville 2015 events in February, May, August, and of course, the Big Day, November 28!
For more details on participating in the Shop Rolesville events, contact Melanie Diehl, Your Social Media Gal at 919.395.1366 or email melanie@melaniediehl.com
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