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17-06-2025
- Business
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Kroger doubles up on ice cream giveaway offering 92,000 pints to celebrate summer
This Friday is the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. If you're looking for a way to kick off summer, how about some tasty and cool scoops of ice cream? And for free! It's time to scream, or rather download, for ice cream. Kroger is back with a freebie to start the summer season by dishing out coupons for tens of thousands of pints of ice cream to celebrate. This year, the nationwide grocer is doubling down on its offer, giving away more than double last year's 45,000 pints. On Friday, Kroger will make available a downloadable coupon giving away 92,000 pints of its Kroger brand ice cream or, according to a news release, 1,000 pints for each of summer's 92 days. While that sounds like a lot of ice cream, the giveaway is online and valid across the Kroger family of stores nationwide, including in Michigan. According to a Kroger news release, the offer isn't valid in California, Colorado, Louisiana, Tennessee and Nevada or at its Mariano's, Metro Market, Pick 'n Save and QFC stores. "Last year, we were blown away by customer excitement for our free pint offer and this summer we are making it even sweeter," said Mike Murphy, group vice president of center store merchandising at Kroger, in a news release. At noon Eastern time, Friday, June 20, customers can go to to download a digital coupon. Coupons are available only while supplies last, and each coupon is for a single use. The coupon is valid from Friday through the Fourth of July. When Kroger offered the free, downloadable coupon last year, coupon supplies were depleted shortly after the 8 a.m. release. And if you don't get a free coupon for Kroger Brand of ice cream, customers can get a digital coupon, which goes live also at noon on Friday, for $1 off two Kroger brand pints of ice cream. More: Meijer recalls dark chocolate almonds in Michigan. Here's what to know More: Watch rescuers free great blue heron tangled in fishing line in Oakland County Kroger is also launching its Summer in a Pint collection. Here are the four new flavors available for a limited time: Italian Style Summer Fizz: A blood orange-flavored sherbet with popping candy clusters and a blood orange-flavored ribbon. Fireside Nights: A take on classic s'mores is this toasted marshmallow-flavored ice cream with s'mores pieces and "glittering swirl that radiates the orange hue of a campfire flame." Sandy Shores: Coconut-flavored ice cream "reminiscent of crystal-blue seas" with a sweet and salty pretzel crunch. Poolside Tan Lines: Swirls of vanilla bean, chocolate and coffee ice creams. Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Kroger offers free pints of ice cream: How to get a digital coupon
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12-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Halo Top to give free sample cups of new ice cream flavors at Detroit Riverwalk
If you're headed to Detroit's RiverWalk this weekend, enjoy some free ice cream. In time for summer's ice cream season, the Halo Top ice cream brand is introducing new flavors and showcasing them at pop-ups across the country, including Detroit. Known for its ice cream with fewer calories and sugar and more protein than traditional ice cream, Halo Top has three new flavors that also have mix-ins. For three days starting Friday, June 13, the Halo Top Jackpot Pop-Up will be at Detroit's RiverWalk, dishing out sample cups of these new ice cream flavors: Chocolate chip cookie dough: Chewy cookie dough pieces and chocolate chunks. Chocolate fudge brownie: Dense, chewy fudge brownies and swirls of brownie batter. Cherry chocolate chunk: Chewy Bordeaux cherry pieces and chocolate chunks. The Halo Top Jackpot Pop-Up, in addition to free sample cups of ice cream, features an ice cream pint-shaped slot machine where people can pull the gold spoon lever and win swag and more ice cream. Halo Top says its new flavors, sold in pints, are 'half the calories of other leading brands.' Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Halo Top to give free sample cups of new ice cream flavors in Detroit
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12-05-2025
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Celebrate elusive morel at Up North annual festival this weekend
With Michigan smack dab in the middle of morel season, an annual celebration of the much-sought-after mushroom is this weekend. Devotees can celebrate all things morels at the National Morel Mushroom Festival in Boyne City from May 15 through May 18. Now in its 65th year, the event will feature a morel-hunting seminar presented by Tony Williams, a five-time winner of the National Competitive Hunt, and a Morel Wine & Dine event sponsored by the Boyne Area Chamber. Two seatings are available for the wine-and-dine event, where chefs will showcase morel-infused dishes. Tickets are $115 per person and available by calling 231-582-6222. Tasting tickets for the evening are available at $10 per person. Throughout the weekend, there will be entertainment events, a morel mushroom giveaway, craft shows and food truck vendors. For information, visit Morels are prized for their meaty flavor and cone-like shape. Foragers often find them in Michigan's forests and fields. 'Large burn sites in forested areas are ideal for morel mushroom hunting, especially in burned areas where jack, white or red pine once grew,' according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It has produced an interactive map marking the state's burn field spots from the last couple of years that you'll find at Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. Subscribe to the Free Press. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: National Morel Mushroom Festival in Boyne City: What to know
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12-05-2025
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White Castle celebrates National Slider Day with free sliders on May 15
Fans of White Castle's original slider are in for a free treat this week. On Thursday, the nationwide chain is celebrating the square beef burger, commonly known as a slider, which launched it into fast-food hamburger fame. In 2015, White Castle introduced National Slider Day, honoring its original steamed slider with onions. So prolific is the iconic slider that in 2014 Time magazine called it "the most influential burger of all time," according to White Castle. To get the offer, customers on Thursday can use a digital coupon from White Castle's website. To redeem the offer using the White Castle app, use the code 'SLIDERDAY.''The introduction of the Slider in 1921 helped turn White Castle into a household name and launched the fast-food industry as we know it today,' said Jamie Richardson, vice president at White Castle, in a news release. 'We think a burger that has had so much influence in the food industry is worthy of its own special day, and what better way to celebrate than to thank our customers with a complimentary slider.'In addition to the free offer, White Castle recently launched its latest deal: six original sliders for $4, or about 67 cents for each slider. Family-owned White Castle is based in Columbus, Ohio, and operates about 340 restaurants in addition to a retail side providing products to grocers' freezers. Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. Subscribe to the Free Press. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: White Castle offers free slider on National Slider Day: What to know
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10-05-2025
- Health
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Packaged tomatoes sold in Michigan and other states recalled over salmonella concerns
An Indiana company is recalling containers of tomatoes because of potential salmonella contamination. Ray & Mascari Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana, is recalling its 4-count vine-ripened tomatoes packaged in clamshell containers because of potential salmonella contamination. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alert, 20-ounce (1 pound 4-ounce) containers of tomatoes were sold to Gordon Food Service stores in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Consumers who bought these tomatoes are advised not to consume them. The tomatoes should be discarded. Ray & Mascari Inc. received the tomatoes from a farm in Immokalee, Florida, and repackaged them into the 4-count containers. The farm, Hanshaw & Capling Farms, initiated the recall because of the 'possible presence of Salmonella in their facility.' The items sold have 'Vine Ripe Tomatoes' on the label with UPC numbers of 7 96553 20062 1 and a master case label with lot numbers of RM250424 15250B or RM250427 15250B. So far, no illnesses have been reported from this recall. Salmonella is a bacterium that can cause severe and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems, children younger than 5, and adults older than 65. More: There's been a rash of foodborne illnesses leading to product recalls: What to know Symptoms for healthy people include diarrhea (which may be bloody), fever, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps. Symptoms can start six hours to six days after being infected and last four to seven days, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you have severe salmonella symptoms, contact your healthcare provider. The CDC estimates salmonella bacteria cause more than 1 million infections in the United States annually, with most illnesses coming from food. Customers can contact Ray & Mascari Inc. with questions or reports of any illnesses 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at 317-637-0234. Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@ Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. Subscribe to the Free Press. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Packages of vine ripe tomatoes recalled: What to know
