Local Shopping and Healthy Dining Helpers (Other Than Me!) & More

At BlogHer 13, I had the good fortune of meeting two women who worked at companies that were right up my alley! One is a shopping site that allows you to build a list for shopping and then provides local sale information (and tips from shoppers in your area). The other is a healthy dining option finder. Shopping and healthy dining – they had me at hello!

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Find&Save is “your window to local savings.” With this site, you can see local sales in one place, create a list of items you want (and share or keep it secret), get alerts and share  your finds using social media. This is a great site for back to school shopping or keeping track of the best deals on things you use all of the time or are searching for the holidays.

Find&Save provides many ways to explore a sales from stores near you (and most items can be purchased online). Some of the cool features are:

  • They highlight retailers, categories, items and user-created collections that are popular with the community for you. You can access these deals on tablet, smartphone or laptop.
  • You can create lists of retailers and specific items of interest to you. Lists can be saved for in-store viewing on a smartphone, sent to friends or shared with the Find&Save community.
  • You can browse popular lists created by other people in your area, too.
  • You can get alerts and reminders about expiring sales of interest at retailers you choose
  • You can share sale items and lists across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and email. Plus, check out our new Find&Save Facebook app, where you can check out deals in your area right from your Facebook page.

 You know I am checking this one out! I will let you know what I find! I can even share my lists on this blog!

I found healthy options in my neighborhood!
I found healthy options in my neighborhood!

Healthy Dining Finder is a great source of information on all things nutrition. Not only do they have healthy options at restaurants by zip code, they have a ton of great nutrition content for healthy diners, parents, people with medical conditions, workplace wellness and MUCH more. I clicked on “I am a Healthy Diner” and received the following links:

  • Search for Healthy Dining approved menu choices – Find restaurants from fast food to fine dining with “dietitian-approved” menu choices.  Enter your city and state or ZIP code to find restaurants in your area.  You can filter by price, cuisine type and more using the advanced search.
  • Kids LiveWell – This program, created in collaboration with the National Restaurant Association, identifies dietitian-approved menu choices for kids.
  • Sodium Savvy –Sodium Savvy entrées contain no more than 750 mg. sodium; side dishes, appetizers and desserts contain no more than 250 mg. sodium.
  • What’s New – Get the latest news, insights and tips from our team in this blog.
  • Subscribe to our newsletters You’ll receive news, recipes, tips and reminders about recommended Healthy Dining dishes, along with special offers from participating restaurants.

The blog topics look awesome and this site has a ton of resources and recipes. I can’t wait to check it out in more detail!

Screen Shot 2013-01-16 at 8.28.49 PMI found lots of fun summer deals this week – apparently some folks are doing Christmas in July: 

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That’s all I have for now! Have a great day!

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