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Hot Summer Meals: Fish Tacos in Top 25 Budget Meals (New Video)

Experimenting with different ways to tell people about all the ways MealBox can save them time and money. Thought I would shoot a new video with audio of me going in to MealBox to find a tasty fish tacos recipe that also happens to be listed in the Top 25 Budget Meals - so a bunch of the ingredients are on sale. Tell me what you think of the video. Have a nice weekend.

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Added by Kevin Thomas on July 31, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

WZZM Video Shows Mom Using MealBox to Save Big on Grocery Bill

Over the holiday weekend, WZZM ran a segment on the evening news showing a stay-at-home mother in Grand Rapids using MealBox to find recipes, plan meals, identify savings and build a shopping list to take to her local Meijer store. Here is the video:

You can see it posted on the WZZM website here. The piece shows her finding recipes with ingredients on sale, stacki… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on July 6, 2009 at 10:06am — No Comments

Meijer WineList iPhone App Hits the App Store

Last night we released the new WineList iPhone app. Allows you to browse hundreds of wines in the same ways as the widget. Also has new Wine Matrix to browse by intensity gradient. Great way to make wine choices while standing in the aisle of your Meijer store. See screencast video above. Feedback welcome. Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on May 22, 2009 at 11:19am — No Comments

MB Coupon Tutorial by NW Indiana Deals

Meijer's clarification of its rules on coupon stacking is bringing new fans to MealBox. See this new tutorial on how to print coupons at NW Indiana Deals. Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on May 19, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

MealBox and Grocery Lists in the WSJ

MealBox got ink yesterday in a new piece by Timothy J. Martin in the WSJ. Martin looks at the merits of building weekly grocery lists and offers a useful overview of the tools available to shoppers. One big MealBox advantage that Martin does not include: the ability to use MealBox to build shopping lists based on that week's budget value meal recipes, which showcase recipes with lots of ingredients on sale in your local store.… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on May 5, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Meal Planning Tips from the Caribbean

Caught sight of this in the Jamaica Gleaner: 10 meal planning tips, including "6. Bring back soup Saturday. Soups are often the most delicious one-pot meals in Jamaica." Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on May 5, 2009 at 12:28pm — No Comments

Passion for Meal Planning

Over on the petit elefant blog, a series of posts on meal planning is appearing; here's the first one. Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on April 13, 2009 at 12:39pm — No Comments

Quick Video Instructions on Saving Money at the Store

Missed this one last month. LittleMissKnowItAll gives us a rapid-fire, five-minute video on saving money at the grocery store. Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on April 13, 2009 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Kraft and Meijer Advertize MealBox on Product Boxes

Engagement with MealBox deepens. Here is a shot of a stack of Velveeta boxes in a Meijer store. The bo… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on March 17, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Bloggers Reporting that Meijer Has Changed Coupon Policy for MealBox

Word is that Meijer is indeed allowing folks to stack Meijer MealBox coupons and manufacturer coupons. Get the story over on In Good "Cents" blog. Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on March 12, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

How To Save Money Every Week with Budget Meals in MealBox

There is a must-use feature in MealBox that lots of people overlook. We’ve mentioned it before, but we think it’s worth revisiting in these interesting times. Each and every week MealBox automatically generates a list of 25 recipes that contain the greatest number of ingredients that are either promoted in a weekly ad or associated with a coupon. These are recipes brimming with food on sale. If you want to figure out how to plan enticing meals AND save money, this list is for you. This week the… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on March 10, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

TipJar: Crowdsourcing Tips for Saving Money

Got word of this on TechCrunch. Google does lots of experiments. One of their latest is interesting to those of us who are trying to figure out the best ways to save money in trying times. It's called TipJar. It allows people to post tips on a bunch of topics; others can then give them… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on March 5, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Influence of Women Bloggers Expands

Picked this up while following ShopperCulture on twitter: interesting post by Jory Des Jardins on the growing reach and influence of women whom some in industry and the media have called "mommy bloggers." Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on February 12, 2009 at 5:28pm — 3 Comments

More on MealBox Being Lauded by Internet Retailer

We reported this last year but Meijer thought it was worth mentioning again. Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on February 11, 2009 at 12:20pm — No Comments

MealBox in the Kitchen: Qponix Partners with IKan

Qponix gives people useful applications that save them time and money - wherever they might be. Our utility expands when people can use our software on different devices and in many places. That's one of the reasons we are excited about partnering with Ikan, a company that offers a device f… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on January 28, 2009 at 9:05pm — No Comments

Meijer Launches WineList Widget

Yesterday Meijer launched WineList, a compact finder widget we developed. WineList allows you to explore wines in your local Meijer store. It compresses lots of interactivity and abundant data into a160x300 embeddable, viral application. The playful interface gives you many w… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on December 19, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Meijer Featured in Internet Retailer Hot 100

Two years ago Meijer kept a pretty low profile online. Now they have done some leap frogging. The piece opens with this: " If there is a single lesson to be distilled from the pages that follow it’s this: e-commerce success is not just about having a great web site anymore. It’s about taking maximum advantage of the Internet to connect with consumers wherever they are, and whenever they are ready to consider a retailer’s message.… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on November 25, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Recipe Box Is Back

Last Friday we returned the Recipe Box feature to the Meijer MealBox. Now you can save your favorite recipes in one place. Access the Recipe Box via a tab that sits to the right of the Meal Planner tab. Then drag recipe images to the Recipe Box just as you do with the Meal Plan… Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on November 25, 2008 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Saving Money on Your Grocery Bill

Yesterday in The Flint Journal there was a piece that contained numerous tips on how to save money on grocery bills: use coupons, double up on coupons/store specials, use grocery store websites, and stockpile. The article has updates on the latest efforts by coupon sites and grocers; includes mention of what Meijer is doing with MealBox, noting that usage has "exploded". Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on October 28, 2008 at 9:38am — 2 Comments

Bloggers Using Deep Links to Coupons

Excited to see people starting to deep link to specific coupons in MealBox. Take a look at Coupon Nerd. Continue

Added by Kevin Thomas on October 22, 2008 at 7:48am — No Comments

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