Our pantry contains several dozen cans of veggies, and although we're getting low on canned fruits, we weren't planning on doing the Del Monte $10 Mail-In-Rebate because there are so many other brands of fruits which invariably are much less expensive.
But at the grocery store we learned that Del Monte has all sorts of "specialty" vegetables, and new kinds of tomatoes. The dilled green beans are delicious, the zuchini will be perfect for casseroles and the diced tomatoes with basil/peppers/onions,etc. are only outdone by those containing jalepino peppers.
Obviously, I decided to do the MIR, but I wasn't expecting to find all these really good tasting varieties of veggies, I thought it was going to be a matter of WHERE will I put more canned green beans & corn & peas?
Different problem has arisen in that I'd like to really stock up on these pricier Del Monte 'specialty' canned veggies, but Del Monte doesn't seem to frequently offer coupons -- I've got almost all of the newspaper coupon inserts from last July through last Sunday, and there simply weren't many coupons for anything by Del Monte, not at all. Less than half a dozen.
I guess I don't think that this ten buck rebate is going to save us ANY money as I can seriously foresee that the 'specialty' veggies will probably fast become 'necessities' -- and not merely some more boring old cans stored in the pantry.
I wish some of these companies would start "Buyer Rewards" programs where you send in POPs for mdse or gift cards.
MIRs don't necessarily save money
September 26th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
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September 27th, 2006 at 01:38 am 1159317487
I can't imagine stocking up on MRIs, I've heard just horrid things about them, and that the only way to make them edible, at all, is to liberally apply all types of intense hot sauces.
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September 30th, 2006 at 03:03 am 1159581787
I make what I call a "skinny cocoa" mid-morning a lot. Powdered cocoa, sweet n' low to taste, heat half skim milk/half water and pour a little in to make mixing easy, then pour the rest of the hot milk/water. YUM! Been doing it for years to get that real chocolate craving satisfied.