Somebody Has to Say It

Have you looked at a bar of Dial soap lately and felt cheated or ripped off? Recently I purchased two different packages of Dial bar soap in two different scents - Tropical Escape and Aloe Green Tea scent. I was not happy when I opened the packages. The bars are much smaller now. I understand times are tough and companies are cutting back, but it’s an insult to consumers to so blatantly give less product for the same price. We all know it’s being done - that companies are giving us less product for the same amount of money we paid before - but at least most companies aren’t making it as obvious as the makers of Dial soap! 

The Tropical Escape scent now has a big scooped out section on side of the bar and the Aloe & Green Tea scent is scooped out on both sides. It appears consumers are now getting 1/2 less the amount of product as before, but being charged the same amount of money - if not more money. Needless to say, I won’t be buying Dial bath soap any longer.

Let’s start a poll. Leave a comment and let me know if you’ve noticed the same thing with other brands of bar soap, or with other products?

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According to Valassis, the company who distributes Red Plum coupon inserts, they are going to stop putting the money saving coupons in newspapers. Papers from all over the country are going to be affected, and million of us who rely on coupons will suffer as well.

I don’t know about you, but I rely on coupons now more than ever. Without them, it would be harder than ever to buy groceries to feed my family. I also wouldn’t be able to get extra freebie food items to donate to charity organizations such as food pantries.

There is a website dedicated to this topic at http://www.bringbackthecoupons.com/. You can also see if your area newspaper is one that will stop carrying the coupons by looking at this publication.

Do you use coupons? How will this affect your family or spending habits?

Arby’s has a promotion going where you get one of their new Roast Burger’s free with the purchase of a drink. You’ll need to go to their website and print off a coupon. The free food promotion ends on different dates for different locations so be sure to check the expiration date on your coupon.

There are 3 different varities of the Arby’s Roast Burger. I chose the All American, which has thinly sliced beef on a bun with lettuce, tomato, pickles, onion, ketchup, mustard and special sauce. The “special sauce” has a BBQ flavor and the sandwich reminded me of an old-fashioned Burger King flame grilled whopper - when they first came out and still tasted good. I can’t stand Burger King anymore though. But … let’s get back to the Arby’s burger. It was surprised that is tasted so good. It could have used some cheese, but I was quite happy with it overall. It was so big I could barely eat all of it.

If I remember correctly, the price for the sandwich woudl have been about $3.50 if I had paid for it out of pocket. The small drink cost me $1.69 with tax. Not bad for a burger and drink! As for the nutritional facts of the sandwich, I’m not a dietician, but I would venture to guess that the calories and fat content are comparable to a regular roast beef sandwich. A regular roast beef sandwich at Arby’s has about 400 calories, 20 grams of fat (7 saturated), 1030 sodium, 36 carbs, & 40 cholesterol. This is just a “guess-timate” on my part though and I don’t claim to be a dietician or even claim this nutritional info is correct.

Are you going to Denny’s for free breakfast on Tuesday, 2/3/09?

If you watched the Super Bowl on 2/1/09 then you probably saw the Denny’s advertisement announcing the free Grand Slam breakfast. There is also a full page ad in today’s edition of USA Today.

According to what I’ve heard and read, everyone who goes to Denny’s from 6am - 2pm on Tuesday - 2/3/09 - will receive 1 free Grand Slam breakfast. Each person will also get a coupon book that has eight coupons in it. The coupons will be (4) buy-one-get-one types, (2) 25% off variety, (1) for a free dessert, and (1) for a free order of pancake puppies.

Rumor has it that each Denny’s in the United States has 1,000 of the coupon books to hand out to patrons who order a free Grand Slam on Tuesday. Each store will supposedly also have 500 rain check coupons good for a free Grand Slam breakfast to give to anyone who comes to Denny’s on Tuesday but doesn’t have time to wait.

Can you imagine how long the lines are going to be? I “might” go and see if I can get a rain check, but will not stand in a long line for a free breakfast. I don’t need the 1000+ calories and don’t have time, patience, or stamina to wait in a line for who knows how long. But this sounds like a good deal for those who like to wait and have the time and patience.

Leave a comment here if you go and give details for how long the lines were, how long the wait was, the service staff, etc.