Back To School Sandwich Ideas and Nature’s Harvest® Sandwich Art Photo Contest #sponsored

*The information and coupons have been provided by Nature’s Harvest® so that I could try the product and share my thoughts and information about Nature’s Harvest® bread. The opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Nature’s Harvest® bread.

Back to School is here in my house! We have had our first week of school with great success. Part of that success I believe is eating a healthy breakfast and a healthy lunch. Healthy food can fuel a learning mind to help kids stay focused. This is our first year packing school lunch since my son has just started kindergarten. I was so excited at the thought of making fun an tasty sandwiches to put in his lunchbox. 

I wanted to make a sandwich that had many flavors in it to give it a meal between to delicious pieces of bread taste. I started with one of my sons favorite dips I make, spinach dip with cream cheese. My spinach dip has garlic and onions in it, I find it to be a tasty way to get my son to eat them without him realizing it.

Next I added sliced tomatoes, ham and thinly sliced cucumbers. I am using Nature’s Harvest®18 Grains & Seeds whole grain bread in my sandwich. My son likes the seeds on the sides of the bread, I like that it has 8 grams of whole grains per slice.

To celebrate Back to School season Nature’s Harvest® is hosting a Nature’s Harvest® Sandwich Art Photo Contest from August 24^th to September 6^th parents can visit the Nature’s Harvest® Facebook Page to submit a photo of their sandwich art creations, using Nature’s Harvest® bread, for the chance to win fun prizes!  One grand prize winner will receive a “kitchen crash” from Celebrity Chef Kelsey Nixon, where she’ll cook sandwich-centric meals and provide tips to the winner’s family!

Nature’s Harvest® bread is available to consumers nationwide and come in delicious varieties including:

o   100% Stone Ground Whole Wheat Bread

o   Honey Wheat Made with Whole Grain Bread

o   Butter Top Made With Whole Grain White Bread

o   Butter Top Made with Whole Grain Wheat Bread

Each variety of Nature’s Harvest® Bread is baked with at least 8 grams of whole grains per serving which will put them well on their way to consuming 32-40 grams per day which is recommended by U.S. Dietary Guidelines.

My son added his own creation of a sandwich with the ingredients I was using. He said it was his turn to be a sandwich creator! He made a sandwich using Nature’s Harvest® bread covered in cream cheese with ham and sliced grapes in it. It was actually very tasty! So proud of my little chef.

This contest is a fun way to get your kids involved with the idea of healthy eating by letting them help you create sandwich art for their school lunch. What are your ideas for a creative and tasty sandwich?

Little Caesars Soft Pretzel Crust Pizza & Cheese-N-Pretzel Dippers Review and Giveaway #PretzelCrustNation

For my family we enjoy pizza in the summer the most. We love not having to heat up the house on a hot day with the oven and just a drive to Little Caesars to pick up dinner. This particular trip to Little Caesars we planned to try the Soft Pretzel Crust Pizza and Cheese-N-Pretzel Dippers. I absolutely LOVE soft pretzels and was eager to try the pizza pretzel combo.

My son loved the Soft Pretzel Crust Pizza and wanted more of it after 3 pieces. It was a good pizza combo with the soft pretzel crust, I thought the pretzel cheese on it was a bit rich but my family loved it. I did eat like 4 slices of it, it was hard not to! The Cheese-N- Pretzel Dippers were delicious. I have always been a huge fan of Little Caesars bread sticks and now I will be adding the pretzel dippers to my must have side items at Little Caesars.

Little Caesars brings back Soft Pretzel Crust Pizza by popular demand and introduces CHEESE-N-PRETZEL DIPPERS. #PretzelCrustNation

Little Caesars new CHEESE-N-PRETZEL DIPPERS are 16 savory pieces of buttery, salty, toasted, soft pretzel bites served with a side of warm, creamy cheddar cheese dip, all for $3.49. 

The Soft Pretzel Crust Pepperoni Pizza is a large specialty pizza that starts with a flavorful, buttery, soft pretzel crust made fresh daily in store. It is topped with creamy cheddar cheese sauce, a blend of 100% real cheese, and pepperoni, and then finished with an irresistible four-cheese gourmet blend of Asiago, Fontina, Parmesan, and White Cheddar cheese for just $7.

Tired of the hassles of online ordering? Walk into Little Caesars and walk out with a large, Soft Pretzel Crust Pepperoni Pizza for just $7 plus tax! No need to call ahead, it’s HOT-N-READY every day between 4pm to 8pm or order anytime. And if you love the taste of pretzel, add an order of delicious CHEESE-N-PRETZEL DIPPERS for just $3.49 plus tax. Available for a limited time at participating locations.

Pizza + Video Games = Super Fun Summer Day

Little Caesars just started a Sweepstakes called Pretzel Crust Nation. This relates to Little Caesars bringing back the Soft Pretzel Crust Pizza and introducing the CHEESE-N-PRETZEL DIPPERS. There are great prizes such as a GoPro Camera and Little Caesars gift cards. #PretzelCrustNation

Hurry over to enter the sweepstakes and let me know if you win! I am also hosting a Little Caesars gift card and carry bag giveaway here on Frugal Family Tree.

GIVEAWAY

Little Caesars $20 Gift Card and Little Caesars carry bag.

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*Limited to US residents 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts August 11, 2015 and ends on August 21, 2015 at 12:01 am EST. Winner will be emailed and has 72 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. The opinions on this item are 100% mine and may vary from others. The sponsor is responsible for providing the prize. I was sent a product to review for this post.

Summer BBQ with Jarlsberg Cheese and Contest

*I received complimentary items to facilitate my review, all opinions are 100% my own.

This year my family and I have made a Summer To Do List. One of our activities is BBQ at the lake. We picked National Hamburger Day to kick off our start to our list. We went to our local grocery store to look for a cheese we have not tried, Jarlsberg. They are having an Extraordinary Grilling Contest and we were happy to help spread the word by having our own BBQ day using their products.

I love cheese added to food and eaten by itself as a snack. I like a variety of types from blue cheese, swiss cheese, goat cheese and many more. I like the cheese to have a distinct flavor and add a unique quality to the everyday foods I make. For our hamburgers I selected Jarlsberg lite pre-sliced cheese for ease of use outdoors and fewer calories. The cheese added a sweet nutty flavor to our hamburgers and the way the BBQ sauce was squishing out the little cheese holes was perfection. There were no leftovers at this BBQ!

 Jarlsberg® Cheese Extraordinary Grilling Contest.  Jarlsberg® Cheese is giving away a professional grill week starting May 23, 2015  and running through August 31, 2015.

Since summer is the perfect time to enjoy a great burger on the grill, Jarlsberg® Cheese is celebrating the no-fuss season with the season’s perfect contest. Topping your favorite burger, chicken or grilled vegetables with a variety of flavors from Jarlsberg® Cheese has never been easier.  Jarlsberg® Cheese,  Jarlsberg® LiteCheese and Jarlsberg® Smoked Cheese add flavor to any grilled recipe and is available nation-wide.

What better way to enjoy the summer grill season than to win a free, professional grill, in the Jarlsberg®Cheese Extraordinary Grill Contest? Every week, Jarlsberg® Cheese will give away a professional grill to one winner. Entering is easy. Simply enter to win by filling out the Jarlsberg® Cheese Extraordinary Grilling Contest form on the Facebook/Jarlsberg USA site. You may enter one time every week, from May 23, 2015 through August 31, 2015. Each week one winner will be randomly selected, and be notified by email.

Jarlsberg^® Cheese is available nationwide in the deli grocery retailers and club stores. There is a Jarlsberg^®Cheese for every palate:

·         Jarlsberg® Cheese, is a mild, semi-soft skim cheese made from cow’s milk. Jarlsberg®  Cheese is famous for its characteristic mild, mellow and nutty flavor. 

·        Jarlsberg® Cheese Lite has the same great taste as regular Jarlsberg® Cheese  with 50% less fat and 30% fewer calories, than regular Swiss cheese.  

·    Jarlsberg® Hickory Smoked Cheese has a piquant smoky taste, and like most smoked foods has a darker, browner surface.  Jarlsberg® Hickory Smoked Cheese is cold smoked over smoldering, hickory chip embers, this Hickory smoked flavor will enhance your cold or hot foods, with its deep, smoky charms.

If you are looking for Recipe Ideas for your own Summer Adventures you can check out Jarlsberg Blog and Twitter.  Below is a recipe from Jarlsberg Cheese website that would be a delicious addition to any outdoor grilling adventure. 

Jarlsberg® Grilled Fig Pizza

Ingredients:

2 cups Shredded Jarlsberg® Cheese

 1 pound of dough (buy at your local pizzeria)

1 can crushed tomatoes

Olive oil spray

Toppings as desired

Figs – fresh and as many as you desire

Salt, pepper and basil to taste

1.    Before you light the grill, spray olive oil over grill, being sure to cover well. Once grill is hot,        gently lay the dough, stretched out already, on the grill.

2.     Cook for 3 minutes or until crust starts to brown slightly, then flip.

3.    In a separate bowl, mix crushed tomatoes, adding in salt, pepper and fresh basil to taste.

4.    Lay tomato mixture and Jarlsberg® Cheese on top of crust, and scatter some fresh, sliced figs.

5.    Cover for 4-5 minutes, until cheese is melted.

Use a large spatula to remove pizza from grill.

GB Travel Safe Sweepstakes #GBTravelSafe #ad

I participated in a Blog Blast Activation on behalf of Influence Central for GB. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. #ad

Spring is here and summer just around the corner my family and I are pondering the places we want to travel this summer before my little guy starts school in the Fall. I want to get in a few travel adventures before we are in a set schedule. Keeping my son safe while we travel is top priority, next is snacks, entertainment and his stuffed animal giraffe.

I did a lot of research on car seats before my son was born for the latest safety features. Now 5 years later my son is in his big boy seat and there are even more advanced infant car seats.  The GB Asana35 AP Car Seat is one of the latest in car seat advancements with the unique FirmFit system helps protect baby head, neck and spine. You can enter to win the GB Asana35 AP Car Seat in the GB Travel Safe Sweepstakes. I entered many great giveaways when I was pregnant with my son, won a few too. They can be fun to enter and you get to learn a little about products on the available.

   To enter the GB Travel Safe Sweepstakes and win the Grand, Second, or Third Prizes, Sweepstakesants must gain points throughout the duration of the timeframe of the Sweepstakes. Points are awarded by performing tasks found within the entry widget on the Sweepstakes website (http://gbtravelsafe.com), which consists of pre-scripted Tweets, watching a short video on the GB Asana35 AP, visiting the Asana35 AP product page on BabiesRUs.com, and pinning images from Pinterest.

o   If you have a Babies “R” Us registry, you can gain extra points by adding the GB Asana35 AP and providing us with your registry number!

o   Performing these entry tasks will also enter participants to win weekly $50 or $100 Babies “R” Us gift cards through the GB Travel Safe Sweepstakes.

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Online Giveaway: Personalized Rocking Chair (A $130 Value!)

Rocking chairs are a great gift for people of all ages. I know for me I find it soothing. Children love the soft sway of a rocking chair like they were rocked as babies in. A personalized item make a gift much more personal and memorable. I know for me I loved it when my Mom would get my sister and I personalized items. I wish I had some of the items still. With something like a rocking chair it can be cherished for many years and be passed down to grandchildren one day. Not to mention how cute they are!

We at Frugal Family Tree are co-hosting a giveaway from Baby Gifts Gift Baskets.

The lucky winner can pick from over 70 different personalization options! ( http://www.baby-gifts-gift-baskets.com/personalized_rocking_chair.htm

A rocking chair also makes a cute first birthday gift or for the holidays for photos to be done. So many cute ideas for the use of a rocking chair. I know my son would love one, it would look so cute in his room.




Giveaway Rules

Enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter widget below. When you complete the mandatory entry (commenting on this post), various other entry options will become available. Any option is acceptable, but the number of entries per person are limited to the number indicated in the contest form. Entries will be reviewed and duplicate or uncompleted entries will be removed.

NOTE - You must complete the specified entry task in order to be eligible to win the contest. If you hit the green entry button without completing the task, your entry will be thrown out (disqualified from winning the prize).

Giveaway sweepstakes is open to all residents of the 48 Contiguous States and only to those 18 years of age or older.

Winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive a Personalized Rocking Chair in their choice of available color and design from this page (valued at $130.)

Winner will be notified via e-mail so make sure you provide a valid address. Winners must respond within three days of being contacted. If you do not respond within that period, another replacement winner will be chosen.

Prize will be fulfilled by the contest sponsor http://www.baby-gifts-gift-baskets.com.


Sweepstakes ends at midnight EST on May 19th, 2013. The sweepstakes winner will be announced by May 26th, 2013.


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Enter the My Gym Fit & Healthy Family Sweepstakes

With all the energy my son has I have been looking for new ways to get him active. I have considered a Gym class. He loved watching the Olympics and acting out the events. I think a Gym class would be good for him and fun for me to watch. 

I love to enter online sweeps, I have won a few cool prizes so when I heard the Little Tikes was hosting a Sweepstakes along with My Gym I thought I would share with everyone. 

Throughout 2013, My Gym locations across North America will celebrate thirty years of providing fitness and fun to families by offering money saving membership and class discounts, conducting a search tocrown My Gym’s Fit & Healthy Family and hosting fun and fitness-filled My Gym 30^th Birthday party/ Open Houses.

• Offered April 1 through June 30, the My Gym discounts include free membership to families signing on for the first time and 30% off for four weeks of classes at participating locations.
• Also taking place April 1 through June 30, My Gym’s 30^th anniversary Fit & Healthy Family Contest is a initiative designed to encourage families to demonstrate how they have made fitness a key part of their family’s lifestyle and share their own family fitness tips with families everywhere through the My Gym contest’s social media. www.facebook.com/mygymfun
• In August, participating My Gym locations throughout the North America will open their doors for free-to-the-public 30^th birthday party/open houses – My Gym style.

Open to families in North America, the My Gym Fit & Healthy Family Contest invites families with at least two members in the same household (and one member a child under the age of ten) to enter by submitting a photo of their family engaged in physical activity along with 100-200 words sharing their favorite family fitness tip(s). The photos and accompanying tips will be posted on My Gym’s Official Facebook Page for the public to vote for their favorite entry. Families receiving the most votes will become among the 30 semi-finalists from which the Grand Prize winner will be chosen. Semi-finalists will win prizes from My Gym's official cleaning sponsor BabyGanics (babyganics.com), the leading provider of household and personal care products for every touch point in a baby's life; DVD’s of the popular children’s animated series Chuggington (chuggington.com); a prestigious Recognition Certificate from the President's Council on Fitness Sports and Nutrition (fitness.gov); and a specially-designed My Gym prize pack. The grand prize family will win the acclaimed sports activity toy line from Little Tikes (littletikes.com) along with a year free of My Gym classes and a birthday party

To download the discount coupon, to electronically enter the contest and for all details and rules, please visit www.facebook.com/mygymfun

* I will receive a one day pass to a My Gym and CD for my post

Crayola 110th Birthday Facebook Sweepstakes

Who does not love Crayola Crayons! I love using them to color with my son and it was the brand we used in  school and at home. So many memories made with Crayola. Funny ones too like how my son colored all over the flat screen tv and for a month no crayons were to be seen. But of course Crayola has made it back into the house make beautiful pictures drawn by my son. 

We are happy to help spread the word about the Crayola Big Adventure Birthday Adventure Sweepstakes.

To celebrate their 110th birthday, the 8 original crayons are throwing a birthday bash at the new fun-omenal Crayola Experience, the world's only interactive Crayola family attraction. Right now, they're out on a colorful adventure to spread the news, and you're invited to join the fun! 

How can you join in on the fun? You can FOLLOW the crayons on their adventure, LEARN more about each color and enter to WIN a trip for 4 to celebrate their birthday and the Grand Opening of the all new Crayola Experience this coming May, 2013! Visit the Crayola Facebook page and click "enter now" for your chance to be first in line when the Crayola Experience reopens. 

 The new Crayola Experience features four floors of new interactive exhibits and one-of-a-kind attractions that will bring the magic of color and your child's creativity to life! The winner will be among the first to experience the fun, along with a three- night, all-expenses paid stay. It's an experience your kids will never forget - and neither will you!

*We will receive a box of the limited edition 110th Birthday Crayons. 

3 Days Left to Enter $500 DownEast Basics Fall Fashion Pinterest Contest

3 days left to enter the DownEast Basics Pinterest $500 Fall Fashion contest (ends Aug 31)! More details at: http://bit.ly/O7vkYN

To help you get into the fall spirit, DownEast Basics is kicking off their “Fall Back to Basics with DownEast Basics” sweepstakes, our first-ever Pinterest contest! One lucky winner will receive a $500 gift card to help bring in the cooler temperatures with a new, fresh look.

I am off to enter! I love the creativity of a Pinterest contest. Good luck and let me know if you win!

Let's Bake Love! Kitchen Product Ideas

As soon as the weather cools and September is here I turn into a bake a holic! What better way to show someone you love them then with a hug and a serving of a delicious baked goodie right?!? I like to shop Cost Plus World Market for the variety of unique items they carry in store and online.

1. Keep Calm and Bake On Apron When I saw this apron I giggled a little to myself. It really is my attitude. When things are rough keep calm and bake something.  An apron is a great start to a theme to build a kitchen decor around. I love the red!

 

 2. Vintage Measuring Spoons Love these for my kitchen. All bakers know you need good measurements on ingredients. A slight too much or too little of a dry ingredients can throw off the recipe. Why not have your measuring spoons be as beautiful as these.

 

3.  Citrus Colors 3 Piece Mixing Bowl Set - I like the handles and pour spout on these. Makes it easy to pour your mixtures into your baking pans. I love the citrus colors on these, so bright and cheerful.

4. Mini Metal Baking Molds - How cute are these! They make it easy to make a mixture of cute designs for baked goods. I can picture a cute mini cake using these shapes stacked on top of one another frosted with different colors for each layer. Who would not love that!!

5. Cake Pop Baking Pans - These have been on my must make list for a year now. I have been so impressed with the cute ideas and themes I see for these I have to get some to make for the upcoming holidays. I know my son will love them and they make a cute gift.

6. Green Silicone Mini Muffin Cups - I love the color and that are reusable. I like to serve my muffins without the papers on them and its such a waste to use it one and toss it. These are really a "green" solution. They could be used for jello and ice cubes too!

All of those items from World Market would make it much easier to Bake what I love and share with the people I love.

I love to cook, bake, shop and eat, who doesn't right! World Market is hosting a sweepstakes for you to be able to do all that! The Gourmet Getaway Sweepstakes is going on now until 9/21/2012.

Grand Prize package includes:

-A trip for two to to Santa Fe, New Mexico (this is a 5 day Trip for 2 to Santa Fe which includes airfare and hotel)
-Hands on Southwestern Cooking class with Master Chef
-Personally signed glossy cookbook
-Multi-course dinner at the acclaimed Geronimo
-Southwestern Foodie Tour with a cultural kick
-A $1,000 World Market gift card

 
** There will also be 3 runner up prize winners that will each receive a $500 World Market gift card!

**The Gourmet Getaway Sweepstakes runs from August 18, 2012 until September 21, 2012.
**If you share the sweepstakes with 5 of your friends (via FB share or email) you can receive 5 additional bonus entries. This is part of the registration process when entering. Users can also enter daily for more chances to win.

I have found fabulous decorating and gift ideas from World Market online. You can get great ideas by following them too.

World Market Twitter
World Market Facebook
World Market Pinterest

*This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™, but all my opinions are my own.

Margaritaville Frozen-Concoction Maker Giveaway

  

Prize Confidential & friends are giving away a Margaritaville Frozen-Concoction Maker! 
 

The giveaway is open to US & Canada. If the winner is Canadian, they will receive a $140 Amazon.ca Gift Code instead because of shipping restrictions.  

Visit Prize Confidential to enter the giveaway!

 Giveaway ends 9/7 at 11:59 pm PST

* This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to Prize Confidential and not to Facebook. By participating in this promotion you agree to a complete release of Facebook from any claims. Participation in this promotion is subject to the official rules.

Online Sweepstakes to Enter

Like I always say "You cant win if you dont enter!" I love to find online sweeps to enter. I have been entering sweepstakes for many years and have won some cool prizes. I have found a few this week I wanted to share.

Do you buy Buddig Products? Enter for a Chance to Win! They're giving away FREE gas for a year! 

Peel off the sticker found on your Buddig Original or Deli Cuts package to reveal your promo code. Just follow the easy steps on the site to enter the giveaway. Entry period begins on 7/03/12 and ends on 9/30/12. Weekly prize drawings start 8/03/12. Limit 5 codes per day. Good luck

 

 Just fill in your details at Duraflame for your chance to win a brand new fire pit for your backyard and a supply of duraflame® Campfire Roasting Logs given away monthly this summer.

 

 Enter to win a Grand Prize of an Eco Friendly Home Theater System and Solar Powered Backpack or 1 of 100 The Lorax DVDs from Sunmaid Raisins. (there is a rebate on the site too if you buy the movie)

Walgreens Big Change Big Trip Sweeps from Walgreens to win a trip to Las Vegas to see "Menopause the Musical" Plus you can also win Walgreens gift cards or Spa Packages. 

Craftsy - Quilt Cruise Giveaway. Craftsy’s first-ever Quilt Cruise will be leaving the dock on March 23, 2013, for a week-long Caribbean vacation full of your favorite pastime. Join instructors Carol Ann Waugh, Weeks Ringle, Pam Holland, and Sue Bouchard on the high seas to learn new techniques, fun spins on traditional methods, and a variety of projects. Immerse yourself in the Craftsy quilting community as you craft alongside fellow enthusiasts! Hop off board when the ship docks in Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Mexico for fun excursions before you reboard for more quilting adventures. Craftsy is even giving away one pair of tickets every month, so you and a guest can get away for an incredible quilting experience and Caribbean vacation!

Have you found any good sweeps to share? I LOVE to enter them! 

BONA Floor Mops 2012 Summer Olympics Giveaway

With the 2012 Summer Olympics upon us, it's a great time to be a BonaFide Fanatic or become one! Join Bona as they watch our favorite Olympians and cheer on Team USA. With the spirit of the games upon us, Bona is giving away a free hardwood floor mop for every gold medal the US brings back from London.


If you're already a BonaFide Fanatic, you're all set to be randomly selected to win a free mop when the US gets the gold. Not yet a BonaFide Fanatic? Join now and get access to great deals on your favorite Bona Products. Enjoy the 2012 Summer Olympics and go for the gold with Bona!

Sign Up here to join the giveaway

You can find out who the daily winners are on Twitter  https://twitter.com/BonaBuzz

Snyder of Berlin Chips 65th Anniversary Snyder SnackShots Photo Contest

Chips are a summer food we always enjoy in my house. This year my son has loved to say "Chips" for some reason the word cracks him up. He will point to the cupboard and ask for chips with his lunch.

My son loves these ones. I like that they are tasty and dont get his hands coated in cheese powder

These were my favorite!

We had our chips as a snack during the afternoon while we played video games and watched cartoons. I really enjoyed the plain potato chips too. They had a great crunch and were not greasy. We served some with a clam dip for dinner with steak. It was a hit.

Enter The Snyder SnackShots™ Photo Contest!

Each month the judges will select one photo entry that will be qualified for inclusion in the final judging of the Snyder SnackShots™ Photo Contest. Here's a Press Release (PDF) with some more details.

Eight semifinalists will be chosen: one each month, June 2012 - January 2013, for the final selection among all entries received. Each semifinalist will receive a Snyder of Berlin Party Package of Snyder products. Check back with the Synder of Berlin contest page see the monthly winning photos and for the announcement of the Grand Prize winner.

Your photo should include Snyder of Berlin products in some way.

 

I am putting on my creative thinking cap to make a fun photo to enter the Snyder SnackShots Photo Contest. I would love to win any of the prizes!

GRAND PRIZE:

The one Grand Prize Winner receives: $1,000 in cash, a digital camera (valued at $150) and free Snyder of Berlin snacks for an entire year delivered to their door.

RUNNER-UP PRIZES:

The three Runner-Up Winners will receive: $500 in cash and free Snyder of Berlin snacks for an entire year delivered to their door.

I soooo want to try these ones!

You can buy Snyder of Berlin Chips online if you cant find them in the store.

HISTORY:

1920s

The Snyder family starts cooking kettle chips in their home kitchen on Centennial Avenue in Hanover, PA.

1920s

With a growing reputation, chip operations move to a new brick building at the back of the homestead.

1920s

Edward Snyder II and brother-in-law Barb Sterner work nearly around the clock to keep up with demand.

1930s

William Snyder takes over operations from his father as the company moves into its third generation.

1940s

Snyder works with manufacturers in the development of the aluminum foil bag and automated packaging machines.

1940s

Distribution spreads across Pennsylania — from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

1944

Jacob Stutzman, a storeowner in Berlin, PA, assists in sourcing chipping potatoes in Cambria and Somerset counties.

September 18, 1945

Stutzman and William Snyder meet with local farmers and business owners to discuss joining together to open a potato chip factory. The Berlin Brothersvalley Industrial Association of Berlin, PA, is formed.

March 1946

Stock is sold to finance construction of our original 120 x 100 foot building at the East End of town.

October 1946

Sent to learn the chip making operations, Norman Handwerk of Berlin returns from the Hanover plant with surplus machinery that he and his mechanics refurbish for use in the new factory.

February 9, 1947

Operations begin in Berlin with seven employees.

1950

Snyder operations in Hanover and Berlin part ways. The Sterner family assumes ownership of the Berlin operations.

1963

Upon the death of her husband, Edythe Snyder Sterner becomes president. Edythe and Barb's son, Gary Sterner, becomes general manager marking the fourth generation in the family's business.

1960s-1980s

Eleven additions are constructed around the original factory with new offices, manufacturing lines, storage and distribution facilities. The added space and success leads to the introduction of new product lines — including corn chips, corn curls and popcorn.

1965

Continuous roll packaging machines begin the trend toward high speeed automation.

1972

Snyder is acquired as a division of Curtice Burns of Rochester, NY. Its association with the Pro-Fac Cooperative (Producers-Facilities) garners the commitments needed to satisfy market demand; farmers get a guaranteed market for their produce.

1994

Curtice Burns Foods becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Pro-Fac Cooperative.

1997

Curtice Burns changes its name to Agrilink Foods, Inc. to underscore the close relationship between farmers and processors.

1998

With the acquisition of the Birds Eye brand, Agrilink Foods doubles its size. In 2003 Agrilink changes its name to Birds Eye Foods, Inc. building on the prestige of the nationally recognized brand.

2009

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC completes the acquisition of Birds Eye Foods. Pinnacle Foods is a private equity portfolio company of the Blackstone Group.

* I was not paid or compensated for this post. I was provided for free the products pictured in this post for my review by the Company/PR company. The opinions are 100% mine and may vary from others.