CLOSED: General Mills Goes Retro....4th Year In A Row (+ Retro Pack + Target Gift Card Giveaway)- 5 winners

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For the fourth year in a row, by popular demand....


General Mills' Cereals are back with a "blast from the past" with "Retro" packaging, designs and cartoons from the 50s, 60s and 70s, carried exclusively in Target stores nationwide till mid March 2011 or till supplies last.


The Buzz:

This year, the packaging was chosen based on a national survey conducted by General Mills, which asked consumers to pick their favorite Retro package designs. The top packages chosen include Cheerios (1956), Trix (1968), Honey Nut Cheerios (1984), Cinnamon Toast Crunch (1984) and Lucky Charms (1989).


Consumers were also asked to share thoughts and opinions about their childhood memories of breakfast cereals, including favorite characters, promotions, prizes, cartoon characters and shows. Many identified rings, submarines and cars as favorite promotions on cereal packages; most preferred prizes over games and favorite Big G cereal characters were Lucky the Leprechaun, the Trix Rabbit and Buzz from Honey Nut Cheerios.


The package promotion on each of the cereal boxes features Retro cartoons. For more "Retro" fun, consumers can go to www.grocerysavvy.com and view some cartoons from the past, while enjoying a fun morning with family and friends over breakfast.


Some Retro Fun Facts:

Did you know that in....

1956, Gas was only 22 cents a gallon? (Wow! Time machine lets go!!)


In 1968, Mattel's Hot Wheels Toy Cars were first introduced. (Are they really that old?)


In 1984, stonewashed jeans, the Apple Macintosh and the Space Shuttle Discovery, all did their maiden launches!


In 1989, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down.


And in all those "landmark" years, General Mills cereals was a breakfast favorite in many homes....and continues to be a favorite today!

As a hard core Honey Nut Cheerios lover, I have to confess "Retro" or not, the little Buzz will always have my Mommy vote.


Come on! With 100% natural grain oats and oat bran, perfectly coated with just the right amount of honey, each crispy Cheerio is low in fat, delicious and healthy, healthy, healthy!

A total win-win 'anytime of the day' EB Mommy 'munchie'. Oh yeah!



Five readers will have the opportunity to win one "General Mills Retro"Pack each.


Each pack includes

• 1 box of Cheerios cereal
  
• 1 box of Honey Nut Cheerios cereal
• 1 box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
• 1 box of Trix cereal
• 1 box of Lucky Charms cereal and
• A 10 US$ Target Gift Card

Here's how you can win it:

1. Mandatory entry (without this, all other entries will be disqualified)-

Visit Grocery Savvy and spend a little time enjoy watching a few cartoons from the "good ol' days". When you're ready, hop back and let me know which cartoon AND episode was a favorite.


2. Love on the Sponsor-

- Follow me on Twitter and tweet once daily...

RT @ebmommy #Win 1 of 5 General Mills Cereal Packs + Target Gift Cards at EBMR's Retro #Giveaway http://bit.ly/f5h8U0 (3/12)-5 winners


3. Seven additional entries: (1 entry each)-

- Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect

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This giveaway is open to US Residents only, 18 years and above. 5 winners will be chosen with the random.org generator on March 12, 2011 at 10 pm Central time.

Labels: Cheerios, General Mills, More giveaways, Reviews / Giveaways

posted by Marina@EBMR @ 3:02 PM 454 Comments

CLOSED:Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories Review and Giveaway

Want to hear more great stuff General Mills is doing through their Cheerios cereals?...

In just the last 8 years alone, Cheerios has placed over 40 million children's books upon the breakfast table....How? By placing the little books inside your little one's favorite cereal box- Cheerios! On top of this great venture, they have also donated 3.2 million dollars to First Book, their non profit partner that places books in the hands of little kids from low income families. (Way to go Cheerios...and Hats off to you General Mills!!!)

This month, the 'parents read with your child' campaign 'Spoonfuls of Stories' kicks off again. The goal this year is to put 6 million books in the homes of little kids. This year's set includes 5 books published by Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing, printed both in English and Spanish.

Here's a brief on each of the titles, as provided by My Blog Spark:

• Junkyard Fort, written by Jon Scieszka, and illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and Dave Gordon: Join Gabriella, Jack, Melvin, Ted, Lucy and the other Trucktown characters as they make their own fort, using things found in the junkyard. Ages 4-8.
• Tea for Ruby, written by The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser: Wherever Ruby goes, a bit of disaster seems to follow. But one sunny morning, things change when the postman brings Ruby an amazing invitation: would she like to have tea with the Queen? Ruby needs to polish her manners, and quickly. Ages 4-8.
• Sleepyhead, written by Karma Wilson and illustrated by John Segal: In this rhythmic bedtime story, a cat is the parent and a teddy bear is the child who doesn't want to go to bed. All ready for bed with teeth brushed and story read, Sleepyhead teddy tries anything to prolong his bedtime; books and his quilt provide ample fodder for his imagination. Ages 3-7.
• Ballyhoo Bay, written by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Derek Anderson: Mira Bella, an artist who teaches painting and sculpture, loves Ballyhoo Bay and what it offers: sun, sea, sand, and sky. But one gray day a billboard arrives, announcing an impending development that would take all the fun out of the place. Read along to see if Mira Bella and her art can save the day and Ballyhoo Bay! Ages 4-8.
• What´s Under the Bed?, written and illustrated by Joe Fenton: Young Fred cannot stop worrying about the scary creature that might be hiding beneath his bed. Finally summoning the courage to peer under his bed, Fred, with his cumbersome glasses, sees that the only thing there is Ted, his friendly Teddy Bear! Ages 3-7.

If you visit the Spoonfuls of Stories site, you will see that voting to choose the book for 2010 has begun. I'm planning to put in my vote, though it will be hard. All 13 contenders look like great reads for Bunny girl. It will be fun to see if my choice comes in our Cheerios box next year. (Remember, you can vote once every day)

In collaboration with this campaign, My Blog Spark and Cheerios sent me an exciting Spoonfuls of Stories gift pack. For a Cheerios and book lover, this gift pack is SWEEEEET!!!

Here's what the pack includes:

• A big box of Cheerios
• A set each of the 5 Spoonfuls of Stories books and a
• 25$ Barnes and Noble Gift card. (Think Christmas gifts!)

And as always, they have generously offered to gift one of you with an identical gift pack.


Here's how you can win it:

1. Mandatory entry (without this, all other entries will be disqualified)-

Tell me one of your child's favorite storybooks. (Bunny girl has tons but I think one of her favorites by far is 'Ballet girl goes shopping')

Additional entries:

- 2. Subscribe to my blog (remember you need to activate the subscription if you subscribe via email) or Follow my blog & leave a comment stating that you subscribe or follow.

- 3. Blog about this giveaway (leave a comment with a link to your blog post)

- 4. Tweet about this giveaway and add the hashtag #ebmr at the end.

- 5. Add the link to this giveaway on a Mr Linky on a blog giveaway site, forum, carnival. (leave a comment with the link)

-6. Snag my Blog button and leave a comment with the link


This giveaway is open to US residents, 18 years and above.

1 winner will be chosen with the random.org generator on November 7 2009 at 10 pm Central time, so enter before that. The winner's name will be posted thereafter. Please note if any winner does not get back to me 48 hours after his/her name has been posted, I will pick a new winner.


** EBMR Disclaimer: I have received a free gift pack for review purposes only. This review has not been monetarily compensated and is based on the views and opinions of my family and/or self. Please note that the opinions reflected in this post have not been influenced by the sponsor in any way.**

Labels: Cheerios, General Mills, More giveaways, My Blog Spark, Reviews / Giveaways, Spoonfuls of Stories

posted by Marina@EBMR @ 6:06 PM 342 Comments