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This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks

to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.

Melonie :)

>

> I just got back from our Neighborhood WalMart Market where I found

a HUGE shelf

> full of this Island berry stuff. I only bought one box

cuz...well...if we didn't like it.

> I got home and it was the first thing I opened! Took one whiff

and thought....uhhhh...

> I dunno about this. But I stuffed a whole handful in my mouth

anyway. <shrug>

>

> It's NOT bad!! I'm on my way to a field trip with and

I'm taking him some.

> THAT will be the final answer! But you know...for $2.43 it's

not too darn bad!! Kinda

> addicting those little purple and pink balls are!!! Good snack

food! 3gms of fiber and

> only 1 g of fat!! yippee!!

>

> Just wanted to put my 2 cents in!

>

> kathi

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This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks

to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.

Melonie :)

>

> I just got back from our Neighborhood WalMart Market where I found

a HUGE shelf

> full of this Island berry stuff. I only bought one box

cuz...well...if we didn't like it.

> I got home and it was the first thing I opened! Took one whiff

and thought....uhhhh...

> I dunno about this. But I stuffed a whole handful in my mouth

anyway. <shrug>

>

> It's NOT bad!! I'm on my way to a field trip with and

I'm taking him some.

> THAT will be the final answer! But you know...for $2.43 it's

not too darn bad!! Kinda

> addicting those little purple and pink balls are!!! Good snack

food! 3gms of fiber and

> only 1 g of fat!! yippee!!

>

> Just wanted to put my 2 cents in!

>

> kathi

>

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This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks

to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.

Melonie :)

>

> I just got back from our Neighborhood WalMart Market where I found

a HUGE shelf

> full of this Island berry stuff. I only bought one box

cuz...well...if we didn't like it.

> I got home and it was the first thing I opened! Took one whiff

and thought....uhhhh...

> I dunno about this. But I stuffed a whole handful in my mouth

anyway. <shrug>

>

> It's NOT bad!! I'm on my way to a field trip with and

I'm taking him some.

> THAT will be the final answer! But you know...for $2.43 it's

not too darn bad!! Kinda

> addicting those little purple and pink balls are!!! Good snack

food! 3gms of fiber and

> only 1 g of fat!! yippee!!

>

> Just wanted to put my 2 cents in!

>

> kathi

>

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I looked for this in my normal supermarket and didn't find it. Is it only in Wal-Mart's right now? Does anyone have a web link so I could see the box so I at least know what I'm looking for?

Thanks! Bridget

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of ahoy59Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:26 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.Melonie :)>> I just got back from our Neighborhood WalMart Market where I found a HUGE shelf> full of this Island berry stuff. I only bought one box cuz...well...if we didn't like it.> I got home and it was the first thing I opened! Took one whiff and thought....uhhhh...> I dunno about this. But I stuffed a whole handful in my mouth anyway. <shrug>> > It's NOT bad!! I'm on my way to a field trip with and I'm taking him some.> THAT will be the final answer! But you know...for $2.43 it's not too darn bad!! Kinda> addicting those little purple and pink balls are!!! Good snack food! 3gms of fiber and> only 1 g of fat!! yippee!!> > Just wanted to put my 2 cents in!> > kathi>

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I looked for this in my normal supermarket and didn't find it. Is it only in Wal-Mart's right now? Does anyone have a web link so I could see the box so I at least know what I'm looking for?

Thanks! Bridget

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of ahoy59Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:26 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.Melonie :)>> I just got back from our Neighborhood WalMart Market where I found a HUGE shelf> full of this Island berry stuff. I only bought one box cuz...well...if we didn't like it.> I got home and it was the first thing I opened! Took one whiff and thought....uhhhh...> I dunno about this. But I stuffed a whole handful in my mouth anyway. <shrug>> > It's NOT bad!! I'm on my way to a field trip with and I'm taking him some.> THAT will be the final answer! But you know...for $2.43 it's not too darn bad!! Kinda> addicting those little purple and pink balls are!!! Good snack food! 3gms of fiber and> only 1 g of fat!! yippee!!> > Just wanted to put my 2 cents in!> > kathi>

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I looked for this in my normal supermarket and didn't find it. Is it only in Wal-Mart's right now? Does anyone have a web link so I could see the box so I at least know what I'm looking for?

Thanks! Bridget

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of ahoy59Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:26 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.Melonie :)>> I just got back from our Neighborhood WalMart Market where I found a HUGE shelf> full of this Island berry stuff. I only bought one box cuz...well...if we didn't like it.> I got home and it was the first thing I opened! Took one whiff and thought....uhhhh...> I dunno about this. But I stuffed a whole handful in my mouth anyway. <shrug>> > It's NOT bad!! I'm on my way to a field trip with and I'm taking him some.> THAT will be the final answer! But you know...for $2.43 it's not too darn bad!! Kinda> addicting those little purple and pink balls are!!! Good snack food! 3gms of fiber and> only 1 g of fat!! yippee!!> > Just wanted to put my 2 cents in!> > kathi>

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I am going crazy trying to find this cereal. I looked locally, but didn't

really expect to find it. Then I looked all over the next largest town

over (including at Wal-Mart) and still no luck. I have not yet been able

to get to the largest city in my area (Fresno, CA) more than an hour and a

half away, but I plan to soon. In the mean time I have e-amiled General

Mills asking if they have any locations in the Fresno area that sell that

particular cereal...It sounds like something my kids would love, and

certainly a nice break from the Post Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles!

nn

~Original Message~

This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks

to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.

Melonie :)

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I am going crazy trying to find this cereal. I looked locally, but didn't

really expect to find it. Then I looked all over the next largest town

over (including at Wal-Mart) and still no luck. I have not yet been able

to get to the largest city in my area (Fresno, CA) more than an hour and a

half away, but I plan to soon. In the mean time I have e-amiled General

Mills asking if they have any locations in the Fresno area that sell that

particular cereal...It sounds like something my kids would love, and

certainly a nice break from the Post Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles!

nn

~Original Message~

This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks

to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.

Melonie :)

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I am going crazy trying to find this cereal. I looked locally, but didn't

really expect to find it. Then I looked all over the next largest town

over (including at Wal-Mart) and still no luck. I have not yet been able

to get to the largest city in my area (Fresno, CA) more than an hour and a

half away, but I plan to soon. In the mean time I have e-amiled General

Mills asking if they have any locations in the Fresno area that sell that

particular cereal...It sounds like something my kids would love, and

certainly a nice break from the Post Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles!

nn

~Original Message~

This NeoPets cereal has also been a huge hit in our house. Thanks

to whomever first posted the info here on the SY board.

Melonie :)

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I contacted General Mills the other day asking if they had any stores in my

area that were carrying this cereal, and they told me they would not have

that information until the product had been out for at least 90 days. I

can't believe a store would already have them on the discount rack! What

size box did you get, since others have told me they sell in their area for

under $3 a box regularly, maybe the box is a different size??

nn

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For those of you on the Islandberry Crunch hunt, I wanted to let you

all know that I found some at Giant today BUT only in the " clearance "

aisle because the grocery manager said Giant is discontinuing them due

to lack of interest. As I understood him, he meant Giant as a whole,

not this particular store. So the good news is I got 5 boxes marked

down to $3.00 (orignally $4.50 each) (and yes, they are good! Mildly

fruity, not TOO sweet and reasonably healthy with only 1g fat, 3g

fiber per 1 cup) I had actually looked in their cereal aisle the

other day, found none and decided to call to see if they would start

carrying them--they actually moved them to a separate " clearance "

aisle, which is really just a small hallway in the back of the store

that I never even knew existed.

I told the manager I can't believe they are already discontinuing them-

-they just came out! Give them a chance to show some interest. I

hope this doesn't mean they will be discontinued by General Mills. We

should probably bombard them with emails showing interest in a

maintstream gluten free cereal (maybe they'll make other ones too!)

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I contacted General Mills the other day asking if they had any stores in my

area that were carrying this cereal, and they told me they would not have

that information until the product had been out for at least 90 days. I

can't believe a store would already have them on the discount rack! What

size box did you get, since others have told me they sell in their area for

under $3 a box regularly, maybe the box is a different size??

nn

~Original Message~

For those of you on the Islandberry Crunch hunt, I wanted to let you

all know that I found some at Giant today BUT only in the " clearance "

aisle because the grocery manager said Giant is discontinuing them due

to lack of interest. As I understood him, he meant Giant as a whole,

not this particular store. So the good news is I got 5 boxes marked

down to $3.00 (orignally $4.50 each) (and yes, they are good! Mildly

fruity, not TOO sweet and reasonably healthy with only 1g fat, 3g

fiber per 1 cup) I had actually looked in their cereal aisle the

other day, found none and decided to call to see if they would start

carrying them--they actually moved them to a separate " clearance "

aisle, which is really just a small hallway in the back of the store

that I never even knew existed.

I told the manager I can't believe they are already discontinuing them-

-they just came out! Give them a chance to show some interest. I

hope this doesn't mean they will be discontinued by General Mills. We

should probably bombard them with emails showing interest in a

maintstream gluten free cereal (maybe they'll make other ones too!)

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The box is 11.5 oz. but this is Giant--they tend to much more expensive than say Walmart but they are more convenient for me to get to than Walmart. Anyway, the kids have already eaten almost 1 whole box already--I may need to go back to see if they have any left. I was afraid to buy too much in case it would expire before we ate them--but it's looking like that won't be a problem!

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I contacted General Mills the other day asking if they had any stores in myarea that were carrying this cereal, and they told me they would not havethat information until the product had been out for at least 90 days. Ican't believe a store would already have them on the discount rack! Whatsize box did you get, since others have told me they sell in their area forunder $3 a box regularly, maybe the box is a different size??nn~Original Message~ For those of you on the Islandberry Crunch hunt, I wanted to let you all know that I found some at Giant today BUT only in the "clearance" aisle because the grocery manager said Giant is discontinuing them due to lack of interest. As I understood him, he meant Giant as a whole, not this particular store. So the good news is I got 5 boxes marked down to $3.00 (orignally $4.50 each) (and yes, they are good! Mildly fruity, not TOO sweet and reasonably healthy with only 1g fat, 3g fiber per 1 cup) I had actually looked in their cereal aisle the other day, found none and decided to call to see if they would start carrying them--they actually moved them to a separate "clearance" aisle, which is really just a small hallway in the back of the store that I never even knew existed.I told the manager I can't believe they are already discontinuing them--they just came out! Give them a chance to show some interest. I hope this doesn't mean they will be discontinued by General Mills. We should probably bombard them with emails showing interest in a maintstream gluten free cereal (maybe they'll make other ones too!)

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I was just going to report that I found it at my local Hannaford's too!!

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Cheryl SegalSent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

For those of you here in New England searching for this Neopets cereal, I found lots of it tonight at my local Shaw's store...$4.19 a box...

Cheryl in Maine

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I was just going to report that I found it at my local Hannaford's too!!

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Cheryl SegalSent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

For those of you here in New England searching for this Neopets cereal, I found lots of it tonight at my local Shaw's store...$4.19 a box...

Cheryl in Maine

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I was just going to report that I found it at my local Hannaford's too!!

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of Cheryl SegalSent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PMTo: SillyYaks Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

For those of you here in New England searching for this Neopets cereal, I found lots of it tonight at my local Shaw's store...$4.19 a box...

Cheryl in Maine

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Did anyone notice the wheat symbol next to the ingredients, it

caused me quite the pause until i realized that GM uses this sumbol

for Whole Grain..... Maybe they should rethink that.

>

> I was just going to report that I found it at my local Hannaford's

too!!

>

>

>

> ________________________________

>

> From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ]

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> Behalf Of Cheryl Segal

> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PM

> To: SillyYaks

> Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

>

>

> For those of you here in New England searching for this Neopets

cereal,

> I found lots of it tonight at my local Shaw's store...$4.19 a

box...

> Cheryl in Maine

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Did anyone notice the wheat symbol next to the ingredients, it

caused me quite the pause until i realized that GM uses this sumbol

for Whole Grain..... Maybe they should rethink that.

>

> I was just going to report that I found it at my local Hannaford's

too!!

>

>

>

> ________________________________

>

> From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ]

On

> Behalf Of Cheryl Segal

> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PM

> To: SillyYaks

> Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

>

>

> For those of you here in New England searching for this Neopets

cereal,

> I found lots of it tonight at my local Shaw's store...$4.19 a

box...

> Cheryl in Maine

>

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Did anyone notice the wheat symbol next to the ingredients, it

caused me quite the pause until i realized that GM uses this sumbol

for Whole Grain..... Maybe they should rethink that.

>

> I was just going to report that I found it at my local Hannaford's

too!!

>

>

>

> ________________________________

>

> From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ]

On

> Behalf Of Cheryl Segal

> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:34 PM

> To: SillyYaks

> Subject: Re: Neopets Islandberry Crunch

>

>

> For those of you here in New England searching for this Neopets

cereal,

> I found lots of it tonight at my local Shaw's store...$4.19 a

box...

> Cheryl in Maine

>

>

>

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O.K. my happy dance is on pause.

I just called general mills to confirm that this new cereal

is gf. I have spent the last half hour on the phone with a rep trying to

come up with the real answer. The first answer was that NONE of their

cereals are gf. I then questioned the labeling policy because I

understood that GM was one of the “good guys” – she agreed

that yes you can trust the label.

So, she had me read the label and we agreed nothing was

there. Then she checked with someone else (for the third time) and said

no it is not gf. None of our cereals are gf. I asked how or why

they determined that as I didn’t see it on the label and there is no

allergy warning, etc. She was confused but insisted that it was not gf,

she didn’t know why – perhaps cc from oats, barley or rye as those

don’t have to be declared in a warning. She took down all my

comments about the cd community needing gf cereal, we’ve been excited

about this one, Kellogg’s has fruity pebbles, etc. etc. She was

very nice but in the end I am disappointed, not just because of this cereal,

but because of the difficulty in getting a clear informed answer.

Has anyone else called? What answers did you

get?

Has anyone had a reaction of any kind? I am wondering

if the ingredients really are gf but just the fact of all the other non gf

products and dry flouring flying around keeps them from saying it is o.k.

In the past, GM reps have been firm that if it isn’t on the label it is

o.k.

I am frustrated!

Becky

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This is what I was hoping to hear. The

person I talked to seemed knowledgable about the gf issue but clearly not that

up to par on the new cereal – she kept saying “this is new”

like that was a disclaimer. Then when I wanted reassurance on labeling in

general her answers were somewhat conflicting. Argh!

I am glad to hear that you actually called

and got a good answer. The response I got was disheartening. I have

6 boxes in the pantry right now! I stocked up after the first bite.

The trouble is that we don’t show obvious symptoms in response to gluten

so I can’t trust the fact that no one is complaining. Especially when

they all desperately want it to be o.k.!

Becky

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of cyebel

Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006

10:21 AM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: Re: Neopets

Islandberry Crunch

Hello...

I am the one who first posted here about this

cereal. I had called GM

before posting to make sure that it is GF.

The lady I spoke with

there was very knowledgeable and I felt secure

with her assurance that

it is GF. Another reason that I feel

confident about it is that there

is no little disclaimer about this product saying

that it is produced

on shared lines, etc., which I am very sure that

they'd add if it was

a problem.

We've eaten quite a large amount of it in our

household with

absolutely no adverse reactions.

C

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This is what I was hoping to hear. The

person I talked to seemed knowledgable about the gf issue but clearly not that

up to par on the new cereal – she kept saying “this is new”

like that was a disclaimer. Then when I wanted reassurance on labeling in

general her answers were somewhat conflicting. Argh!

I am glad to hear that you actually called

and got a good answer. The response I got was disheartening. I have

6 boxes in the pantry right now! I stocked up after the first bite.

The trouble is that we don’t show obvious symptoms in response to gluten

so I can’t trust the fact that no one is complaining. Especially when

they all desperately want it to be o.k.!

Becky

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of cyebel

Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006

10:21 AM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: Re: Neopets

Islandberry Crunch

Hello...

I am the one who first posted here about this

cereal. I had called GM

before posting to make sure that it is GF.

The lady I spoke with

there was very knowledgeable and I felt secure

with her assurance that

it is GF. Another reason that I feel

confident about it is that there

is no little disclaimer about this product saying

that it is produced

on shared lines, etc., which I am very sure that

they'd add if it was

a problem.

We've eaten quite a large amount of it in our

household with

absolutely no adverse reactions.

C

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This is what I was hoping to hear. The

person I talked to seemed knowledgable about the gf issue but clearly not that

up to par on the new cereal – she kept saying “this is new”

like that was a disclaimer. Then when I wanted reassurance on labeling in

general her answers were somewhat conflicting. Argh!

I am glad to hear that you actually called

and got a good answer. The response I got was disheartening. I have

6 boxes in the pantry right now! I stocked up after the first bite.

The trouble is that we don’t show obvious symptoms in response to gluten

so I can’t trust the fact that no one is complaining. Especially when

they all desperately want it to be o.k.!

Becky

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of cyebel

Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006

10:21 AM

To: SillyYaks

Subject: Re: Neopets

Islandberry Crunch

Hello...

I am the one who first posted here about this

cereal. I had called GM

before posting to make sure that it is GF.

The lady I spoke with

there was very knowledgeable and I felt secure

with her assurance that

it is GF. Another reason that I feel

confident about it is that there

is no little disclaimer about this product saying

that it is produced

on shared lines, etc., which I am very sure that

they'd add if it was

a problem.

We've eaten quite a large amount of it in our

household with

absolutely no adverse reactions.

C

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