I'm a 27 year old stay-at-home mom from Oregon. I have two wonderful children ages 3 and 1 years old. I have been married for five years to my wonderful husband whom I met online!
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Review and Giveaway: 2 New Box Cheerios
May 3rd, 2012 | 
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We are very happy Costco Club members and are really thrilled with the value we can get for our favorite brands when it comes to stocking our cupboards and feeding my family. I’m pleased to share that the value of buying our favorite breakfast cereal, Cheerios® has become an even better purchase thanks to the new 2 box packages available at all Costcos, Sam’s Club, and BJ’s.
I recently recieved the New 2 box Cheerios through My Blog Spark to share my thoughts on. First most, the 2 box packages contain two individual boxes, making them easier to store in my pantry and easier to pour into our breakfast cereal bowls.
Other great things to mention is that By reducing the amount of air in each individual bag, these enhanced containers fit 10% more cereal than before and use less packaging. Also while each box contains more cereal, packaging material has been reduced by over 200,000 lbs, saving 1,000 trees and taking 130 Cheerios trucks of the road, decreasing CO2 emissions!
Be sure to check out the Cheerios Website to learn more about all the great features and benefits of their product! And be sure to check out the video below!
Win it!
2 Winners will be chosen to win! The prize is (2) new 2 box Cheerios packaging (four boxes).
As a mom of two young ones, I’ll take all the Cheerios I can get and what better a giveaway
to stock up your pantry for the Spring and Summer season!
“Disclosure: Cheerios® cereal, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.”
Review and Giveaway: Whole Grain First Ingredient with General Mills Cereal with White Check
“Ringing in the New Year often means new eating habits. We know whole grain is important to you, and the Dietary Guidelines recommend choosing products with a whole grain listed as the first ingredient. Now every cereal with the white check has more whole grain than any other single ingredient with the same great taste. You will see “whole grain” as a part of the first ingredient on the ingredient list, indicating that whole grain is the first and most prevalent ingredient”.
According to Dr. Travis Stork, emergency room physician and host of “The Doctors,” identifying whole grain products can be challenging. Shoppers can look for nutritional cues on the front of the box, but they need to read the ingredient list to know if they are getting enough whole grain. Ingredient lists detail ingredients in order of prevalence, and if the words “whole grain” are followed by a grain like wheat or oats, it means the food contains more whole grain than any other single ingredient. Here’s how to determine if your cereals have whole grain as a first ingredient:
With all the health messages facing grocery store shoppers, it can be confusing to translate what appears on food labels into nutritional needs, and hard to determine which foods have a meaningful amount of whole grain. Dr. Stork has some additional recommendations to help you include whole grain easily into your diet. They include:
- Start Early! The Dietary Guidelines recommend people get at least 48 grams of whole grain in their daily diets. Get a jump-start on the day’s nutrition by incorporating whole grain into your morning routine. For instance, when choosing cereal make sure whole grain is listed as the first ingredient. One easy choice is cereal with the white check, which have more whole grain than any other single ingredient.
- Make Simple Swaps. Choose whole grain versions of the foods you love. Great options include whole wheat pasta and whole wheat bread or even whole grain crackers. Also, try different types of whole grain. Use brown rice instead of white rice as a side dish at dinner or popcorn, which is a whole grain, for a snack.
- Don’t Judge a Food by Its Cover. The front of food packages provide good nutritional cues, but don’t forget to read the ingredients and check the nutrition label and side labels for additional health information. Cereals with the white check even include the amount of whole grain per serving on packaging.
To help with choosing products with whole grain, General Mills developed “Fast Lane for Whole Grain,” an online educational game. Consumers can navigate virtual grocery store aisles and identify products that have whole grain as the first ingredient, with the option to enter a sweepstakes to win one of each of the 50 cereals with the white check.
Our Thoughts…
What a treat that my family and I were able to review a 5 boxes of General Mills cereal with the white check. I love that there’s is an easy to find check mark system to make our shopping trips much easier and quicker too! No more reading label after label in the cereal aisle!
I was pleased to know that cereal that’s often are eaten in my household have the white check mark! I am extremely happy to continue to maintain my families eating habits with healthy breakfast cereals in which we not only eat in the morning but also snack on through out the day. Healthy cereals that taste good are a plus, especially with a picky three year old in the house who turns up her nose before even trying something!
Make a commitment to add more whole grain to your diet by simply pouring a bowl of cereal with the white check including Cheerios®, Lucky Charms®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch®, Honey Nut Cheerios® and Total®.
You can visit http://www.myblogspark.com/uc/main/d537/ to download a printable coupon for $1.75 off the purchase of any (2) cereals with the white check today!
For more information on the importance of whole grain and a chance to enter the “Fast Lane for Whole Grain” sweepstakes, visitwww.WholeGrainNation.com.”
-Win It-
How would you like to win a Whole Grain First Ingredient Five Boxes of Cereal Prize Pack?
Disclosure: The prize pack, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.
Posted in Food and Dining, Give Aways, Product Reviews | 
Tags: Cereal, Give Aways, Healthy Eating, my blog spark, Product Review | 
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Cheerios Supports Military Families: Win a Cheerios ‘Cheer’ Prize Pack #MyBlogSpark
When our troops are called to serve, their families must rise to meet the challenges of service as well. To thank them, Cheerios® and the USO have partnered in a postcard campaign that spreads Cheer directly to these honorable military families and supports USO programs. I’m excited that through My Blog Spark that I’m able to spread the news about this great campaign!
- Now through November, 2011 at your local grocer, specially-marked boxes of Cheerios cereal will feature Cheer postcards on the front of the box. Consumers can simply cut out the postcard from the Cheerios logo, write a message of thanks on the back, add a stamp and mail the pre-addressed card to the USO. The USO will deliver the Cheer card to military families across the country.
- For each postcard received through November 2012, Cheerios will make a $1 donation to the USO to help fund programs that support military families.
- To kick off the campaign, Cheerios has already donated $150,000 to the USO and will donate up to an additional $100,000 based upon the number of postcards received from specially marked boxes through the end of November.
Sending a “Cheer” postcard is a simple way to say thanks and lift the spirits of our country’s military families. So, take a moment out of your day to spread some Cheer and send a message of thanks!
Cheerios and My Blog Spark is giving one of my readers a chance to win the following prize pack which includes:
- 1 Cheerios cereal bowl
- 1 Cheerios cereal spoon
- 1 cereal dispenser
- 1 “Cheer” box of Cheerios
This is a great prize pack! I received all the items mentioned as a thank you for posting and spreading the word! I think it’s a great reminder that anytime I now reach for my Cheerios cereal or bowl that I get a prompt to share some cheer to military families (like my oldest sister, her husband, and children) being reminded on how much this company is giving back. How are you you supporting our military families this year? Let me know below for a chance to win this wonderful prize pack!
Get Connected!
Cheerios website: http://bit.ly/CheeriosCheer | Cheerios Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/CheerioCheer/cheerios
“Disclosure: Cheerios cereal, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.”
