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!
Hi there
I was commenting this morning that I have no idea where all of my tupperware containers have gone. Off to friends and families houses I suppose, with goodies inside. I could really use a set about now. I also did tweet about your contest using- check it out: @culinaryculture Thanks!!
Hi Jenn, I would love to win this giveaway for all of our leftovers! We try to stretch all of our meals so we can eat 2 or 3 times and only having to cook once. Hopefully frugal with time and money! Plus I hate how my cheap-o containers start absorbing the smells and flavors, I’ve ended up with some funky things because of it!
Leftover veggies after dinner!
oh…pick me…I have been searching for a good price on these and couldn’t find one. Can’t beat free if I win 🙂 I use them for lunches, freezing, leftovers, etc.
Thanks for this great giveaway!
I already subscribe to your site….that’s why I knew about the giveaway so quickly. Thanks again!!
I take my lunch in them to work. I like the Lock-its, but it would be good to try the other kinds, too.
I’m a subscriber in google reader.
I would love to put my husbands fermented beets in them.
I am a subscriber, and if I win I plan on putting leftovers in the containers, and cut up veggies/fruit. I do enjoy your blog.
These are coming at the perfect time – to save money, we started our very first veggie garden, and now have nowhere to store all of our bounty! These would be the perfect solution.
already subscribed!
Oh I would love these! I just cleaned out my containers and didn’t realize that I am so low now. I could totally use these. Leftovers…freezing meals…for lunches…oh so many uses!
I am a long time subscriber to this blog…does that count for something extra?
I tweeted over here http://twitter.com/mynenni/status/2207158857
I did post on my facebook page too, http://www.facebook.com/mynenni
I would fill them with leftovers for lunch at work!
Hello I’ve been fallowing you on blogspot and came across this contest. I would probably use them for leftovers lol and for my DH to take his lunch in : )
-Mrs. G
These will totally be used to freeze or refrigerate leftovers for lunches, so less food goes to waste at our house.
I’m a subscriber!
I would use them for taking my lunch to work and snacks to the ball park.
I would love this giveaway! I would use this help me and my fiance save our leftovers and be able to take them to work with us for our lunches. We could save more money by not purchasing a lunch everyday as well as the money we spent on the food itself!
I’m a subscriber too! I live and cook alone, so these containers would be great for storing leftovers for a re-cook the next day!
I’m a subcsriber! Love your blog
I would love to win a set for serving foods and storing leftovers also for marinating meats.
OOh. I could use them for freezing leftovers. These would come in sooooo handy!
I would put leftovers in them to bring to work the next day for lunch. Or I would use them to store treats for my kids!
Thanks for the cool giveaway!
I subscribe via google reader!
I love the easy-find lids for obvious reasons! I would use them to take my lunch to work (salads, leftovers). And I neeeeeeeeed the produce savers so I can stop using/washing/recycling so many Ziploc bags!
I will use these to carry lunch to work and microwave it right in them! Nice and convenient and environmentally friendly!
I subscribe via rss!
I put leftovers in mine.
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/JustJingle/status/2207898772
I subscribe via email. couponqueenofcorning at hotmail dot com.
Also, I just wanted to let you know that when I subscribed, the page went to the subscription page, I filled out my email and then it said Close Window. You probably want the reader to be able to stay at your blog? You may want to make your Get Updates By Email come up in a separate window. Maybe use target=”_blank”?
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Wow-thanks for pointing that out! I’ll try to getbit fixed when I’m home on my desktop
I twittered about the giveaway here http://twitter.com/corningcoupons/statuses/2208029590
I would store leftovers in them!
I subscribe to you with Google Reader. 🙂
I need some new containers, so these would be great. I would use for both storing leftovers in the fridge & for storing stuff in the freezer.
Penny G
I’m a subscriber!
I posted the contest on Facebook, too!
I would use this for leftovers!
I already subscribe via google reader.
Love your blog and have gotten many great tips!
In my house, some of the containers would be used for all the great leftovers we pack away for lunches and future dinners (sometimes in the freezer). I have to admit, some of the containers may be used to hold Lego’s. I’m trying to help my son organize his Lego’s so that I will stop stepping on them all the time (ouch!) and so that he’ll have more fun playing with them because he can find what he needs! I suppose that might help him become more frugal because he might use less of his allowance buying new Lego’s since he could find what he needs easier. Nahhh, probably not!
Just subscribed officially, although I read your blog all the time through Google reader.
I don’t use facebook much but I did blog about it. Does that count? http://www.couponqueenofcorning.com/2009/06/rubbermaid-giveaway_17.html
Oooh I love these containers! My favorite thing to put in them is definitely organic produce, because it tends to spoil faster and the produce saver containers make a big difference.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m already subscribed. 😉
Food!
I’m a subscriber
Twittered too! http://twitter.com/REALsaraheliza
I would store even more leftovers–each day, I send my husband to work with lunch to save at least $8/day. I subscribe to updates via Bloglines, too.