Written by Jane N. Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs ANGEL SOFT BATH TISSUE Now 2 times stronger!!!!  The Angel Soft Bath Tissue you have always loved just got even better.  Angel Soft is now two times stronger with soft shield layers for an ideal balance of softness and strength. Look for the new Angel Soft 8 pack Triple Roll, which is equivalent to 24 regular rolls.  Longer lasting Angel Soft Triple Roll has triple the sheets of its regular rolls, which means even fewer roll changes.  Now that’s convenient! Look for the new Angel Soft in the Bath Tissue section. DIXIE MEGA PLATES Kids and moms agree – Dixie disposable plates make meals easier. They’re strong, durable and available in a variety of sizes.  Now you can find the Dixie Mega Count plates at Price Chopper in an 80 count or a 160 count for the best value ever.  These larger counts are great for everyday use. Dixie products are not manufactured with BPA or phthalates. All Dixie plates have a soak proof shield, are cut resistant and can be used in the microwave.  Look for the new Dixie Mega Plates in the paper plate section. What is your family’s favorite game to play together? It’s hard sometimes to spend as much time as we’d like with our families. That’s why it’s so important to make the time that you do spend together even more special. Nestlé’s Nesquik wants to treat your family to a movie night! Nesquik offers quick and easy ways to complement the natural nutrition of milk and make irresistibly delicious drinks that kids will ask for every time.  Comment on our blog below AND our Facebook page telling us what game you LOVE to enjoy with your family! Four lucky winners will receive a $50 Regal Cinemas gift card to see Disney’s Wreck It Ralph! This contest runs from Thursday, November 1-Monday, November 5. This contest will end at 5:00 PM on Monday, November 5.  Winners will be chosen on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Read official rules here. What are you dressing your furry friend up as this Halloween?  Send in your pet photos to our Halloween Pet Photo Contest sponsored by Nestle Purina for a chance to win 1 of 2 $100 Price Chopper gift cards.  All participants will receive an exclusive offer through email to treat their pet to something delicious- $1 off any 2 Friskies or Beggin Strips treats.  If you’re looking for more exclusive pet offers, join our Pet Club for monthly email newsletters fill with great articles and coupons! Email your photos to photos@pricechopper.com by Friday, November 2nd to be entered!  We will choose one dog winner and one cat winner to each recieve a $100 Price Chopper gift card.  Read official rules here.

Written by Karen Anderson, LCSWR,RD,CDN,CSSD
Registered Dietitian and Clinical Social Worker

 

Halloween is almost here! Trick or Treating gluten-free is NOT at all like finding a needle in a haystack. There are PLENTY of gluten-free goodies for treaters, most of which are by well-known brands and can be found right at Price Chopper. There is no need to deny the sweet tooth on Halloween!  Just a few reminders from the dietitian here: Eat within reason and along with plenty of water. Brush your teeth soon after eating your treats. Adults: be sure your gluten-free children are informed as to what they can have safely. And treat…don’t cheat. Even a taste for those who must be gluten-free to be healthy can be a problem.  Some candies (not all) are labeled GF. Here are some choices for GF Halloween enjoyment– not a list of every treat possible, but a sweet list:

Almond Joy

Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks

Baby Ruth

Bit O Honey

Bliss (and white chocolate Bliss)

Brach’s candy corn

Butterfinger

Charleston Chew (and mini chews)

Charms Pops and Blow Pops

Dole Fruit Chews

Dots

Dum Dums

Double Bubble bubble gum

Dove chocolate, dark chocolate, PB and caramel

Ghiardelli solid chocolate squares and morsels

Hershey chocolate bars, almond, chips and kisses

Hubba Bubba bubble gum

Jelly Belly jelly beans

Jolly Ranchers

Junior Mints

Lifesavers (hard and gummy candies)

M & Ms (all but pretzel, crisped rice)

Mary Jane

Milk Duds

Milky Way Midnight Bar and Simply Caramel

Mr. Goodbar

3 Musketeers (regular and mint)

Necco Waers

Nerds

Payday

Peeps (even chocolate covered)

Raisinets

Reese’s (pieces, all cups but crisped rice)

Rolo

Runts

Scooby Doo Fun Pops

Skittles

Skybar

Smarties (made in US) and Smarties pops

Snickers (all but crisped rice)

Sour Patch Kids

Spree

Starburst

Sun Cups (sunflower seed butter cups)

Sugar Babies, Daddy and Mama

Sweetarts and Sweetart Chews

 Welch’s Fruit Snacks

Wonka Bottle Caps

Over the past year, an astounding amount of seafood labeling fraud has been unveiled.  The Boston Globe launched an investigation of 134 restaurants, grocery stores and seafood markets in the Boston area.  They hired a DNA testing agency to randomly select and test the validity of seafood labeling in 183 fish samples.  The results were shocking.  48% of tested species were being sold under the wrong name.  For example, flounder fillet (sold for $23) at Chau Chow Seafood Restaurant in Dorchester turned out to be Vietnamese catfish (normally sold for $4 per lb); White tuna at Skipjack’s in Foxborough was found to be escolar (an oily fish not recommended for sale in the United States by the FDA due to potential health risks); Alaskan butterfish at Blue Ginger in Wellesley was revealed to be sablefish.  Why does seafood fraud exist?  Sometimes fraud occurs due to a chef or distributors’ ignorance and/or difficulty differentiating one fillet from another, but the most common reason is to increase profits.  A cheaper fish can be sold under the guise of a more expensive species and more times than not, the customer cannot tell the difference.  It is particularly easy in the restaurant business to deceive the customer since most fish is served as fillets.  Once fish is filleted, seasoned, cooked and covered in sauces, it becomes very hard to distinguish one species from another.  The customer is often oblivious and the restaurant makes a bigger margin.  While most of the fraud is occurring at restaurants, there have been cases at supermarkets as well.  Supermarket buyers can be deceived by their distributors since fish sold as frozen fillets can be difficult to identify.  Sometimes, the distributor is also not at fault, but has been deceived by fish processors, importers, harvesters and/or fish farmers.  Price Chopper was quite confident that their suppliers were providing them with the correct species, but to further validate that the fish they were sourcing was in fact what it claimed to be, they hired Therion International, LLC, a DNA testing service laboratory located in Saratoga Springs, NY to conduct testing.  Therion agents visited the Price Chopper Freezer warehouse in Rotterdam, NY on three separate occasions and randomly tested a total of 150 samples from 15 frozen fish fillet product lines.  One to five boxes of each product line was opened and one to two fillets were selected from each box.  The following species were selected for testing because they have been known to have modest to high substitution rates: catfish, cod, flounder, haddock, halibut, mahi mahi, orange roughy, red snapper, sockeye salmon, swai, swordfish and tuna.  The results of this study showed that all 150 fish fillets that were tested yielded favorable results.  Not one case of fraudulent labeling was found!  Going forward, Price Chopper plans to continue a periodic course of random DNA testing in order to provide customers the peace of mind that this objective verification offers. Would you like a movie date with James Bond?  Enter our trivia contest to win tickets to the newest Bond film, Skyfall! Price Chopper and Heineken are partnering up once again to give 25 lucky fans a pair of tickets to see the newest installment of the James Bond 007 saga, Skyfall, at Crossgates Regal Cinemas 18 on November 7th, two days before opening night!  If you think you’re a Bond braniac, enter our trivia contest for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the premiere!  We will be posting James Bond trivia questions on our Facebook page today, tomorrow and Wednesday.  Post your answers on our wall and email them to photos@pricechopper.com for your chance to win!  We will randomly select 25 people who answer all 3 questions correctly to go to the premiere.  All submissions must be received by 5:00pm EST on October 24th, 2012. Good luck! Read official contest rules here. Written by Jane N. Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs COLGATE OPTIC WHITE MOUTHWASH Introducing Colgate Optic White Mouthwash with its dual action formula! Colgate Optic White Mouthwash is the finishing touch to the whitening derivedf rom brushing and strips.  You can choose from three convenient sizes: 8 fl. oz, 16 fl. oz. and 32 fl.oz.  Look for Colgate Optic White Mouthwash in the Oral Care aisle. DASANI DROPS-DROP INTO DELICIOUS!! Try new Dasani Drops flavored water enhancer!  Dasani Drops is a delicious flavor enhancer that allows you to mix it up and drink more water.  Plus, the new and different flavors in the liquid concentrates provide more value-32 servings vs. 24 servings, in addition to a branded name in liquid concentrates. Flavors that will complement the pure, crisp taste of Dasani water include Strawberry Kiwi, Pink Lemonade, Pineapple Coconut and Mixed Berry concentrated flavors. Head to the juice aisle to find your favorite! Written by Jane N. Golub Director In-Store Marketing Programs COLGATE OPTIC WHITE MOUTHWASH Introducing Colgate Optic White Mouthwash with its dual action formula! Colgate Optic White Mouthwash is the finishing touch to the whitening derivedf rom brushing and strips.  You can choose from three convenient sizes: 8 fl. oz, 16 fl. oz. and 32 fl.oz.  Look for Colgate Optic White Mouthwash in the Oral Care aisle. DASANI DROPS-DROP INTO DELICIOUS!! Try new Dasani Drops flavored water enhancer!  Dasani Drops is a delicious flavor enhancer that allows you to mix it up and drink more water.  Plus, the new and different flavors in the liquid concentrates provide more value-32 servings vs. 24 servings, in addition to a branded name in liquid concentrates. Flavors that will complement the pure, crisp taste of Dasani water include Strawberry Kiwi, Pink Lemonade, Pineapple Coconut and Mixed Berry concentrated flavors. Head to the juice aisle to find your favorite! Want to win a FREE Halloween party for your kids?  Tell us about the best Halloween costume either you or your kids ever wore! Halloween is one of the most creative holidays of the year!  We’re getting into the Halloween spirit here at Price Chopper and we want to help you do the same!  Tell us about the BEST Halloween costume either you or your kids ever wore and one lucky fan will win a FREE kids Halloween party! Comment below and on our Facebook page to be entered to win a ½ gallon of apple cider, a pumpkin-decorated message cookie, a pumpkin pull-apart cupcake cake, a single layer pumpkin cake and plates, cups and napkins! Check out our “Fall in Love with Fall” board on Pinterest for some excellent Fall decorating and baking ideas!  Also, don’t forget to stop into your local Price Chopper to check out all of our tasty fall treats in our Bakery!  We have everything you need to make your Fall celebrations complete!  All entries must be received by 5:00 pm on Friday, October 19th 2012. Limit one entry per person. Don’t forget to comment below AND on our Facebook page for a chance to win.  Read the official rules here.  Good luck! We’re excited to announce some delicious new products that Campbell’s has released in our stores this fall.  Some creations are completely brand new; others are a twist on your favorite Campbell’s recipes.  Make sure to check out our Facebook page starting this week for exclusive coupons on these tasty soups! Campbell’s® Gourmet Bisque soup – A dazzling departure from the ordinary Creating a captivating meal at home just got easier thanks to Campbell’s Bisques.  Now you can complement dinner and entertain guests with a sensational starter or side dish.  Turn any dinner into a multi-course meal.  Try all FOUR exciting flavors…Bisque Tomato Roasted Garlic Bacon, Bisque Butternut Squash, Bisque Sweet Potato Tomatillo, Bisque Thai Tomato Coconut. Campbell’s® Chunky™ soup – It Fills You Up Right® Campbell’s® Chunky™ is a great way to feed your family a hearty dinner.  Just pour your favorite Chunky™, such as Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables, over dishes like instant mashed potatoes, and in four minutes for around four bucks, dinner is served.  Try all THREE new flavors…Chipotle Chicken & Corn Chowder, Jammin Jerk Chicken with Rice & Beans and Kickin’ Buffalo-style Chicken. Campbell’s® Slow Kettle™ style soups – Discover the Slow Kettle® difference Campbell’s® Slow Kettle® Style soups are crafted by our chefs with high quality ingredients combined in creative ways, then patiently simmered to perfection for an indulgent taste experience.  Slow Kettle will delight your senses like no other soup.  Try both new flavors…Kickin’ Crab & Sweet Corn Chowder and Roasted Chicken & Chardonnay.