Sugarless deLite's Daily Report

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, French Vanilla, Chocolate Malt, Peanut Butter, Angel Food Cake. Cone Day! All cones are only $2.08 today (regularly $$2.77) when you ask for the special. Come in and grab a cone to cool down on this hot summer day. We have gotten in our shipment from California Pepper Plant. We now have our Chipolte sauce back in stock. Sometimes, I see recipes in the Eating Well magazine that we carry in the store that look really good. I usually like to try these at home. We have discovered a few staples to our monthly meals by flipping through the pages of the magazine. I decided to try the roasted bell pepper recipe that was in last months edition last night. Roasting the peppers at 450 in the oven and turning them every 7 minutes was easy. Letting them steam for 10 minutes was simple. Cutting and pealing them over the course of the next 20 minutes was not so much fun. The upside is that we have some wonderful roasted bell peppers for dinner...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Peanut Butter, and Coffee Royal. Gnu Bar (Flavor and Fiber) Special: Buy two boxes (16 bars per box) and get a 10 dollar yogurt card for free. One of the things that I normally check at the start of the week is a blog called The Weekend Gross. It is written by Steven Wong who covers the box office grosses for einsiders.com. Essentially, it covers the top ten at the box office for the previous weekend and will sometimes talk about other movie industry news. This weekend saw some phenomenal numbers compliments of Iron Man . This superhero is certainly one at which to marvel. In the first entry for the franchise, it grossed over 100 million dollars in the US box office and added almost 100 million more on the world scene. 200 million in one weekend makes for a pretty good take. This is a film that I am looking forward to seeing, but am going to probably going to have to find someone other than my wife to go to see this one. This su...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Peanut Butter, and Coffee Royal. Brownie Special: Get 2 brownies for 5 dollars when you ask us for the special price. (Limit 4, must by purchase in multiples of 2.) I don't really follow the Dallas Stars anymore. I haven't followed hockey since they went on strike a few years back, but I might have to later this week. It seems that the Stars have advanced to the Western Conference finals after a four OT win in the eight longest game in NHL history last night against the San Jose Sharks. At 5 hours and 14 minutes, there is no doubt that the hard core hockey fans at the American Airlines Center got the most for their money. With the Mavericks done and the Rangers off being the Rangers, the Stars are really about the best sports option in town, unless you count Cowboys mini-camp. It's true that the Stars will face my perennial favorite hockey team in the form of the Detroit Red Wings, but I might have to pull for the S...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Cappuccino, Devil's Food Cake, Vanilla Malt, and Raspberry Cheesecake. Yogurt Club Bonus: Members can get a small yogurt for $1.25 today. If you want a medium, cone, large, or extra large, we will be happy to talk $1.20 off of any of those sizes. (Limit one yogurt at the special price per card.) Ask for your Yogurt Club special and save. If you're not a member of the Yogurt Club, join today and start saving over 15% off of your yogurt purchases. The San Francisco Giants sent Barry Zito down to the bullpen today . If you don't follow baseball this name might not be familiar. If you do follow baseball, then you know that this is the same Barry Zito that the Giants paid 126 million dollars for back in the 2007 season. Baseball fans also know that this is guaranteed money. Up until a few hours ago, Mr. Zito was the highest paid starting pitcher in the majors. Now, he is the highest paid reliever. I don't really like ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Cappuccino, Devil's Food Cake, Vanilla Malt, and Raspberry Cheesecake. PB2 Savings: Come in today and ask for our PB2 special to get one dollar off per jar (limit 2). If you haven't tried our most popular new item, now is a great time. This peanut butter is 1/4 the calories of a regular peanut butter, yet it is still taste like peanut butter because it is made from peanuts. The secret is that most of the oil has been pressed out. The remaining powder can be reconstituted by mixing the powder 2 to 1 with water. It is also great for cooking, shakes, baking, or a plain old peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We got out and braved the cool winds yesterday and managed to have a rather good time at the Scarborough Renaissance Faire. Aside from wondering in search of food and drink trying to stay warm, most of the day consisted of enjoying the shows and shopping the local merchant stands. One of the neat things about the event i...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Butterscotch, Mocha, Angel Food Cake, and Orange Vanilla. Cone Day! All cones are only $2.08 (regularly $2.77) when you ask for the cone day special. I'm beginning to feel like we're never going to get to the final match-up for the presidential election. With the primary season still in full swing for the Democratic Party, we've got another five plus weeks of primaries and caucuses to go. Even after the last vote is cast in Montana and South Dakota, I get the feeling that we won't know the winner. It's times like these that I wish I was back in college in some of my old political science classes just to be involved in some of the discussions. Here is an interesting fact about the remaining primaries and caucus. Puerto Rico has the fourth most delegates available at 63. It comes in just under Oregon's 65. If you take out the super-delegates, it actually has more. Not bad for a commonwealth. Quiz Day: Wha...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Grasshopper (Mint), Mocha, Pumpkin, and Very Berry. Buy 2 cases of the GNU Flavor and Fiber bars, mix and match, and get a free 10 dollar yogurt card. We are now restocked on the Pepper Plant Chipotle sauce and the Kitchen Table Baker's Crackers (Aged Parmesan, Sesame, Everything, Rosemary, & Jalapeno). It shouldn't come as a big surprise, but we've found something else that is widely used is bad for us: "Manufacturers, retailers, and regulatory agencies consider eliminating a potentially harmful chemical from plastic sport and baby bottles." That's right. The sports bottles that we are found of toting around with us at the gym or the sippy cups that we give to our kids contain a chemical called bisphenol-A (BPA). After a recent study, the Canadian government has decided that this chemical is closely enough linked to possible cancer or reproductive problems that it has banned the sale of the bottle...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Peanut Butter, Toffee Coffee, Pumpkin, and Very Berry. Ask for our tax day special today and get a small yogurt for only 99 cents, before tax that is. I'm on two mailing lists for focus groups in the are. Yesterday, I got an email about a group that would be meeting for Diabetes. I thought that this might be something that some of our customers could use. The payout is a minimum of 100 dollars for one hour of time. Here is the information: Market Research Study for Diabetes- We are looking for Children 0-18 with Type 1 Diabetes and Men and Women 19+ years old years old with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes….. WHO USE AN INSULIN PUMP. PLEASE PASS THIS ON IF IT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS STUDY TAKES PLACE ON THURSDAY APRIL 24 OR FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008. If you qualify and participate, you will receive a minimum of $100 CASH for 1 hour of your time and opinions. No sales ever! Please call 972-866-5821 and reference the “Diabetes...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Peanut Butter, Toffee Coffee, Boysenberry, and Very Berry. Almond Bark Special. Come in today and ask for our special pricing to get your almond bark for $14.99 (regularly $24.99). I ended what was otherwise a relaxing evening by giving myself two injuries within 15 hours. Since I'm normally pretty good at avoiding damage, they came as a surprise. The first was a minor cut with a knife that I got on my finger while I was preparing diner. Knife cuts are never a good thing but, properly cleaned, they are minor. The second, however, was even dumber. I awoke this morning to a very cold apartment. Normally I would love it this way, but we just moved our heavy blankets into storage for the summer last week. Thus, I woke up much colder then I otherwise would have been. But the coldness was only one factor in my numb awakening this morning. The much bigger factor was the loud car crash that took place right outside the front window...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Chocolate Raspberry, Butter Brickle, Boysenberry, and Lemon. 50% Off Day! All items in the sale rack bins, the two lowest shelves on the back of the white rack, are 50% off their lowest marked price today. Don't forget to ask us for the sale rack special. We've got the winners tallied for the NCAA Tournament. Amongst the workers at the store, Rick and I finished in first. Stephen, Larry, and Jason finished in second, third, and last respectively. More importantly, the winners for the customer entries: 1st Place: Tanya (With an amazing -13 score) $25 store dollar 2nd Place: Mrs. Parsons (Our San Antonio Connection.) $15 store credit 3rd Place: Mrs. Mott (Beat everyone on the evening staff.) $10 store credit Last Place: Natalie (A&M let you down.) $10 store credit Congratulations to everyone who won. Thanks to everyone who played along. If you are a winner and you are in the area, come by in the next week to collected ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Chocolate Malt, Pistachio, Vanilla Malt, and Blueberry Cheesecake. This is no April fools joke: Today, Yogurt Club Members can use their cards to purchase anything in the store up to the available balance on the card. Calendar: (click to enlarge) Coupons: (click to enlarge) Found in a magazine this week: Sites for swapping book. Bookmooch.com , Bookins.com , and Paperbackswap.com Site Sources: Black Enterprise & The New York Times Each site approaches the book swap a little bit differently, but if you are looking for a way to trade in some of your old books without getting pennies on the dollar, these sites might work well for you. Also, you're not using any virgin paper when you swap, so you're helping the environment as well by getting books used. I'm looking forward to trying out the service and trading some of the books that I have finished. Of course, another great option for used books is to donate them to ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Chocolate Malt, Toffee Nut, Vanilla Malt, and Blueberry Cheesecake. Shake Day! Ask for our shake special and get any of our signature shakes for only $3.69 today (regularly $3.93-$4.62). Tomorrow, we're going to have a special for our Yogurt Club Members. You're cards will work for any item in the store! Sorry that the blog was not posted on Saturday. I was out of the store and had forgotten to pre-post the blog entry. Last week was a little crazy for me, but there was a good payoff this weekend. The MLB season officially started last week in Japan, but I chose to wait until all of the other teams got to kick off the season to announce it. Between yesterday and today, we will see both leagues get under way. What a glorious time of year! You can bet that my baseball predictions will be posted later in the week for everyone to see. FC Dallas also kicked off their soccer season yesterday. It was a little warmer at game time...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Chocolate Malt, Coffee Royal, Banana Macadamia Nut, and Peach. Ask for our Sierra deLite special today and get any number of the tasty Sierra deLite bars for only $2.99 (regularly $4.50). It's funny how much we take for granted. The little things in life that make everyday tasks easier really aren't appreciated until they are no longer there. This thought occurred to me last night as I was doing data entry on a computer with a 15 inch CRT monitor and a mouse with no wheel for scrolling. While the monitor was a bit more of a flashback than an annoyance, the mouse was just this side of slam it on the desk frustrating. I can't really recall the last time that I worked on a computer that did not have a mouse without the ability to scroll, but I would be willing to bet that it was in the high school computer lab on the old Mac II. I don't think that the work took too much additional time because of this lacking functi...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Chocolate Malt, Coffee Royal, Banana Macadamia Nut, and Peach. Gnu Bar Case Special: Buy three cases of any varieties of the Gnu Flavor and Fiber bars (total of 48 bars) and receive a 15 dollar yogurt card in addition to the everyday case price break of $34.99. Once again, we are running low on PB2 . It seems that the orders are starting to come through on the internet as well as in the store. We should have enough to make it until our next order arrives on Thursday or Friday. But, if you need some PB2, it is a good idea to come and get it early. Two years ago today, we made our first official post to the Sugarless deLite blog. After a couple of weeks of research at the beginning of March, we were ready to start on March 23. This date was our test run and the following was the first post. Since then, the blog has had its template changed three times, has undergone several different formate changes, has grown to include quizzes, ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Toffee Coffee, Chocolate Raspberry, Raspberry Cheesecake, and Boysenberry. Get our cake slices for 50% off today. Ask us for the cake slice special at check out to receive your discount. (Limit two slices, no pre-orders). This year there is a March Madness basketball tournament for our customers. Here are the rules to follow: 1. The link below to the bracket will be posted on the blog today and tomorrow. Print this bracket out and fill it in with your selected teams. 3. Write your name and your phone number on the bracket sheet. 4. Turn in your selections no later than 8 PM on Wednesday evening. What you get: 1. Everyone that turns in a bracket will get a free small yogurt. (Available only at the time that you turn the bracket in to us.) 2. The first place winner will get a 20 dollar gift card to Sugarless deLite. The second place winner will get a 15 dollar gift card to Sugarless deLite. The last place loser will get a 10 doll...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Toffee Coffee, Chocolate Raspberry, Raspberry Cheesecake, and Boysenberry. Yogurt Club members can get a small yogurt for only $1.45 today when they pay with their club card. Or, take one dollar off of any medium, large, or XL size yogurt. This year there is a March Madness basketball tournament for our customers. Here are the rules to follow: 1. The link below to the bracket will be posted on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday blog. Print this bracket out and fill it in with your selected teams. 3. Write your name and your phone number on the bracket sheet. 4. Turn in your selections no later than 8 PM on Wednesday evening. What you get: 1. Everyone that turns in a bracket will get a free small yogurt. (Available only at the time that you turn the bracket in to us.) 2. The first place winner will get a 20 dollar gift card to Sugarless deLite. The second place winner will get a 15 dollar gift card to Sugarless deLite. The last...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Butter Brickle, Devil's Food Cake, Banana Cheesecake, and Orange Vanilla. Sierra deLite bars are $2.99 each today (regularly $4.50). Ask us for the special and save. (Limited to quantity on hand.) Oh to be rich and famous. Billie Crystal has been signed to the NY Yankees for a one game minor league contract to be played out on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Crystal, who is turning 60 the following day, will were the number 60. As you might be able to tell from some of the films in which he has starred, Billie Crystal is a huge Yankees fan. Puzzler Answer:

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Butter Brickle, Devil's Food Cake, Banana Macadamia Nut, and Orange Vanilla. Buy three cases, 48 bars, of any combination of Chocolite (7 varieties from which to choose), and get a 10 dollar Yogurt Card for free. We have received in another shipment of PB2 (Powdered Peanut Butter). The product is also available on our website at the following link: PB2 . The other hot seller this weekend was the new BBQ entry from Hallman's Bear Creek. If you are a BBQ lover, you have to ask for a sample of either of the two sauces. You're going to love them. If you like something a little bit hotter, try the Jalapeno sauce which has a wonderful hot flavor. Last, you can use the grilling rub to flavor not only meat, but vegetables, fish, stews, salads, pizzas, and burgers too. (We'll have this on the website in the next few weeks.) I finished my first book in the TBR challenge last night. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Maple Nut, German Chocolate Cake, Orange Vanilla, and Lemon. Come in today and ask for the Walden Farms special to receive one dollar off of any Walden Farms products. (Limit 6.) Don't forget to sample them while you are in the store. We did get in one case of the original wheat low carb tortillas from LaTortilla. I do expect the rest of the order to come in within the next two days. What a wild a crazy night we had in the political election season. The Republican side got its closure last night with John McCain getting the 1,191 delegates needed to elect him as the presidential nominee for the party. The Democratic side had a crazy and late night with an assurance of more to come. It looks like the race is going to go down to the wire. I've got to say that this is by far the most interesting political race that I have seen. Political junkies love this stuff. After staying up and watching the election results, I finished...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Maple Nut, German Chocolate Cake, Pina Colada, and Lemon. Get your cake slices buy one, get one free when you ask for the special today. (Free cake slice is of equal or lesser value. Limit two free slices.) Double Bonus: Wear your I voted sticker, which are apparently hard to find, and ask for the "Voter Special" to get one free small yogurt. If you are voting in the primary, today is the day. If you are voting in the Republican primary, then all you have to do is show up to your precinct polling station and vote. If you are voting as a Democrat, then you have the chance to legally vote twice. Vote today, then caucus for your candidate at your precinct polling station at 7 o'clock. Make sure to bring your proof of voting (a signed slip or stamped voter registration card). The caucus vote decides 30 percent of delegates. As a final reminder, you can vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary, but you can on...