The experience
♪ It’s In Your Cart™! ♪
The Grocery Store Game™ is an interactive and inclusive group experience that brings people of all ages together to help combat social isolation and loneliness.
Listen to The Grocery Store Game™
The idea
The goal of The Grocery Store Game™ is to build community through connection, teamwork, friendly competition, and of course - prizes! The Grocery Store Game™ focuses on having players be active and engaged while encouraging decision making to help each team advance around the board to move items from their Shopping Cart board to their Grocery Cart board. Players can win prizes individually, as a team and as a group!
Inside the experience
The Grocery Store Game™ is designed for groups of 8–30 players divided into two teams. Each team receives a unique name that pairs with the other team’s name, reinforcing that while we are good on our own, we are all Better Together!
An example would be Team Chips and Team Salsa. Before the game starts, each player receives prizes representing both teams’ names. In this example, each player receives chips and salsa!
FREE
SampleWhen a team’s cart lands on FREE Sample, the player that rolled the dice chooses an individual prize from the FREE Sample prize table.
Customer
ServiceWhen a team’s cart lands on Customer Service, the player that rolled the dice selects a Customer Service Card and wins either an individual prize or a team bonus.
Manager’s
SpecialWhen a team’s cart lands on Manager’s Special, the players on both teams win a prize. There are a limit of 3 Manager’s Special prize distributions per game.
Players from each team take alternating turns coming up to the table and rolling the die/dice to advance their team’s cart around the board. Players choose to roll one die or both dice to improve their chances of landing on a product square they need.
As a team’s cart lands on a product square, the player that rolled the dice moves that item’s magnet from their Shopping List board to their Grocery Cart board. If a team’s cart lands on a product square that they have already moved to their Grocery Cart board, the other team is encouraged to sing a friendly song of ♪ It’s In Your Cart™! ♪
The first team to finish their shopping by moving all of their magnets from their Shopping List board to their Grocery Cart board checks out and wins the game, and more prizes!
The best part of the game is what happens between turns.
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