Stop & Shop Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered the Stop & Shop giveaway, it generated a lot of comments. I am happy to announce the winner of the Stop & Shop gift card (courtesy of Stop & Shop, General Mills and MyBlogSpark) - drum roll please!

CHicks - congratulations! Please email your contact info to me at BCAllegra@hotmail.com. May you be as lucky in the Stop & Shop hybrid car giveaway.

Another Stop & Shop Giveaway

It's been a while since I've had the opportunity to offer a giveaway, but in celebration of Earth Day, Stop & Shop is offering a chance for customers to win one of two eco-friendly hybrid cars.

To participate, you can either:

1. Buy 5 participating General Mills items with your Stop & Shop card and use a re-useable shopping bag and you’ll be automatically entered to win. You get one entry per visit.
2. You can also enter without making a purchase by completing an official entry form at your local Stop & Shop store.

The qualifying items for this week include:

• Cascadian Farms Cereal  
• Green Giant Vegetables  
• Nature Valley Crunchy or Sweet & Salty Granola Bars 
• Green Giant Boxed Vegetables or Prepared Vegetables, Simple Steam Seasoned Vegetables or Rices  
• Green Giant Wanchai Ferry Entrees  
• Yoplait Frozen Smoothies  
• Totino's Pizza Rolls  
• Pillsbury Savorings  
• Fiber One Muffins
• Pillsbury Crescent Rolls  
• Pillsbury Sweet Rolls  
• Yoplait Greek Style Yogurt 
• Yoplait Kid Multi Pack  
• Cheerios 14 Oz  
• Cocoa Puffs 16.5 Oz  
• Honey Nut Cheerios 17 Oz 
• Lucky Charms 16 oz  
• Multigrain Cheerios 12.8 Oz  
• Reeses Peanut Butter Puffs 18 Oz

So you're probably wondering where the giveaway portion comes in - courtesy of Stop & Shop and General Mills (via MyBlogSpark), Andrew and I were given a $20 gift card to Stop & Shop which we used on our shopping trip today to qualify for the hybrid car drawing. I was also given the opportunity to give another $20 gift card away to a lucky reader!

A random winner will be selected from the comments section below - to enter, in honor of Earth Day, let me know what your favorite "green" food is. At the moment, edamame is coming to mind for me. And mint chocolate chip ice cream. This list could go on forever!

 Deadline to comment is by midnight on Wednesday, April 28 - good luck to everyone!

Winner of the Stop & Shop Giveaway

I'm pleased to announce the winner of the Stop & Shop $10 giftcard giveaway:

Underoo Elf!

Coutesy of random.org, I assigned each comment a number in order of when they were posted:



Underoo Elf, please contact me at BCAllegra@hotmail.com to provide me with your mailing address.

Stop & Shop Giveaway

First, I am pleased to announce the winner of my first giveaway, courtesy of MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury simply... cookies - CR! CR, you will be receiving your prize pack in the post directly from MyBlogSpark, congratulations and enjoy your cookies!

Now, I'm excited to announce the latest giveaway from MyBlogSpark, General Mills and Stop & Shop.

The Back-to-School Saving Event is currently underway at all Stop & Shop stores, from September 4 through September 10. At the event, General Mills and Stop & Shop are teaming up to give families a great way to stock up and save, as they gear up for back to school.

So shoppers will see sale pricing on the participating General Mills brands:
Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Reeses Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cookie Crisp Sprinkles, Cookie Crisp, Fruit Snacks, Old El Paso Dinner Kits, Pillsbury Strudel, Pillsbury Scrambles, Green Giant Boxed Vegetables, Yoplait Yo-Plus Multi-Pack, Fiber One Yogurt Multi-Pack, Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookies, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, Pillsbury Sweet Rolls and Yoplait Delights.

I'm drooling at the thought of Cinnamon Toast Crunch already!

In addition, you can score a gas discount for buying participating General Mills items at Stop & Shop stores that sell gas.

How does this work? Buy four (4) participating General Mills items and you’ll automatically earn 100 points on your Stop & Shop card
For every 100 points earned, you'll save 10¢ per gallon of gas. Just swipe your Stop & Shop Card at the pump to redeem your Gas Rewards.

So that's my spiel, I know you're all waiting for the what the prize is - a $10 gift card from Stop & Shop! I don't know about you, but I think any shopping experience is enhanced when you can save money by buying great groceries on sale AND by using a gift card to lower the total.

To enter the drawing for the free $10 Stop & Shop card, simply tell me what General Mills item you will buy by commenting below. I will choose a winner at random on Thursday, September 10. Good luck!

Pillsbury simply... Cookies Giveaway!

Not surprisingly, I have a bit of a rep amongst my friends, family and coworkers for being a baker.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, I really do love trying out new recipes and pushing baked goods on people.

For that one percent of the time where it's too hot or I'm tired and I feel forced to bake for an occasion, I like to have a few tricks up my sleeve.

That's why I was thrilled at the chance to try Pillsbury's simply... cookies line courtesy of MyBlogSpark.com. They come in two classic flavors, chocolate chip and peanut butter and are made from the same basic ingredients I would use when making cookies from scratch with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Best of all, on those days where I'm need something quick without making a mess, I can just pop
the cookies on my Silpat and they're ready to eat in ten minutes!

This is what the cookies look like uncooked:

Picture courtesy of girlchef.blogspot.com since my pictures didn't come out well.

I'm pleased to offer my first modest giveaway! Pillsbury has offered a coupon for a free package of simply... refrigerated cookies, a ceramic cookie jar and a canvas grocery tote:



To enter, just leave a comment below on what flavor you would try and who would you give the cookies to (Would you eat them all yourself? Bring them into work? Cheer up a friend?) I'll pick a winner at random on Monday night (why Monday? It's my birthday and I'll be back from a weekend trip in NYC) Good luck everyone!