{"id":15949,"date":"2013-10-29T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15949"},"modified":"2013-10-29T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T18:06:56","slug":"loyalty-app-the-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/loyalty-app-the-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"New Loyalty App Lets You Eat Well & Do Good: The Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Remember Carrotmob<\/a>, the company that offered a “carrot” (specifically, a “mob” of customers at an assigned time) to small businesses for investing in social or environmental good? I haven’t heard much about them since their first fully virtual effort at “buycotting”<\/a> (or “carrotmobbing,” if you prefer… or just plain ol’ “crowdfunding”) just over a year ago, and was hoping they hadn’t succumbed to a still struggling economy. Not only are they still around, but they’re experimenting with a new approach to bringing together socially-concerned consumers with the businesses that share their values: a “loyalty app<\/a>.”<\/p>\n The Spring<\/a> – which just went live in the last few hours – not only directs diners to restaurants they’ll like, but that also have committed to supporting projects for social good. Once you connect your credit card to The Spring iPhone app<\/a>, every purchase you make at a participating restaurant will generate a donation to a good project, as well as a cash reward for you (each is 3% of the bill). That’s it – if you’re card’s connected, everything else is automatic.<\/p>\n