Anna Huddleston

The Couscous Caravan is on the street in Seattle, spreading the good word about its tasty side dish until May 15. This is the Near East brand’s first foray into food trucks and the vehicle will be visiting retailers, weekend events and downtown locations to serve up free couscous samples, recipes and coupons all the while building buzz and excitement via the brand’s Facebook page at facebook.com/neareastdish and on Twitter @NearEastDish.

To position its products as a milk alternative for the whole family and not just health-conscious moms, Silk hit the road from April 1 to May 8 in a fleet of graphic-wrapped Ford Flex’s and Dodge Sprinters to visit 10 markets on the East and West coasts and the Midwest. The tour is an extension of the brand’s Silk for Milk 10-day Challenge TV and digital campaign that encourages folks to go to switchtosilk.com and switch the whole family from milk to Silk for 10 days.

Bars Wars? Battle of the Bands? Wha? This is a team-building event?  Oh indeed... oh indeed. One of the largest budget increases across the event marketer’s line items? Team training. Across corporate America, events and meetings are investing in team-building activities that disseminate information and/or bring attendees closer together. The goal, of course, is to increase performance. And the newest team-building activities are doing just that, with fun, funky elements that have event attendees begging for more and ROI through the roof.

To urge consumers in Washington to play the lottery in social groups, Washington’s Lottery on April 4 launched its Play Together, Win Together campaign that’s leveraging a partnership with the Seattle Sounders to bring its message to life at the team’s soccer matches through October. 

Planters is crossing the country this spring and summer in a brand-new mobile vehicle called the Nutmobile, a 25-foot 2011 Isuzu Series NPR truck that runs on biodiesel, is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine and features flooring made from reclaimed wood (Build: Turtle Transit, Lancaster, MA). The Naturally Remarkable Tour kicked off Feb. 23 and is visiting 16 cities through August where the brand will sample its products and spread its eco-friendly message.