4/12 Amazon Fresh ad – 10% off for Prime

The 04/12 Amazon Fresh ad has a coupon for 10% off a $50 order if you’re a Prime member.  While nothing jumps out at me, this is a holiday week, so if they know you’re shopping anyway, they don’t need to offer discounts 🙂

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Retro River North Walking Tour

Take the Retro River North Walking Tour on Groupon for less.  On this tour, you will get to see several establishments and their amazing vintage signs and vintage neon signs. Plus along the way I will show and tell you all about many notable properties like I always do. It’s hard to walk past a historical place and not include it on the tour – even though they may not have a vintage sign they are still as much a part of Chicago’s history. You’ll get a brief history of each establishment for a true time travel experience.

Sounds like a fun time!

Always nasty – but dangerous, too?

Here’s the Consumer Reports Newsletter I received today.

Halloween candy corn, Valentine’s Day candy hearts, and now…. Easter Peeps.  We promise we’re not trying to ruin all of your candy-filled holidays, but you deserve to know what’s in your food, especially special holiday ‘treats’ that are marketed for kids.

So when you’re stocking up to fill those Easter baskets this week, know that pink and purple Peeps contain Red Dye 3, a known carcinogen. 

This color additive has been banned in cosmetics sold in the U.S. for more than 30 years, but the FDA still allows it to be used in food – and it is in many candy and treats that are marketed to children. Consumer Reports is pushing the FDA to ban this dye in all food products like the European Union does, but right now we are calling on the company that makes Peeps to commit to ending the use of Red Dye 3 in its products. 

Join us by pushing the company that makes Peeps to stop using Red Dye 3! By speaking out together we can put real pressure on companies to use less risky alternative colorants, instead of waiting for the FDA to act.

Thanks to so many of you taking action, we are getting industry and the government’s attention on this long-neglected problem. Since the early 1980s, the FDA had evidence that Red Dye No. 3 caused cancer in laboratory animals, prompting the agency to ban the dye in cosmetics. The FDA said it would work to ban it in food as well – but it never acted.

Today, we’re delivering a petition to the FDA signed by nearly 35,000 consumers to enact the Red Dye 3 ban ASAP. And we’re pushing to pass a bill in California that would ban the dye in all food sold there – which would effectively change the U.S. food marketplace if passed.

But companies can act more quickly than the government. Especially if customers put on the pressure and demand change!  Join our petition to the maker of Peeps to get Red Dye 3 out of its candy. Families deserve better!

If you have friends and family with children, please share this email with them so they can be aware of the risk, and join with you in taking action.

Woot: AeroGarden Harvest Kits $70!

AeroGarden Hydroponic Harvest Kit for $69.99. Grow up to 6 plants 5X faster than soil!
20W LED grow light for full spectrum, optimal lighting. Up to 12″ of grow height for herbs, lettuces, tomatoes & more. Start your plants inside, then transplant when the weather improves; grow herbs year-round.  AeroGarden comes fully equipped with pods and seeds so you can start right in; I buy bulk replacement pods and fertilizer for cheap on Amazon.