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Monday, August 10, 2009
CPSC lists top 10 recalled children’s items
Consumer Reports highlighted a list put together by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission of the top 10 recalled kids’ items, which are especially important to note as garage sale season continues.
Both sites offer good information on what to avoid and why.
“Those who resell recalled children’s products are not only breaking the law, they are putting children’s lives at risk,” CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum told Consumer Reports. “Resale stores should make safety their business and check for recalled products and hazards to children.”
Among the items on the list are certain Polly Pocket dolls, drop-side cribs, bassinets, Magnetix and even Easy Bake Ovens.
If you plan to buy any used children’s items this summer, check out this list before you go.
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Free pens among dozens of deals this week
Mommy Snacks author Andrea Deckard is also on the back-to-school page this morning, Aug. 10, noting some great sales.
“Don’t forget to check the grocery and drugstores for what deals you can get with coupons!” Deckard said. “This week, you can get FREE pens at several stores. The regular sales at each store are great as well to help you save during the back-to-school season!”
Here are her best coupon/ad deals in the Dayton area. If you click on the store name, you will get an expanded list of each store.
FREE Revlon Cosmetics after Extra Care Bucks
FREE Highlighters — Stop by Mommy Snacks for a printable coupon.
$.99 Bic Soleil Razor
Tons of back to school sales — see Mommy Snacks for the complete list.
FREE Scotch tape
$.35 Extra gum
FREE Danimals Crush Cups
$.50 Aunt Millie’s Bread
$.70 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks (w/printable coupon at Mommy Snacks)
FREE Bic Pens (w/printable coupon at Mommy Snacks)
$.50 Knorr Pasta Sides
$.38 Speed Stick Deodorant
FREE Bic Pens
FREE Kotex Pantiliners
$.75 Kellogg’s Cinnabon Bars (w/printable coupon at Mommy Snacks)
$.50 Pillsbury Biscuits (w/printable coupon at Mommy Snacks)
$1 Yo-Plus Yogurt
$.50 Pop-Tarts
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New school supplies for pennies
The National Retail Federation wrote last month how the rules of back-to-school shopping “have officially changed,” in this economy, and that the amount spent was expected to be about 8 percent less than last year.
And the stores have responded. This year’s sales have been incredible, with many stores offering school supplies for $1 or less, and back-to school clothes for around $10.
For school supplies, Office Max has been having its Back to School for Pennies campaign for a few weeks, that offers notebooks for 1 cent, rulers for 5 cents, pencils for 10 cents per pack, etc.
Last week, the store had Sharpies for a penny.
Walmart has been offering multiple items for between 15 cents and 25 cents, with other items right around the dollar mark.
And Staples is having a great penny and dollar sale this week, offering one-subject notebooks for 1 cent (limit of six), assorted highlighters and packs of pens for $1 (limit two) and a 500-sheet ream of multipurpose paper for $1 (limit two), after rebate.
Staples has other deals for glue sticks, crayons, markers, folders and more that are two or three for $4.
Meijer also has supplies in the $1 and two for $3 range this week.
On the clothes front, Old Navy is having a sale this week of jeans for $10, Target has them for $12 (although they were $7 on a previous week) and Kmart has them for $12 this week as well.
Graphic T-shirts for kids are between $6 and $12 at most of these stores, including Target, Kohl’s, Sears and JCPenney.
JCPenney also has Izod uniform gear for 40 percent to 50 percent off this week, and many juniors’ tops are buy one, get one for $1. Sears also has Dockers uniforms for 50 percent off this week.
And even shoes can be found for less. Payless ShoeSource even has select kids’ shoes for less than $10.
Bottom line is, there are many ways to save this year, so keep a lookout for some great deals.
But do get out there soon — with the prices this low, there is only one way for them to go.
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Marion’s brings back 1965 prices today
Reminder: Today, Aug. 10, all seven Marion’s Piazza locations will be turning back the clock to 1965 to recognize the restaurant’s 44th anniversary.
In honor of that milestone, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today, Marion’s will have its original 1965 menu and prices — a small cheese pizza for 80 cents, large deluxe pizza for $2.50, giant sandwich for 50 cents (half) to $1 (whole), spaghetti with sauce for 75 cents ($1 with meatballs) and Italian salads for 25 cents.
But be prepared to wait a bit, since this one-day sale has a history of drawing quite a crowd. The sale is usually every five years, and the next celebration was due in 2010.
As reported on this blog last week, Marion’s owner Roger Glass moved the anniversary celebration up a year due to the economy.
“It has been a tough year for people in Dayton, so we felt we had to do something — give something back,” Glass said.
Area restaurants are at 711 Shroyer Road in Oakwood, 50 E. Stroop Road in Kettering, 241 N. Main St. in Centerville, 8991 Kingsridge Drive in Miami Twp., 1320 N. Fairfield Road in Beavercreek, 3443 N. Dixie Drive in Dayton and 404 W. National Road in Englewood.
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