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Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag Season 4 Premieres September 4, 2012 on OWN Canada!


We're back, and we're cooking up a storm!



Premieres September 4, 2012, 6 pm PT | 9 pm ET on OWN Canada (Oprah Winfrey Network).

We'll be covering our usual cross-section of celebrity books (Batali!), niche books (a lesson on gluten!), ethnic foods (hello Marrakesh!) and the downright far-fetched.

For more information about the series, see Anna & Kristina's official website: www.annaandkristina.com and follow Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag on Facebook: Facebook.com/AnnaAndKristinasGroceryBag or Twitter @AnnaAndKristina.

For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].





Besties in business and in life

American industrialist John D. Rockefeller once said "a friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship."

Despite such warnings, best friends and journalism colleagues Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic 13 years ago decided to team up and start up what is now the flourishing Worldwide Bag Media Inc.

Read more...
The Vancouver Province: Dana Gee
July 29, 2012



Get Stuffed Premieres July 3, 2012 on OLN




GET STUFFED immerses us in the fascinating world of bizarre international competitions. Four trash-talking rivals push their mental and physical limits to best each other in feats of strength, endurance, and weird-ass sh*t. Winning is everything and losing means surviving a gut-busting epic meal of gastronomical proportions.

Watch Get Stuffed on OLN Tuesdays starting July 3, 2012, at 9pm ET/PT!

Read the official press release.

Follow Get Stuffed on Facebook, Twitter @GetStuffedTV, YouTube, and www.GetStuffed.tv




April 4, 2012: Laurie & Cory of The Peak 100.5 FM interview Isla Traquair




April 3, 2012: Dr. Hepburn's Spoonful of funny
Michael D. Reid, Victoria Times Colonist

When Dr. Dave Hepburn appears on Buy.o.logic, the consumer health-care series premièring tonight on Oprah Winfrey Network, he'll deliver his own version of what the network's famous namesake calls an "aha moment." Read more

 

April 2, 2012: Buy.o.logic hosts Isla Traquair & Dr. Dave Hepburn interviewed by Fiona Forbes and Michael Eckford of Vancouver's Urban Rush

 

April 2, 2012: New Health Consumer Show Launches
Dana Gee, The Vancouver Province

While helping to care for a terminally ill friend, Isla Traquair, the host of the new OWN show Buy.o.logic, had her eyes opened and her creative juices jolted. Read more

 

Press Release


Anna & Kristina Bring New Original Series, Buy.o.logic, to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada)

Premiering Tuesday, April 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT

Acclaimed investigative reporter Isla Traquair hosts

TORONTO, March 19, 2012 /CNW/ - This April, Corus Entertainment's OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada) presents the premiere of the new original series, Buy.o.logic. No medical ailment is off limits, no healthcare product is safe from scrutiny and no test is too outrageous to tackle. Produced by Worldwide Bag Media Inc. in association with OWN (Canada), Buy.o.logic premieres Tuesday, April 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT and will do whatever it takes to help viewers make smart buys for their bodies.

Read more...



March 5, 2012: Vancouver's Emerging Reality TV Empire
BCBusiness Magazine

...(article page 2:) A relative newcomer to the Vancouver TV production industry, Worldwide Bag Media Inc. was founded in 2008 by Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic, who rose to fame as stars of the TV series The Shopping Bags...

..."Real people are fascinating to us right now," says Heather Hawthorn-Doyle, Executive Producer and Head of Development. "And it's all about worlds you don't know, or people that are doing things in worlds you don't know." Read more...

 

Feb. 13, 2012: Get Stuffed begins shooting!

First stop, La Pas, Manitoba for the 2012 Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival. Next stop, the world! Get Stuffed starts airing on OLN this summer. Read more about Get Stuffed on our productions page.

For updates, follow Get Stuffed on:
+ Facebook GetStuffedTV
+ Google+ gplus.to/GetStuffedTV
+ Twitter @GetStuffedTV
+ YouTube GetStuffedTVshow.

 

January 2012: Buy.o.logic team is actively recruiting candidates & testers

See the latest on-camera opportunities on our "Be on TV!" page.

For Buy.o.logic casting call alerts, follow Buy.o.logic:
+ on Facebook Facebook.com/Buy.o.logic
+ Google+ gplus.to/buyologic
+ or Twitter @BuyologicTV.

And be sure to check out the Buy.o.logic YouTube channel for interviews and clips!

 

Dec. 6, 2011: Vancouver's Buyologic will be on Oprah Winfrey Network!

Buy.o.logic host Isla Traquair is interviewed by Crystal Kwon of Vancity Buzz.

 

Nov. 29, 2011: Buy.o.logic host Isla Traquair is interviewed by Fiona Forbes and Michael Eckford of Vancouver's Urban Rush


Nov. 21, 2011: Buy.o.logic host Isla Traquair is interviewed by Patrick Levesque for Homorazzi.com

 

November 16, 2011

100.5 The PEAK - Isla Traquair and Heather Hawthorn-Doyle talk with James Sutton about new series Buy.o.logic on the Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada).

 

2011 Gemini Award Nominees in three categories
(Announced Aug. 03, 2011)

1. Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series: Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag
Anna Wallner, Kristina Matisic, Heather Hawthorn-Doyle (Worldwide Bag Media Inc.)

2. Best Host(s) in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series: Kristina Matisic, Anna Wallner
Series: Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag
Episode: Marguerite Patten's Best British Dishes


3. Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series: Jordan Kawchuk, Erin Redden
Series: Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag
Episode: Marguerite Patten's Best British Dishes

'Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag' earns a berth on Oprah's Network
The Globe & Mail (Marsha Lederman)
February 27, 2011

Oprah's OWN bags Vancouver TV Twosome Anna & Kristina
Vancouver Sun/National Post (Mia Stainsby)
February 11, 2011

Cooking show hosts make big move all their OWN
The Toronto Star (Ashante Infantry)
Dec. 30, 2010



For more series-related news, visit AnnaAndKristina.com


Press Releases:

November 18: 2011 - Vancouver, BC: Worldwide Bag Media Inc. and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada) Begin Production on Buy.o.logic

A new television series from the producers of the highly successful series, The Shopping Bags, Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag, and Anna & Kristina's Beauty Call is going into production and is scheduled to debut this spring on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada).

Hosted by acclaimed journalist Isla Traquair, Buy.o.logic will provide insights on how to live a better life by delivering up-to-date medical information in an engaging and entertaining way. With the help of medical professionals, products will be tested and evaluated based on health, price and performance. More... (PDF)


August 15, 2011 - Vancouver, BC: YOU SHOULD BE ON TV. HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

Do you have what it takes to compete in a new adventure documentary series? Worldwide Bag Media, the Vancouver-based production company behind the hit series �The Shopping Bags�, �Anna & Kristina�s Beauty Call� and �Anna & Kristina�s Grocery Bag�, in conjunction with the team that brought you �Word Travels� seen in 100 countries on Travel Channel and NatGeo, are now seeking two people with larger than life personalities. More... (PDF)


May 2, 2011: HEATHER HAWTHORN-DOYLE JOINS FORCES WITH WORLDWIDE BAG MEDIA INC.

Worldwide Bag Media is pleased to announce Heather Hawthorn-Doyle as the new Head of Development and Executive Producer for WBM Inc., the Vancouver-based, multi-media production company behind The Shopping Bags, Anna & Kristina's Beauty Call, Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag, and the overall A&K brand. More... (PDF)