We stopped in to buy computer parts at Tiger Direct, which is not a place I would normally think to look for kitchen appliances, and discovered that they currently have Sunbeam 0.7 cu. ft. microwave ovens on sale for $39.99, and refurbished Cuisinart 1.5 quart ice cream makers for $29.99 with a $10 mail-in rebate on top of it. There are a bunch of other appliances and housewares, too, some at good prices, some not, several with rebates.

Note that they seem to have the kitchen stuff in two places in the store, so if you don't see what you want in the first place hunt around for another display. On Elston, there are appliances in the front and way in the back; in Schaumburg, some are in the front and the rest on a side wall.

Hi- Whole Foods has N.Y. strip steak on sale tomorrow only 12/21 for $9.99/lb. No rain checks. Hope this helps, Nancy

PSA: There is a Groupon for Phil's Last Stand today.

$10 for $20 at the legendary Superdawg Drive-in® (Wheeling and Chicago)

http://www.wedeal.com/deals/half-off-at ... g-drive-in

Groupon offering for Birrieria Zaragoza today.

http://www.groupon.com/deals/birrieria-zaragoza

Living Social has a really good deal for Artizone today. For those of you not familiar, Artizone has culled what it considers top food vendors in the Chicago area, (disclaimer, my shop, The Spice House is one of them!) and put them together on one website. For a charge of $5.95, they will go to any of these vendors you choose to order from, box them together, and then deliver them to you. This deal gives you $200 worth of product for $100. I have used them a few times and been very happy with the freshness and quality of the products. http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/1705 ... d-delivery

Hi- Discount magazine has quite a few food and cooking magazines on sale from $3.99-$11.99 through this weekend. The list includes Vegetarian Times Bon Appetite, Saveur, Beer Connoisseur, and several others. Here is the link.
http://www.discountmags.com/promos/yum/ ... =mashupmom
You must go through this link to get the discount I think. I heard about the deal from the mashupmom website, which is a local coupon and deal blog. Hope this helps, Nancy

Costco has what looks like a good price on a five piece pressure-cooker set from Fagor, a highly rated brand.
http://www.costco.com/Fagor-Rapida-5-pi ... 89309.html

I work for Schwan's Home Service and we're really looking to find new customers. Specifically, people who love food. I love food and I remember getting Schwan's when I was a kid. So, getting hired by them for work in Chicago was awesome! We've got some great coupons to offer to new customers. The first being $5 off of $25 or $10 off of $50 orders place online. The coupon to use is CHIARA2. Following that coupon, there will be two others for $5 and $10 off the next two orders placed. Plus, you'll receive one reward point for each dollar you spend online. Which turns into 5% back to use on future orders. Not a new Schwan's customer? No problem. We want to reward our existing customers for referrals that sign up. For each referral, existing customers will get 100 reward points AND a $10 gift card to use! Message me here with any questions or interest for that matter!

https://www.goldstar.com/e/69359

40-50% off on tickets on Goldstar.com

From The Spice House FB page:

Promo code for free shipping on orders over $40 is SPICEDAD
Good through Sunday, June 16th. Great gifts for Father's day, the BBQ/Grilling box is typically the most popular for this occaison, apparently most Dads love to grill. Have fun shopping!

Signature Room:
JULY 2013
July 4-25
Throughout the month of July on Thursdays only we will feature our lunch buffet for the original 1993 price of $6.95 per person.
http://www.signatureroom.com/20thAnniversary

groupon today for New England Seafood Company

February is Restaurant Month on Chicago’s North Shore - Enjoy Dining Discounts and Specials all Month Long!

http://cnscvb.com/special/resmonth/restaurant.php

Spice House Groupon offer - http://www.groupon.com/deals/the-spice-house

Smak Tak Groupon: Smak Tak

$85 -- Yusho: 7-Course Chef's Menu w/Kitchen View

http://www.travelzoo.com/local-deals/Ch ... l%3a115001

Marie's Pizza & Liquor is on Groupon today:

http://www.groupon.com/deals/marie-s-pizza-liquors?p=1&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&sid=b6995c34-f5fd-469c-b277-80df3ecfe1d6&division=chicago&user=dcd1bfc494ba73e2f0ddc2fd8a8435812ae3c2bb1b716ef2be2d00f17546eb9c&date=20141001&s=body&c=link&d=deal-page&utm_campaign=b6995c34-f5fd-469c-b277-80df3ecfe1d6

Marie's Pizza & Liquor
4127 W Lawrence Ave.
(773) 725-1812

I've got a general question and comment about Groupon. I used to subscribe to the Groupon Chicago RSS feed and found it a quick way, through whatever was my feed reader of choice at the time (lately, Feedly), to look through the latest local Groupon offers. Now --- question: is it just me? --- I find the RSS feed isn't being updated much. The latest posts are from 20 or so days ago. But I'm still getting push notifications of Groupon's featured deal on my phone every day. Oh, and emails too.

Comment: The logic of push notifications, as I understand it, is to not wait til a customer comes to you looking for a product but rather to bombard the customer frequently with notices of products available. I get it, but my patience for it is limited. I realize Groupon is trying to stay alive like any other web business, but all the push notifications, in combination with the lack of up-to-date information via RSS feeds, is getting on my nerves.

I wouldn't mind so much if I could customize the push notifications to be specific to food and drink offers, which are the only things I'm interested in from Groupon. It's all the notifications of spa sessions and aromatherapy and yoga classes and other things of that ilk that I'd like to not have cluttering my phone and my life every day.

Katie wrote:I've got a general question and comment about Groupon. I used to subscribe to the Groupon Chicago RSS feed and found it a quick way, through whatever was my feed reader of choice at the time (lately, Feedly), to look through the latest local Groupon offers. Now --- question: is it just me? --- I find the RSS feed isn't being updated much. The latest posts are from 20 or so days ago. But I'm still getting push notifications of Groupon's featured deal on my phone every day. Oh, and emails too.

Comment: The logic of push notifications, as I understand it, is to not wait til a customer comes to you looking for a product but rather to bombard the customer frequently with notices of products available. I get it, but my patience for it is limited. I realize Groupon is trying to stay alive like any other web business, but all the push notifications, in combination with the lack of up-to-date information via RSS feeds, is getting on my nerves.

I wouldn't mind so much if I could customize the push notifications to be specific to food and drink offers, which are the only things I'm interested in from Groupon. It's all the notifications of spa sessions and aromatherapy and yoga classes and other things of that ilk that I'd like to not have cluttering my phone and my life every day.

I'd suggest contacting Groupon's technical support dept.

A Groupon for Smak-Tak is up today.

http://www.groupon.com/deals/smak-tak-1?p=1&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&sid=9f24470b-cb6f-44c7-8545-4f2b96c2a56a&division=chicago&user=dcd1bfc494ba73e2f0ddc2fd8a8435812ae3c2bb1b716ef2be2d00f17546eb9c&date=20141126&s=body&c=button&d=deal-page&utm_campaign=9f24470b-cb6f-44c7-8545-4f2b96c2a56a

Hi- Rub's has a Groupon on right now, which includes a BBQ demonstration and a meal.

NFriday, do you have a link? I cannot find that offer on Groupon's site.

Hi- Here is the link for the Rubs Groupon.

http://www.groupon.com/deals/rub-s-back ... 535eca3944

There's a pretty decent Groupon coupon up for The Southern.

http://www.groupon.com/deals/the-southern?p=3&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&sid=96895374-ab12-4933-b71f-a0212fffb29e&division=chicago&user=dcd1bfc494ba73e2f0ddc2fd8a8435812ae3c2bb1b716ef2be2d00f17546eb9c&date=20141230&s=body&c=image&d=deal-page&utm_campaign=96895374-ab12-4933-b71f-a0212fffb29e

Hi- For those people who live out that ways, there is a $30 voucher for $15 for Butcher on the Block in LITH. You can purchase a max of three vouchers. Here is the link.

http://shawnews.upickem.net/engine/Spla ... 14510&p=13

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The Spice House is offering free shipping this weekend, Oct. 16-18 with promocode SPICEBOSS.

MarlaCollins'Husband wrote:A friend of mine moved away and has a $125 gift certificate to Girl & the Goat.

MC'sHusband maybe you would have better luck posting this on the Girl and the Goat thread, as readers of that conversation will get an email alert and it would probably be a quicker way to reach your target audience?

I F'n hate coupons! I've been twice in a week to Fresh Farms Niles with a cash off coupon in my pocket forgot to use it both times. I'm not exactly Stephen Hawking but should be able to remember to use a coupon that saves me money on the spot.