This week, thanks to the kind folks at Rubbermaid, I am giving away a 20 piece set of food storage containers.
I thought this was a great fit for Frugal Upstate-after all, one of the big ways I advocate saving money is by cooking at home. When you cook at home, you always have plenty of uses for storage containers. You need places to marinate things, to keep prepped food, and of course to place leftovers!
I received the exact set of containers that I am giving away to test and review myself. That was over a month ago-I really wanted to take the time to use them, store them, throw them in the dishwasher~I wanted to put them through all the trials and tribulations that they would go through in a normal house! About the only thing that I didn’t do was freeze in them-but I prefer to freeze things in zippered baggies so I can squeeze out all the air possible.*
The set of 10 pieces (which is really 10 because they count lids and bottoms separately) is a variety pack of sorts. Inside are:
Two Produce Savers, Three Lock-It’s (my favorite-they just seem so secure!), Three Easy Find Lids, and two Premier.
I liked these containers. First of all, they were just so new and pretty! All of my other containers, which function fine, are stained and cloudy looking. But of course looks can be a transient state–so the question is, how did they function?
One of the things I really liked about these products was that all the bases & lids were interchangeable. Well, of course the smallest lids don’t fit on the big containers-but the lids are exactly the same size for the deep and the shallower ones. The deep and the shallow ones all stack nicely together, and you can interchange the bottoms with any style of the tops. It is very convenient.
The Easy lid feature is cool too. Basically, all the lids lock together, and then lock into place on the bottom of the container itself:
The only improvement I would suggest to the Rubbermaid team is to find a way to make all the different kinds of lids attach to each other. With 4 different types of lids in the cupboard I wind up with 4 different stacks. Of course they all stack with their own kind, and they don’t fall out of the cupboard every time I open it! Honestly though, if I were to buy any additional containers, I would pick just one type and purchase those so my entire set would stack in the smallest space.
I gave these containers the full run through in the last month or so. They’ve gone from fridge to microwave to dishwasher with no staining, warping or cloudiness.
Now on to the contest:
Giveaway is from June 17th to midnight EST June 19th.
The winner will be posted on Jun 20th.
You have 4 opportunities to enter. Each entry must be a separate comment.
Ways to enter:
#1-Comment on this post. Just for fun, why don’t you tell me what you plan to put in the containers if you win.
#2-Subscribe to Frugal Upstate then come back and leave me a comment telling me so. If you already subscribe just tell me that.
#3-If you use twitter, Tweet about the contest using this link (http://budurl.com/65t2), then come back and leave a comment telling me.
#4-If you use Facebook, post a comment there about the contest with this link (http://budurl.com/65t2)(, then come back and tell me.
The winner will be drawn using the random number generator. Good Luck!
*note: Air is what causes freezer burn, which is why things that are vacuum sealed don’t get freezer burn. For a poor mans ghetto vacuum sealer, place items in a zippered bag, slip a drinking straw in and seal all around it. Then suck the air out manually and quickly pull the straw out while zippering up. . . viola!
Use them to pack healthy,and fresh lunch to work and cutback on my food spending.
Hi Jen:
If I won the tupperware containers, I would store fresh picked fruit in them. (Strawberries, etc.) to make desserts when summer is gone. Jean
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Oh My could I ever use these, I like to prepare meals on the weekend for the whole week and break them down into dinner and then then a little smaller for things to be taken to work for lunch. It would be great to win this set
Hi…I would organize my cupboard with some…and the others use for my son’s lunch in summer camp!!! 🙂
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Nice giveaway Jenn – I would use most of these for packing my husband’s lunches. He takes leftover most days so we always need containers for that.
Thank you for the chance to win. I would put in the usual leftovers of course, but I would also use it for some pantry staples and for organizing the kitchen. I like that they are so see through. I agree with you, it’s really 10 pieces (all the companies do that these days).
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I would put leftover soup in them to bring to work!
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I’m really getting into saving everything to save money. I freeze every bit of leftovers we have. Every couple of weeks, I pull out the containers and whip up a smorgasboard or just a mish mash of things for dinner. It keeps things interesting. So I’d fill these with treasures for our mish mash dinner!
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I will place all of my sons pets and rocks he collect. Far better than his pockets.
Love this giveaway. I just realized this past week that most of
my containers have disappeared, I really need new ones. I like to
keep my leftovers in these and use them for homemade salsa, too.
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thanks for the cool giveaway. I am always looking for good food storage that isn’t a hassle in my pantry.
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What will I store in these? Lots! Leftovers, lunches to take to work (galley food is getting pretty bad here), freeze fruits and vegetables from the local farmers markets for later use — definitely donate to Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society the oddball containers DH bought while waiting for me to join him to ….
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How pretty storage containers have become. This would be a welcome addition to my home, or anyones for that matter.
We are eating lots of salads these days and I like a variety of veggies –not just some lettuce and dressing. So (if I win) these will mostly end up in the refrigerator holding salad “fixins”.
I love the Lock-Its. I have a couple that we use for packing salads for lunches. They keep the salad safe and secure despite the tumbling that my lunch-bag goes through. It would be great to have a couple more!
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Ah new containers, for me that menas hopefully storing the contents of our very first veggie garden. If the rain ever stops and doesn’t wash it all away, we might be able to grow something, lol.
I would use these containers for leftovers. We never have enough containers when we need them.
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I would use them for storage in my freezer and refrigerator and then ditch all my various and sundry old containers that don’t stack.
I am a subscriber to your blog, thanks for the great information you provide! I can think of a ton of uses for the Rubbermaid containers. My most pressing need is to organize my pantry and those would be great to store cereal, pasta, oatmeal, dried beans … really anything I buy in bulk to take advantage of sales. I also could see myself using them in the frig for leftovers, soup, stews, etc.
Thanks for giving me the chance to win!