free food (or drink)

[judy]

General public announcement :-D

"Starbucks Coffee Break"
Starbucks nationwide is giving out free coffee on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 from 10am - 12pm.

[canuck89]

DAMN!  I missed it.  :-(

[judy]

Not free but cheaper

During the stress-filled, "taxing" period from April 11 until April 17, Papa John's customers who order online at www.papajohns.com can get a large original crust cheese pizza for just $10.40, and add up to five toppings for free.

[jtwcornell91]

Do they have gorgonzola, prosciutto, and roma tomato pizzas?

[ursusminor]

[quote canuck89]DAMN!  I missed it.  :-([/quote]

You also missed Yahoo's 10th anniversary free Baskin and Robbins ice cream day http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/02/technology/yahooicecream/ :-)

[Rita]

[quote ursaminor][quote canuck89]DAMN!  I missed it.  :-([/quote]

You also missed Yahoo's 10th anniversary free Baskin and Robbins ice cream day http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/02/technology/yahooicecream/ :-)[/quote]

If you happen to prefer Ben and Jerry's over Baskin Robbins, Free Cone day is coming soon. April 25, 2006. Don't miss it ;-) .
http://www.benjerry.com/

Edit: For those of you in Indiana, the *only* scoop shop is in Belterra IN :-(.
Belterra Casino
777 Belterra Drive
Belterra, IN 47020
812-427-7777

[Rita]

Bump. Don't forget Tuesday 4/25 is Ben & Jerry's customer appreciation day. Go  enjoy a free scoop!:-D

edit: to correct date from IRS customer appreciation day (4/15, unless your IRS office is in MA) to B&J customer appreciation day, 4/25.

Maybe if I had some Phish food, I wouldn't be making such silly mistakes.  ::help::

[DeltaOne81]

You mean Tuesday, 4/25

[judy]

http://www.ihop.com/tellafriend.php

IHOP - Feb 20th is "National Pancake Day".
Go get your free shortstack between 7am and 10pm

[min]

Starbucks is having another "coffee break" this year:

http://www.starbucks.com/ourcoffees/coffee_break.asp

Get your free coffee Thursday March 15, 2007, from 10AM to noon.

[nyc94]

Ben and Jerry's Free Cone Day is Tuesday, April 17, 12 PM to 8 PM.

http://www.benjerry.com/

Check here to find a participating Ben and Jerry's store.

[ugarte]

[quote nyc94]Ben and Jerry's Free* Cone Day is Tuesday, April 17[/quote]

* This offer does not apply to hourly employees who may find that a cone cost them 2 hours' wages.

[nyc94]

[quote ugarte][quote nyc94]Ben and Jerry's Free* Cone Day is Tuesday, April 17[/quote]

* This offer does not apply to hourly employees who may find that a cone cost them 2 hours' wages.[/quote]

At least the dairy farmers are still getting a fair price for their milk, right?  Or did all that change when Ben and Jerry sold out to Unilever?

[Josh '99]

[quote ugarte][quote nyc94]Ben and Jerry's Free* Cone Day is Tuesday, April 17[/quote]

* This offer does not apply to hourly employees who may find that a cone cost them 2 hours' wages.[/quote]Party pooper.

[cth95]

[quote nyc94]
At least the dairy farmers are still getting a fair price for their milk, right?  Or did all that change when Ben and Jerry sold out to Unilever?[/quote]

I was a farmer and now am a consultant and dairy nutritionist in Vermont.  No processor pays a significantly different price than any other.  Ben and Jerry's gets the vast majority of its milk from the St. Albans Coop, if I remember correctly.  I am 95% sure that they don't pay the farmers directly.  

As much as I think Ben and Jerry's does have a great social philosophy as far as how they run their company, their attempt to use milk from only small farms and buying milk from farms that don't give their cows supplemental bST is all just marketing hype.  The reason their ice cream tastes really good is because it has a lot of fat and not much air.  Supplemental bST and herd size make absolutely no difference to milk quality.

Sorry about the ramblings, but I am pretty passionate about this.  I used to run one of the best and healthiest herds in New England and used rBST.  It really pisses me off that there is a sign in the parking lot at Ben and Jerry's with a cartoon showing a cow in bed with a bag on her head and a thermometer in her mouth implying that cows get sick when farmers use this.  

Marketing to people's emotions like this with no scientific evidence to back it up is making people question the safety of their milk and either encouraging them to pay more for milk labeled rbST free or organic when there is absolutely no difference or even causing some people to give up milk for less healthy choices if they can't afford the increased price.  Feel free to PM me with questions or for information backing up my statements.                                        

Chris