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(Copyright, 1980, United Feature Syndicate, Inc. I
Supersmart shoppers get co-operation
Nudge store toward refund form displays
By MARTIN SLOANE
Dear Supermarket Shopper
— I read your column faithfully
and dream of finding all the
refund forms that you list each
week.
But it seems that the stores in
my area do not bother to put
these forms on the shelves. Or
they claim they don’t get them.
What can I do to get the stores
in my area to display more
refund forms? - Lucy M. from
Woodbury, N.J.
Dear Lucy — In the past when
food was relatively inex-
pensive, most shoppers were
not interested in refund offers.
- They were also unaware of
most of them.
As a result, few shoppers
asked for refund forms. Most
supermarket managers
t disregarded the forms,
throwing them out when they
found them on the shelves or
even prohibiting manufac-
turers’ representatives from
posting them.
Although times have
changed, this attitude persists
in many supermarkets. Their
managers have not yet realized
that supermarket shoppers
want to take advantage of every
discount opportunity, including
manufacturers’ refunds.
With food - prices
skyrocketing, supermarkets
should do everything possible to
help their customrs save money
with refund offers. After all, a
manufacturer's refund costs
the store nothing.
Instead of prohibiting-
salesmen from putting up
refund forms, the stores should
be- calling food companies and
their representatives to request
as many refund forms as they
can get.
If you want to see more
refund forms in> your super-
market, make a point of letting
the store manager know it. If
shoppers like you get this
message across, there will be
more than enough refund forms
for everyone,
P S. Don’t accept the excuse
that manufacturers don't
provide refund forms. Food
companies want to get as many
of their refund forms as
possible into supermarkets.
Dear Supermarket Shopper
— When I first started refun-
ding, I was afraid that we would
end up eating a lot of junk food.
But we are actually eating
better,
I used to buy the store brands
of canned vegetables. We got so
tired of them that many times
we would skip vegetables
altogether. With my coupons
and refunds, I now can afford to
buy the brand-name vegetables
in special combinations and
sauces. We enjoy them so much
that we are actually eating less
meat!
After only three months of
couponing and refunding, I
have reduced our weekly food
bills by more than $25. I no
longer feel guilty when I spend
money on food. 1 feel proud of
myself! - Katharine H. from
Raleigh, N.C. *
Dear Katharine — The
typical supermarket has more
than 10,000 items from which
you can select. Each year
manufacturers introduce
hundreds of interesting new
products.
But all too often shoppers get
into a rut. They walk down the
aisles with blinders on, picking
up the same items that they
selected the last time they
shopped, and the time before
that, and the time before that.
And eating the samp old thing
can be just as boring as shop-
ping for the same old thing.
This isn’t an easy rut to get
out of; shopping habits are hard
to break.
But as your letter shows,
couponing and refunding can do
it. I hope other readers who
want to add more life and
variety to their meals will start
by finding a pair of scissors and
clipping some coupons.
Send me your questions and
suggestions in care of this
newspaper. Volume of mail
prohibits personal replies, but
leitess of general interest will
be published in future columns.
Refund of the Day-
White to the following address
to obtain the required refund
form for this $1.25 offer: Flair
Refund Certificate, P.O. Box
2276, Maple Plain, Minn., 55348.
This offer expires Sept. 30,1980.
Clip 'N' File Refunds
(Week of Feb. 17)
Baked Goods, Desserts
(File 7)
Clip out this file and keep it.
with similar cash-off coupons —
beverage refund offers with
beverage coupons, for example.
Start collecting the needed
proofs of purchase while
looking for the required refund
forms at the supermarket, in
newspapers and magazines,
and wdien trading with friends.
Offers''’ are Subject to
manufacturers' geographical
limits and local laws. Allow 10
weeks to receive each refund.
MIGHTY High Desserts.
Receive a free package of two
Mighty High Mini Pies. Send
the required refund form plus
four proot-of-purchase seals
from any Mighty High desserts.
Expires May 31,1980.
SUNSHINE Refund Offer.
Receive coupons worth 60 cents.
Send the required refund form
plus two prooGof-purchase
seals from 16-ounce boxes of
Krispy Crackers. Expires Sept.
30,1980.
Beverages (File 8)
UPTON Tea Ball Offer.,
Receive a one-cup or a six-cup
tea ball. Send the required
refund form plus twp entire box
tops containing the Upton name
and the net weight from Lipton
8-ounce Loose Tea. State the
size you prefer. Expires Dec.
•31,1980.
ORANGE Plus Refund.
Receive five 20-cents-off
plus opening tear strips from
one 12- or 16-ounce can or from
two bounce cans. Also send the
Universal Product Code
numbers from each can and the
mail-in certificate checked "I
Agree" for the (coupons or “I
Disagree" for the refund.
Expires June 30,1980.
PARTY Tyme Cocktail Mix
Offer. Receive free package
of Party Tyme. Send the
required'refund form plus box
tops from any two Party Tyme
Cocktail Mixes. Sedect one of
the following flavors for your
free package: Whiskey. Sour,
Mai Tai, Margarita, Pina
Colada, Hot Toddy, Tequila
Sunrise, Daiquiri, Tom Collins
or Gimlet. Expires July 31,1980.
TROP1CANA $1 Refund. Send
the required refund form plus
caps from 10 6-ounce or five 12-
ounce containers of Tropicana
Pure Frozen Concentrated
Orange Juice. Expires April 30.
coupons or a 50-cent refund.
Send the required refund form
TOTAL VATWACTKXt
GUAIANTtl
txrytking you buy «t
Kroger il guuruntod for
your total Mtiifoction
regardleu of munufuc
furor. If you art not
Mtilfiod, Kroger will re
place your item witk tke
lame brand or refund
your purchase price.
X USDA CHOICE HEAVY BEEF \
Fresh Pork Shoulder
Boston Butt
Roast , 98e Ham :$4" Wieners ^79*
Cutlass Supreme V-8 diesel for 1980
Olds upgrades diesel
By DOYLE K. GETTER
Oldsmobile has improved,
diesel engine performance irt its
Cutldss and Cutlass Supreme
cars this year by dropping last
year's optional 260 cubic inch
diesel and making die 350 cubic
inch V-8 diesel available in all
models for 1980.
1 recently tested the optional
350 diesel in the 1980. Cutlass
Supreme coupe. The Cutlass
Supreme is by far Oldsmobile’s
most popular series and, in
1979, was the best selling in-
dividual nameplate of all
American cars as reported by.
Automotive News.
last years smaller diesel
gave good gas mileage but it
lacked the power to decently
accelerate an otherwise "fine
performing car.
The 350 diesel this year gets
almost as good gasoline
mileage as the 260 provided last
year and its power for ac-
celeration was excellent: zero
to 50 miles an hour in 9,8
seconds and 30 to 50 miles an
hour in 5.5 seconds. -
1 averaged 21.6. miles per
gallon in a winter week of city
and freeway driving and 33.2
miles per gallon on a 105 mile
highway test at 55 miles an
hour.
With its 19.8 gallon fuel tank,
a diesel Cutlass has a one tank
highway range of more than 600
miles, a good day's drive for
anyone.
The standard engine for the
Cubans and Cutlass Supreme
cars this year is a two-barrel
231 cubic inch gasoline V-6
engine. 1 have not driven a
Cutlass with that engine but, if
the demand for diesels made
them difficult to get, I would
prefer one of the three other
optional gasoline V-8s.
Weighing 3,200 pounds, a
Cutlass needs power for good
performance.
Another area in which the
Cutlass Supreme excels is
handling. Its power steering
system requires little effort in
slow turning or parking yet on
the road transmits enough
“road feel" to the driver that he
knows when he has or has not
lost traction. The car is sure-
footed on fast turns with only
slight lean.
A new torque converter
clutch in the 1980 automatic
transmission contributes to the
car’s good gas mileage. When
the throttle is released at
speeds over 35 miles an hour, a
significant! ddwnshift feel is
noticeable but a driver quickly
becomes accustomed to this
and it caused me no problem.
The base price of the two-door
Cutlass Suprenie is $6,251 and
the optional 350 cubic inch V-8
diesel is an additional $960. TTie
base price includes automatic
transmission, power steering,
power brakes and steel-belted
radial tires.
Options on the test car in-
cluded a landau-style roof,
power windows, power locks,
electric rear window defroster,
tilt steering wheel, cruise
control, air conditioning and an
AM-FM stereo radio.
brought to you as a public service by........
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School Menu
SUPER HANDY STORES
MONDAY
Assorted Cereal
Apply Juice
Milk'
TUESDAY
Apple Danish
Orange Juice
Milk
WEDNESDAY
Scrambled Eggs
Buttered Toast
Assorted Jelly
Fruit Juice Milk
THREE
School Burgers,
French Fries
Lettuce/Tomato Salad
Fruit Cup
Milk
Barbecued Franks
Creamed Potatoes
Pinto Beans
Fresh Orange Halves
Bread
Milk
Hopkins County Stew
Assorted Sandwiches
Saltine Crackers
Fruit Gelatin
Milk
LOLA 1IONS
500 MAIN
208 COLLEGE
Mon. • Sat.
Oni-n 7.11
THURSDAY
Cinnamon Toast
Pineapple Tidbits
Milk
FRIDAY
Glazed DonuLs
Grape Juice
Milk
SUPER HANDY
Brings You Both
The Breakfast
Menu And The
Lunch Menu!
Sun
Open 12:15 -11
941 GILMER at
SPENCE
Open 6 12
Fried Chicken
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans
Chilled Pears
Bread
Milk
Beef n Cheese Tacos
Lettuce/Tomato Salad
Whole Kernel Corn
Sliced Peaches
Bread
Milk
The 4-wheel driven
Our versatile Kubota B7100 is excellent
for grass cutting, gravel work, and general
work around f rivate homes. Yet its four
wheel drive makes it strong enough for
such commercial applications as park
maintenance, nursery work, and landscape
contracting. , ,
Standard equipment includes a
standard 3-speed rear PTC.), independent
rear brakes, differential lock, and a category
I hydraulic 3-point hitch.
And the B7100s 16 hp diesel engine
• will use less fuel than a larger tractor. This
Kubota cuts costs as well as it does grass.
We’re looking for work.
KUB0TR
Carraway Tractor Co.
Butch Carraway-Owner Phone 885-6508
Highway 11 West Of Sulphur Springs
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 40, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 17, 1980, newspaper, February 17, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823889/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.