
3.10.2010
Disney Give A Day Program Has Ended

Epcot(R) International Flower & Garden Festival Grow Your Garden Instant Win Game
Remember, you can enter the Grow You Garden Instant Win Game daily through April 30, 2010 for a chance to win a pair of Florida Resident 4 Day Dream Passes to enjoy the Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival. Also, Disney is awarding a garden designed by Disney Horticulturists using some plants from the Festival to an eligible community organization. Be sure to nominate an eligible organization.
Visit EpcotGardenContest.com for details. Open only to legal residents of Florida who are 18 or older.
For more information on the Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival growing on March 3 - May 16, 2010 click here.
3.09.2010
Publix Recalls Seasoning Mixes
Publix said it has taken the mixes off of its shelves and says shoppers can return them to the stores for a full refund.
The privately held grocery store operator said late Monday that the mixes were made with hydrolyzed vegetable protein supplied by Basic Food Flavors, which is based in Las Vegas.
Consumers who eat products tainted with salmonella could suffer serious and sometimes fatal infections, particularly young children, frail or elderly persons and others with weakened immune systems.
Spokeswoman Maria Brous said in a statement there have been no reported cases of illness with these products.
The recalled products include all lot codes for 0.75-ounce packs of Publix Mushroom Gravy Mix with the UPC 41415-03308; 1-ounce packages of Publix Meatloaf Seasoning, UPC 41415-03408; 1.45-ounce packets of Publix Beef Flavored Stew Mix, UPC 41415-03608, and 1-ounce packs of Publix Au Jus Gravy Mix with UPC 41415-04208.
3.08.2010
Major Food Recall for Salmonella
| Category | Brand Name | Description | Recalling Firm | Pack Size | Lot Numbers | UPC Code | |
| Dip and Dip Mix | Johnny's Fine Foods | French Dip Powdered Au Jus | Johnny's Fine Foods | 6oz bottles | Expiration date: 0332 | ||
| Dip and Dip Mix | Johnny's Fine Foods | French Dip Powdered Au Jus | Johnny's Fine Foods | 1.1oz foil packets | Expiration date: 02212 | ||
| Dip and Dip Mix | T. Marzetti | Southwest Ranch Veggie Dip | T. Marzetti | 15.5 ounce plastic tubs | Best By dates: APR2010F, APR2810F, MAY1610F, MAY3110F, JUN0610F, JUN1410F, JUN1910F | 70200 52004 | |
| Dip and Dip Mix | T. Marzetti | Fat Free Southwest Ranch Veggie Dip | T. Marzetti | 13 ounce plastic tubs | Best By dates: MAY1610F, MAY3010F, JUN0810F, JUN1210F, JUN2510F | 70200 52033 | |
| Dip and Dip Mix | T. Marzetti | Spinach Veggie Dip | T. Marzetti | 15 ounce plastic tubs | Best By dates: APR1910F, MAY0910F, JUN0710F | 70200 52059 | |
| Dip and Dip Mix | T. Marzetti | Spinach Veggie Dip, Epinards, Trempette A Legumes | T. Marzetti | 340 gram plastic tubs | Best By dates: 10AL11F, 10AL17F, 10AL24F, 10AL30F, 10MA08F, 10JN12F | 70200 58843 | |
| Dip and Dip Mix | T. Marzetti | Southwest Ranch Veggie Dip, Ranch style sud-ouest americain Trempette A Legumes | T. Marzetti | 340 gram plastic tubs | Best By dates: 10AL17F, 10AL24F, 10AL30F, 10MA08F, 10JN05F, 10JN14F | 70200 58844 |
3.07.2010
Give A Day
3.05.2010
Publix Trip - I spent $0.11 today
| 5-Mar | 42 | 94.4 | 26.26 | 67.76 | 0.38 | 40 | savings -99.60% | |
| Product | qty | price | subtotal | bogo | Q | TOTAL | Q# | Q details |
| carrot matchsticks | 0 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| lettuce, iceburg | 1 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1 | 0.89 | 1 | $1/1 PQ calendar march | |
| cucumber | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1 | -0.25 | 1 | $1 off when you get 2 krft drssing | |
| romaine | 0 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| strawberries 16oz | 2 | 1.66 | 3.32 | 1 | 2.32 | 1 | $1 off when you get 2 krft drssing | |
| bananas | 0 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| mushrooms | 1 | 1.99 | 1.99 | 1 | 0.99 | 1 | $1 off when you get 2 krft drssing | |
| tomatoes | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bertolli sauce bogo | 4 | 2.69 | 10.76 | 5.38 | 4.4 | 0.98 | 6 | $1/2 PQ multiplymeals+0.60/1 2-14RP |
| Mrs Pauls Fish bogo | 2 | 4.49 | 8.98 | 4.49 | 4.49 | |||
| knox gelatin | 7 | 1.39 | 9.73 | 28 | -18.27 | 7 | $4/1 | |
| milk | 1 | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.19 | ||||
| Puffs, tissue | 2 | 1.33 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 0 | 2 | B2vicksG1freepuffs 2-7pg | |
| vicks nyquil dayquil, trial | 4 | 1.29 | 5.16 | 8 | -2.84 | 4 | $2 or 1.5/1 vicks 2-21pg 1-17pg | |
| arm hammer deo bogo | 2 | 2.99 | 5.98 | 2.99 | 2.99 | |||
| coupon | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 | $5 off $50 | ||
| Baileys creamer | 3 | 2.09 | 6.27 | 3 | 3.27 | 3 | $1/1 2-28ss | |
| steamfresh veggys 50% off | 2 | 1.79 | 3.58 | 1.7 | 1.88 | 2 | $.35/1 PQ Hlthymeals + 0.50/1 2-7ss | |
| country crock side dish bogo | 2 | 3.59 | 7.18 | 3.59 | 2 | 1.59 | 2 | $1/1 print |
| krft cheese shredded | 2 | 1.67 | 3.34 | 3 | 0.34 | 3 | $1/2 blinkie+$1/1 TQ | |
| salad dressing Kraft bogo | 6 | 3.27 | 19.62 | 9.81 | 6 | 3.81 | 6 | $1/2 TQ + $1/2 MQ + $1 off produce |
Friday Follow
3.04.2010
IKEA 10 Meatballs for $1
10 Meatballs for $1!
Offer valid Friday, March 5 – Sunday, March 7, 2010. Enjoy 10 mouth watering meatballs for just $1 - regularly $4.29.Includes 10 meatballs, mashed potatoes and cream sauce. Not valid at IKEA Hicksville, IKEA Houston or IKEA Direct. See local store.
Sunday Coupons 3/7 & Kmart Doubles Event
3.03.2010
Husband Shoots Cashier in Orlando Publix
ORLANDO - Police say a cashier who was shot inside a crowded Orlando supermarket has died.Orlando police spokesman Sgt. Patrick Guckian says 34-year-old Anicia Yankton died at a hospital early Wednesday morning. Police say her estranged husband, 62-year-old Andreau Yankton, shot her in a Publix store Tuesday night. The grocery store was open at the time of the shooting, but no customers were injured. Andreau Yankton was confronted by authorities outside the store and reportedly shot himself. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
3.02.2010
LOOK OUT for a $5 off $50 Publix coupon
Can't Find Publix Booklets?
3.01.2010
Florida Legislature Starts Tuesday
Do you ever feel like people are talking about you?
Not the paranoid who goes to a football game and thinks the players are whispering about him in the huddle or the prickly defensiveness of George Costanza on the old "Seinfeld" show. It's just that sometimes we have an entirely reasonable expectation that we, or whatever we're doing, might be drawing a little more attention than we'd like.
Tax increases are out, this being an election year, so there's no realistic hope of new revenues. That leaves expenses to be cut and, this being an election year, there's no more politically popular place to start than with the government payroll.
Some Republican women in the House and Senate got things started last week.
Rep. Marlene O'Toole of Lady Lake and Debbie Mayfield of Vero Beach proposed making all state employees pay for health insurance. They said taxpayers could save about $56 million if all employees, from the governor to the Selected Exempt workers, paid $50 a month for single coverage or $180 for family insurance.
There's a major fairness problem with that. About half of the estimated 35,000 employees now getting paid-up health insurance were moved out of Career Service by ex-Gov. Jeb Bush's "Service First" initiatives in 2001 and reclassified into the Selected Exempt Service.
The deal was, they gave up Career Service job security and got "free" insurance in return — whether they wanted that deal or not. If they're going to pay premiums now, it would seem that fairness dictates they be moved back to Career Service. The trouble with that is, it's the positions that were reclassified, not the people, so you couldn't logically extend Career Service protection to some SES employees — the ones who were moved in 2001 — and not all of them.
And besides, nothing is forever. If an SES employee took the job in 2006, knowing paid-up insurance was a perk, there was no guarantee that it would be ever thus. Times change, and so do budgets.
Also, if the $25,000-a-year administrative assistant in Career Service can pay for insurance, it's hard to say the six-figure judges and department heads shouldn't. Legislators and their staff would be included in the everybody-pays bill.
Politically, for legislators who go back home and run for re-election this summer, it's impossible to justify free insurance for any state employees when constituents are struggling to make ends meet.
Across the Capitol, Sen. Ronda Storms of Valrico has proposed a 5-percent pay cut for all employees earning more than $65,000 a year. Her bill includes a provision that employees taking the whack can't get bonuses to make up the cut. That seems like a taunt — "Hey, we're onto that old trick; don't cut your pay 5 percent, then give yourself a $3,250 promotion to break even."
The Storms bill could be a starting point. They could amend it up to $75,000 or $80,000 or lower the cut to 3 percent or 2 percent — or, for that matter, make it 10 percent and drop the threshold to $35,000. Senate Bill 2282 just gets the discussion going.
Last year's budget called for a 2-percent pay cut for employees earning more than $45,000 a year. Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed that, but, all things considered, state workers shouldn't count on the governor riding to the rescue again.
He didn't propose any layoffs, pay cuts or furloughs in the budget he sent to the Legislature on Jan. 29. But House and Senate committees treated the governor's recommendations as just a starting point — more like a kid's wish list sent to Santa — and lawmakers will send him their own priorities by May Day.
Downstairs, meanwhile, the lady who would be governor has proposed thinning the herd in middle management. Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink figures her agency has about five frontline workers for every manager, and she wants to widen that ratio to about 7-to-1.
Spread through all the state agencies, Sink figures, such a standard would save the government nearly $300 million. Her plan doesn't require legislative action and would be accomplished by not replacing SES and Senior Managers when they leave and reorganizing some functions under fewer bosses. But it shows the belt-tightening attitude prevalent in the Capitol in this recession-stricken election year.
Speaking of which, that's another active idea down here in Florida — cutting from the budget any authorized positions that have been vacant six months. Never mind that the reason these jobs stay vacant so long is that you can't find qualified people at the salaries the state is willing to pay.
State employment is not exactly the scapegoat of budget cuts. With revenue and politics being what they are, the cuts are inevitable and layoffs are looming.
Don't take it personally, legislators seem to be saying. It's just a natural consequence of the times.













