Passport to PEEPS & COMPANY® Scavenger Hunt 2011

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Holiday 2011 -- PEEPS & COMPANY®, the retail arm of Just Born, Inc., has announced that it will host its first Passport to PEEPS & COMPANY® Scavenger Hunt at National Harbor, Maryland.  This event will offer family-fun, exciting raffles, cool free gifts and will allow visitors to become more familiar with National Harbor while enjoying its beautiful, festive atmosphere during the holidays.

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Aubrecia Cooper, Marketing and Product Development Manager at PEEPS & COMPANY®, commented, "Our Passport to PEEPS & COMPANY® Scavenger Hunt event will be a fantastic celebration for all, taking the fun of our store and weaving it all into an interactive program highlighting our partnership with some of our terrific neighboring businesses at National Harbor. This will also be a great opportunity for visitors and local fans to get to know National Harbor better and to establish a long lasting holiday tradition."

The Passport to PEEPS & COMPANY® Christmas Scavenger Hunt:

• Runs from November 18th, 2011 to January 8th, 2012.
• Offers several locations for participants to pick up passports, allowing them to start the hunt at any point in National Harbor and conclude at the PEEPS & COMPANY® store.
• Includes an official PEEPS & COMPANY® passport that will contain various clues leading visitors to a specific retailer, restaurant, or hotel. The passport is also filled with coupons to many of the National Harbor retailers.
• Participating retailers, restaurants, and hotels will act as "clue" locations in which participants can receive a personalized stamp inside the establishment.
• Each Scavenger Hunt participant must bring his completed passport to the PEEPS & COMPANY® store at 150 National Plaza in order to redeem a free prize and to be entered into the raffle for multiple prizes from various National Harbor retailers.
• Fans may learn more at www.peepsandcompany.com/nhb.

PEEPS & COMPANY® is a fun, energy filled retail experience appealing to all five senses.  Shoppers of all ages will be entertained by captivating music, lights, interactive displays, and videos featuring historic and present day elements of all their favorite Just Born brands.  In addition to great tasting candy, PEEPS & COMPANY® offers an array of high-quality branded items such as apparel, accessories and gifts.  

Just Born, Inc. is a privately owned company founded in 1923 and headquartered in Bethlehem, PA, where it manufactures PEEPS®, HOT TAMALES®, MIKE AND IKE®, MIKE AND IKE® ZOURS® and TEENEE BEANEE® Brand Candies. GOLDENBERG'S PEANUT CHEWS® Brand Candies are produced in Philadelphia, PA.  All Just Born candies are made in the U.S.A.

Visit www.peepsandcompany.com, www.marshmallowpeeps.com, www.hottamales.com, www.mikeandike.com or www.peanutchews.com for more information.  Images are available upon request.  Manufacturing footage of MIKE AND IKE®, GOLDENBERG'S® PEANUT CHEWS®, PEEPS® and HOT TAMALES® Brands is available at: http://imiragevideo.serveftp.com:8080/WebInterface/login.html

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