The Estevan Mercury is employing some nostalgia for one of its summer promotions this year.
The Mercury has printed a coupon book that will be filled with coupons from more than 20 participating businesses in the city. Some businesses will have more than one coupon. There will be everything from food to clothing, and vehicle detailing to beauty services.
The businesses will have deals that start at 20 per cent off merchandise and services.
“There are deals that are exclusive to this book,” said Deanna Tarnes, the Mercury’s sales manager and publisher. “You’re going to want to get it quick because we’re only printing 500 of them. And all of the net proceeds will go to the United Way Estevan.”
Coupon books will be available for purchase starting July 8 at the A&W restaurant, Henders Drugs and the Estevan Mercury office. Books are $10 each, and must be purchased with cash.
Tarnes said many people have fond memories of the coupon books that were available each year, and how they were chock-full with all sorts of great bargains.
“Hopefully people can flip through it, and realize that they can save this summer on all sorts of things,” said Tarnes.
The participating businesses are excited to be involved with this promotion.
“It’s been really well-received. People like the idea of something new and exciting. They’re thankful for the Mercury for coming up with a campaign that really adapted to try to help them out during this time. That’s the whole reason that we did it this way,” said Tarnes.
Estevan’s business community is filled with resilient entrepreneurs. They all went above and beyond to meet the needs of their customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Tarnes believes now it’s important to showcase how diverse the city’s entrepreneurs really are.
