FedEx Office Team Members Deliver Mother’s Day Love to Their Moms with Shopping Spree at Waco’s Famous Magnolia Market
May 11 2017 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Five Team Members Won $1,000 Shopping Spree for
Submitting Heartfelt Essays About Their Mom
Consumers say they will spend more than ever on Mother’s Day
this year, and FedEx Office team members are no exception. Hundreds
of them shared family stories in a FedEx Office Mother’s Day
contest to win $1,000 shopping sprees to Magnolia Market in Waco,
Texas. Five selected winners enjoyed a day of indulging Mom at the
store owned by HGTV “Fixer Upper” co-hosts Chip and Joanna
Gaines.
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FedEx Office team members shared family
stories to win a Mother's Day contest that included a shopping
spree at the famed Magnolia Market in Texas. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Total Mother’s Day spending is expected to reach $23.6 billion –
topping last year’s previous record of $21.4 billion, according to
the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper
Insights & Analytics. The holiday keeps FedEx Office busy
packing and shipping gifts.
To enter the company’s Mother’s Day contest, FedEx Office Team
Members nationwide submitted stories about what makes their Mom (or
mother figure) special. The five winners:
- Jennifer LaCornu-Heaton and her
mother-in-law Cyndi LaCornu of Beaverton, Ore.
- Lynn Marlowe and her mom Wilhelmina
Diane White of Plano, Texas
- Megan Harrison and her mom Kim Harrison
of Cary, N.C.
- Sarah Ramos and her wife Sarah Lynn
Hickey of Mayfield Heights, Ohio
- LaSondra Pryce and her mom Tammy Pryce
of Austin, Texas
“Each May, we take a moment out of our busy lives to reflect on
the special person who sacrificed so much to shape us into the
person we’ve become,” said Tracy Brightman, Senior Vice President
of Human Resources for FedEx Office. “This year, we wanted to help
our FedEx Office team members give back to their deserving
Moms.”
The winners and their mothers received a trip to Waco the week
of April 24th, where they had $1,000 to spend at Magnolia Market,
the store made famous on HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” show.
The popular tourist attraction offers a FedEx Office location
where merchandise purchased from the store can be packed and
shipped home.
About FedEx Office
FedEx Office has more than 1,800 stores and locations in the
U.S. and Canada, providing convenient access to printing and
shipping expertise with reliable service. The company’s network
features retail stores, centralized production centers, corporate
on-site print centers, and on-site business centers at hotels,
convention centers and universities. Services include digital
printing, professional finishing, document creation, direct mail,
signs and graphics, copying, computer rental, free Wi-Fi and
corporate print solutions. In addition, the company offers FedEx
Express® and FedEx Ground® shipping, Hold at FedEx Location, and
packing services backed by the FedEx® Packing Pledge. For more
information, please visit fedex.com/office.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $58 billion, the company
offers integrated business applications through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000
team members to remain “absolutely, positively” focused on safety,
the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of
their customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx
connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit
about.fedex.com.
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