On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:24:28 -0600, Christine Dabney
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>On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:21:29 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
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>>I can buy less expensively at my food co-op, in bulk, purchasing only
>>what I need, supplying my own container. As soon as you're buying jars
>>of stuff at Penzeys, you're paying for the packaging. Where Penzeys
>>excels, in my opinion, is with their blends.
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>How about the stuff that they sell in the bags, for replacement? I
>find those to be a good value.
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>>Right now they've a coupon for $5 off a $10 purchase; I don't know if
>>it's good online, too, but I have three stores in the area that I can
>>shop at and buy at the shops.
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>Where is the coupon?

It arrived with the last catalog, as part of an outer cover... I
already used mine, it paid for shipping.
I ordered:
Dehy minced white onions - 4 ounces
Dillweed - 4 ounces
Ginger powdered - 4 ounces
Adobo - 8 ounces

They included a 1 oz sample of chili powder.

I needed those items anyway and the coupon covered shipping... Penzeys
charges for shipping according to how much you spend, cost is
reasonable... less than driving... and I have no Penzeys store nearby
anyway, I've never been to a Penzeys store, I've always phoned in my
order. I was one of their very first customers, #51... when I saw an
article in the NYT I posted it here and the rest is history.

In fact I still have the coupon, all I did was mention it, they didn't
even ask for the product code: "00002C". The offer expires May 23,
2010. I bet if anyone phones in an order they will honor the
coupon... tell em "I said".

Penzeys is opening a new store in Buffalo, NY, I think that location
is a poor choice (at least not a best choice), there is already a good
spice store there; The Sausage Maker sells spices. They'd have done
much better opening a store near me in the Albany, NY area... I even
have a very nice location picked out. They actually should have
Penzeys Mobile Spices (PMS), travel trailers that they can move from
town to town to set up on space they rent, I'd rent them a 1/2 acre.
Spices are easy to haul about, they weigh little and require little
space.