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Hormel- Get Back in the Swing of School Giveaway

October 15, 2010 By Mandy

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By now, if you have children that attend school, I’m sure everyone is getting settled into their daily routine. It’s tough juggling homework and the morning rush. If you pack your child’s lunch, it can also be difficult coming up with a variety of options to keep their lunch from being boring.

Hormel Foods has a variety of mealtime and snack options that are perfect for busy mornings, crowded evenings and even to stash in your purse or car when you’re on-the-go:

•Sandwich & salad central: There’s no need to spend your entire morning making a lunch that will keep you going all afternoon. You can whip up a satisfying salad or sandwich that tastes great and is easy to bring along to work. Top a veggie-laden chef salad with your favorite cheese and a handful of Hormel® bacon toppings or top toasted whole-grain bread with the new varieties of Hormel® Natural Choice® lunch meat in brown sugar deli ham or mesquite deli turkey.
•Just say salsa: Salsa is quickly becoming the go-to condiment for kids and adults alike. For mild, hot and everything in between, CHI-CHI’S® Snackers® are the perfect on-the-go snack that comes in convenient 4-ounce single serving cups. Dip into them with chips or fresh, vegetable sticks for a snack that packs a healthy punch. To shake up your sandwich routine, swap salsa for mayonnaise and add a little kick to your midday meal.
•Let your mini sous chef step in: Ready to get inspired by your after-school snacker? Hormel® turkey pepperoni minis lend themselves to a world of snack time creativity. Have your kids join in on the fun and make English muffin pizzas, peppy pasta salad, or even pop them straight from the bag!

We recently received a fantastic package from Hormel to help us get back into the swing of school.

· Lunch tote: BUILT Market Tote

· Water Bottle: Plastic, BPA-Free Water Bottle

· Product samples of CHI-CHI’S® SNACKERS® and Hormel® pepperoni minis snac pacs

· Coupons for Hormel® Natural Choice® deli meats and Hormel® bacon toppings

The little individual Chi-Chi’s Snackers were a big hit with my son who has recently discovered that he loves nachos. I’ve mentioned before how much I love the Hormel Mini Pepperonis, but this lunch tote really blew me away. Since it was too girly-looking for my son, I have started taking it to work with me and I just love it!

Hormel has generously provided a prize package with the above products for one of my readers to help you get back into the swing of a new school year.

To Enter: Leave a comment on this post telling me what is the hardest thing about getting back into the school routine for your family. Deadline to enter is Friday, October 22, 2010 at 11 PM Central. U.S. Only. Void where prohibited.

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I received the above products from Hormel in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.

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Comments

  1. Renee G says

    October 22, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    The hardest thing has to be getting my son to get up earlier in the mornings.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com

  2. Sand says

    October 22, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    The hardest thing is adjusting to going to be early and waking up early.

  3. LUCINDA HABEL says

    October 22, 2010 at 10:32 pm

    Bed time has been the worst about going back to school, my kids are night owls and 8 is just too early for them

    katiesmommy1 at gmail dot com

  4. Pamela S says

    October 22, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    Subscribed via google reader. Thanks.

  5. Pamela S says

    October 22, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    The hardest part is getting up so early. It’s nice to be more leisurely in the summer. That and the nagging to get homework done. Great prize pack! Thanks.

  6. Tim says

    October 22, 2010 at 9:14 pm

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    October 22, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    Like you on FB. SalanderServant

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    October 22, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    I am a Twitter follower. Fatally_Flayed

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    October 22, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    Email subscriber.

  10. Tim says

    October 22, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    Twitter follower. Fatally_Flayed

  11. Tim says

    October 22, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    Tweeted here. http://twitter.com/Fatally_Flayed/status/28461417237

  12. Tim says

    October 22, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    Readjusting to bedtimes. Not fun.

  13. Justine says

    October 22, 2010 at 8:28 pm

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    October 22, 2010 at 8:28 pm

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    October 22, 2010 at 8:28 pm

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  16. Justine says

    October 22, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    I subscribe via email

  17. Justine says

    October 22, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    The hardest thing for my family regarding school is just trying to go to bed at a decent time cause we’re all night owls and we like to stay up late!

  18. Geri Nyland says

    October 22, 2010 at 6:04 pm

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    October 22, 2010 at 6:02 pm

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    October 22, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    Email subscriber.

  21. Geri Nyland says

    October 22, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    Getting them to bed at a decent time and getting them up early enough..

  22. SueP says

    October 22, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    Hardest part is getting one out the door on time with everything they need for the day

  23. Ed Nemmers says

    October 22, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    Bedtime adjustments are the most difficult!

  24. Susan Smith says

    October 22, 2010 at 3:08 pm

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    October 22, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    follow you via twitter susan1215

  26. Susan Smith says

    October 22, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    The hardest thing is getting every out of bed and out the door on time.

  27. Amy Delong says

    October 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    follow you on twitter
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  28. Amy Delong says

    October 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm

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  29. Amy Delong says

    October 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm

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  30. Amy Delong says

    October 22, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    I would say just getting used to the schedules for school,sports,time for the family!
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  31. Emmi says

    October 22, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    I’m Following you on Twitter – id-Emma__Peel

  32. Emmi says

    October 22, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    It’s always been the waking up part, yuck!

  33. susan says

    October 22, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    I tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/suelee1998/status/28426540959

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  34. susan says

    October 22, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    The hardest part is making sure we are all out of the house on time! suelee1998 @ gmail.com

  35. Diane Baum says

    October 22, 2010 at 11:09 am

    Hardest thing is waking the kids up in the morning and getting them out of bed

  36. meme says

    October 22, 2010 at 10:50 am

    I subcribed to your email

  37. meme says

    October 22, 2010 at 10:49 am

    The hardest thing is getting everyone to bed at a reasonable time and my kids worst thing the dreaded getting up early so we can got to School again.

  38. susitravl says

    October 22, 2010 at 8:40 am

    Getting the teenagers out of bed so much earlier than they got up all summer.

    susitravl(at)gmail(dot)com

  39. Jennifer R says

    October 22, 2010 at 4:58 am

    I always dread making school lunches.

  40. Katie R. says

    October 21, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    The hardest part for my family of getting back into the school routine is meal preperation

  41. gala says

    October 21, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    The hardest is getting up early

  42. Nina says

    October 21, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    Still trying to follow on Twitter. Keeps saying pending.
    @joycorgi

  43. Nina says

    October 21, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    tweeted
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  44. Nina says

    October 21, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    The hardest part is getting up early

  45. Ellie W says

    October 21, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    The hardest for us is getting used to going to bed earlier and getting up early again. I’m afraid we are night owls and hate early mornings.

  46. Melissa B. says

    October 21, 2010 at 1:58 pm

    The hardest thing is getting homework done quickly.

  47. Lisa H says

    October 20, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    Getting up early is hard for all of us.

  48. Julie L says

    October 20, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    feed sub through Google

  49. Julie L says

    October 20, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    like u on fb-Julie S Laws
    thanks for the giveaway

  50. Julie L says

    October 20, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    email subscssriber

  51. Julie L says

    October 20, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    One hard thing is them going to bed “school night” time instead of summer vacation time 😉

  52. Sarah says

    October 20, 2010 at 3:02 pm

    Getting out of bed.

  53. Ashley McLure says

    October 20, 2010 at 7:44 am

    Hardest thing is getting back into the schedule of making sure work gets finished on time.

  54. Tammy Darling says

    October 19, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    The hardest thing for us is getting organized!

  55. Mellissa C says

    October 19, 2010 at 11:42 am

    Getting the kids lunches ready. They are Picky.

  56. Kathy D says

    October 19, 2010 at 10:49 am

    Being to the bus by 7 am…. My little guy has a one hour bus ride each way to school

  57. Diane R. says

    October 18, 2010 at 9:13 pm

    getting up in the morning on time.

  58. Linda Lansford says

    October 18, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    already subscribed to the mailing list of Mommy Cracked

  59. Linda Lansford says

    October 18, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    hardest thing about getting back into the school routine is getting to bed on time

  60. Kimberly says

    October 18, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    I tweeted. Thank you! http://twitter.com/Aerated/status/27761418378

  61. Kimberly says

    October 18, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    I follow you on twitter @Aerated.

  62. Kimberly says

    October 18, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    I subscribe via email.

  63. Kimberly says

    October 18, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    I subscribe via google reader.

  64. Kimberly says

    October 18, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    The hardest thing is getting used to the sleeping schedule again. It usually takes a few weeks.

  65. evelyn says

    October 18, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    looks wonderful

  66. anna t. says

    October 18, 2010 at 11:11 am

    Getting the kids up and moving in the morning.

  67. Pat says

    October 18, 2010 at 10:02 am

    The hardest thing is getting out of bed on time in the morning.

  68. Terra Heck says

    October 18, 2010 at 1:06 am

    email subscriber
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  69. Terra Heck says

    October 18, 2010 at 1:06 am

    Our hardest part is transitioning from staying up late in the summer to having a set bedtime during school. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

  70. elizabeth p says

    October 17, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    We have the hardest time with homework. They never want to just get it done.

  71. Richard T. says

    October 16, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    Getting the kids to go to sleep on time.

  72. Leanne V says

    October 16, 2010 at 3:53 pm

    The hardest thing about getting the kids back into the routine besides getting them out of bed in the morning is convincing them to do homework NIGHTLY! : )
    valeriano.leanne@yahoo.com

  73. Marcia Goss says

    October 16, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    Tweet.
    http://twitter.com/mgoss123/status/27558304130

  74. Marcia Goss says

    October 16, 2010 at 11:59 am

    Email subscriber.

  75. Marcia Goss says

    October 16, 2010 at 11:59 am

    I subscribe in Google Reader.

  76. Marcia Goss says

    October 16, 2010 at 11:57 am

    The hardest thing is getting to bed on time.

  77. DeeAnn S says

    October 16, 2010 at 11:36 am

    The hardest this is getting into bed at a reasonable hour so everyone gets enough sleep. Thanks.

  78. Denise B. says

    October 16, 2010 at 11:19 am

    We homeschool, so we don’t really have any routine to get back into.

  79. Debbie Welchert says

    October 16, 2010 at 4:02 am

    Facebook fan/Debbie Welchert

  80. Debbie Welchert says

    October 16, 2010 at 4:01 am

    Requested to follow you on Twitter/flipper211

  81. Debbie Welchert says

    October 16, 2010 at 4:00 am

    Tweeted giveaway. http://twitter.com/#!/flipper211/status/27525302857

  82. Debbie Welchert says

    October 16, 2010 at 3:55 am

    Email subscriber.

  83. Debbie Welchert says

    October 16, 2010 at 3:55 am

    Subscribe via (google) reader.

  84. Debbie Welchert says

    October 16, 2010 at 3:52 am

    Getting everyone out of bed in the morning.

  85. Jennifer M says

    October 15, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    The hardest is getting up and out on time.

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