What is “Apple A Day?” Simply put, it is sending one email every day to provide feedback to companies about thier products — be it positive or negative. While you aren’t asking for anything in return, many times, they will send you a coupon as a thank you or as an apology for a product that didn’t live up to your expectations. When you are emailing, always keep a couple of things in mind:
1. Be specific about the product you are emailing them about. Don’t just say I love Bar-S Products. Tell them, I love your Bar-S Beef Franks.
2. Provide details. What is that you love about the product? Is it the packaging? Is it the reasonable price? Is it a favorite of your child’s? The more information you can provide, the better chance for positive feedback.
3. If you are complaining, be sure to have your package handy. Sometimes, they will request the UPC so that they can look into products, in case it needs to be removed from shelves and/or to monitor other complaints to be sure others from the same production line aren’t affected.
4. Be Polite. You know that saying “You’ll catch more flies with honey than vinegar”? Well, that couldn’t be more true. Even if you disliked something, be considerate in how you worded it.
Not sure how to say what you need to? Well, here are a couple of examples you can use:
COMPLAINT
I had purchased some Kraft Sliced Cheese. When we opened it to feed our children – it smelled horrible and I had to throw it away. Here is the information I provided to Kraft:
UPC and product information from the packaging (the webiste asked for this to be completed). And then my comments were:
I recently purchased a package of Kraft American Sliced Cheese. This is normally the ONLY cheese I purchase for our family because I really trust the Kraft name and know that what I am feeding my children is a product that I feel is good for them. That is why I was surprised when the last package we purchased was spoiled when we opened it. It smelled horrible and the taste was bad enough that my children actually refused to eat it. I know that this has to be an isolated incident as we have never had any problems with your company in the past. I felt the need to let you know, in case others were experiencing the same issues.
And what did I get in return? A coupon for a free package of cheese — up to a $7.99 value! So it really paid off!
COMPLIMENT
Now – I have also written to praise companies and again, I am honest and polite. Here is a sample of what I sent to Breyer’s about their Yo Crunch Yogurt.
I just had to take a moment to write you to let you know how much my children LOVE your product! In our house, yogurt is always called ICE CREAM. So, my children don’t even realize that they are eating something healthy when they ask me for “ice cream.” When I bring home your product, my 5 year old daughter’s face just lights up because she loves pouring the little candies into her “ice cream.” As a mom, it makes me feel good to know that my children are enjoying healthy snacks that they only know as something they love to eat.
And this one — sent me a coupon for a free package plus 3 coupons for $0.75/1. So that really saved us a lot of money!
Below you will find a MASTER LIST of the Apple A Day e-mails. As companies are emailed, they are added here (including the link). Then, if we receive some sort of appreciation in the mail, it will be included as well!
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Abreva Lip Ointment: Thank you email
Ah!Laksa Syrup: Coupon for Free Product
Alden’s Organic Ice Cream: Advised sending coupons
Alpo
American Beauty Pasta: Thank you email
Angel Soft Bath Tissue: Appreciation email + 3 – $0.55/1 coupons mailed
Annie’s Homegrown Products: Thank you email
Apple & Eve: Several $0.75/1 and $0.50/1 coupons
Applegate Farms: No response
Aquafresh: Thank you email
Arm & Hammer (toothpaste, laundry soap, etc): Thank you email
Art & Mary’s: Thank you email
Armour-Eckrich: 1 – $0.55/1 coupon
Atkins: Thank you email
Aunt Jemima: Appreciation Email
Aveeno: Thank you email
B
Balance Bar
Ball Canning
Balmex: Thank you email & $0.50/1 coupon
Ban Deodorant: No response
Bar-S: Thank you email + 4- $0.25/1 product coupon + $5.00 worth of FREE products
Barbara’s Bakery: 3 – $1/1 coupons
Barilla Pasta: Thank you email
Bear Naked: Thank you email
Beech-Nut Baby Food: Advised they would mail coupons (never received)
Benadryl (click Contact on the bottom navigation menu)
Bertolli
Bic (Email: caffairs4@bicworld.com): Thank you email
BioKleen Products: Thank you email
Bird’s Eye
Biz Laundry: Thank you email
Blue Diamond: No response
Bolthouse: Thank you email
Borden Cheese: Thank you /email
Boulder Canyon Chips
Breyer’s Yo Crunch: 3 FREE Yo Crunch Coupons + 3 $1.00/4 coupons
Breyer’s Ice Cream:
Buitoni: Thank you email.
Bumble Bee Tuna: Thank you email
Burt’s Bees: Thank you email
Bush Brothers: 2 - $1/1 and 2 $0.55/1 coupons
Butterball Turkey:
C
Campbell’s Gravies:
Campbell’s Soup: $1.00/1 Product coupon
Carbona Stain Removers (click where says to email):
Carefree
Carmex: Thank you email
Carnation Instant Breakfast: Thank you email & $1.00/1 coupon
Carpet Fresh:
Cascade:
Casocone’s Pasta Sauce (use email address on contact page):
Cetaphil: Thank you email
Charmin: Thank you email
Chef Boyardee: Thank you email
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul:
Chiquita: Thank you email + 2 $0.55/1 Fresh Epxress Packaged Salad coupon
Chinet: Thank you email-
Chobani: 3 – $0.30/1 Coupons
Clean & Clear Antibacterial Soap:
Clorox: Thank you email
Coffee-Mate Creamers: Free 32 oz Liquid + $0.50/1 Liquid
Colgate: Thank you email
Comet Cleanser:
Contessa Foods: Thank you email
Country Crock
Cottonelle: Thank you email
Country Choice Organic: Emailed $1.00/1 printable coupon
Creamette Pasta: Thank you email
Crest:
Crisco: 2 - $0.55/1 Coupons
Curel:
Cut ‘N Clean Greens:
D
Del Monte (click on the email address for North America): $1.00/1 Fresh Produce
Daisy Products: Appreciation Email
Dannon Yogurt: Appreciation Email + FREE 8 Pack or 12 Pack Drink or Cup & 2 – $1.00/1 ANY Dannon Product
DiGiorno Pizza: Appreciation Email only – no coupon
Dial Body wash: 3 – $0.35/1 Dial Product, $0.40/1 Renuzit product, $0.50/1 Purex & $0.50/1 Soft Scrub
Dixie Paper Products: Appreciation Email only
Dole Fruit: Received 2 – $0.50/2 coupons; and two recipe pamphlets
Dorthy Lynch Dressing: Thank you email
Dove: Thank you email
Drano: Thank you email
Driscoll’s Berries: (complaint) Apology email & letter + $2/2 & $1/1 coupons
Duck Brand Tape
Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee: Thank you email
Duraflame:
E
Earthbound Farm Organic: Thank you email
Earth’s Best
Edy’s: Advised were mailing coupons (never received)
Eggland’s Best Eggs: No Response
Eggo
Emerald Nuts: Thank you email
Endust:
Energizer Batteries: No Response
Ensure: Thank you email
ERA Laundry Detergent: Thank you email
Ethnic Gourmet:
Eucerin: Several $1.00/1 and $2.00/1 coupons
F
Fage Yogurt: Thank you email
Famous Amos: Thank you email
Fast Fixin (click email): Appreciation Email and redirect to the website for coupons
Faultless: Free product coupon, 2 – $0.55/1 coupons + 2 – $0.35/1 coupons
Febreze:
Fleischmann’s Margerine: $0.50/1 Fleishchmann’s Product coupon
Fiber One:
Filippo Berio: Thank you email
Fisher Boy
Fisher Nuts – email to Info@jbssinc.com
Flintstones Vitamins:
Florida Crystals Organic Sugar: $1/1 coupon
Florida’s Natural Juice: 4 – $0.35/1 coupons
Folgers Coffee:
Follow Your Heart:
French’s Foods: Appreciation Email only – no coupon
Fresh Express : Thank you email
Fresh Step Cat Litter: Thank you email
Frigio Cheese: Thank you email
Friskies: $2/1 Dry Cat Food Coupon, 2 Free Canned Cat Food coupons
Frito Lay: (complaint) Sending coupons – Free Product Coupon, $1.00/1 & $0.55/1
Full Circle Products: No response
G
Gatorade: Thank you email
Garden of Eatin‘:
Gerber Baby Foods: Thank you email
Ghirardelli
Gillette:
Goody Hair Products (click the bottom link – Contact Us): No Response
Gold Bond:
Glad (Storage Products / Wraps) Appreciation E-mail only
Glade Products: Thank you email
Gold ‘n Plum Chicken: Thank you email
Good Belly
Gorton’s Fish: Thank you email
The Greek Gods Yogurt
Green Giant: Thank you email
Grimmway Farms: Thank you email
H
Head and Shoulders
Heluva Good!: No response
Hershey’s: Thank you email
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing: Appreciation Email only
Hillshire Farm: Sending a coupon for $1/1
Hefty: Coupon for FREE product (up to $6.00 value)
Horizon Dairy (click contact me at the bottom of the page and follow prompts): No response
Hormel: No response
Huggies: Thank you email and $1.00/1 Huggies Product & $3.00/1 Huggies product coupons
Hungry Jack: Thank you email and $1.00/1 Product coupon
Hunt’s (Tomatoes, Pasta Sauce, Ketchup): $0.50/1 product coupon
I
Iams Pet Food: Received coupons – $3/1 15 lb+ bag of Dog Food; $2/1 6 lb+ bag of Dog Food; $0.50/1 24 oz Box of Dog Biscuits; B1G1 Free Canned Dog food + B1G1 Free Canned Cat food
Imagine Soups: 3 – $0.50/1 coupons
International Delight Creamer: Thank you email
J
Jergen’s: Thank you email
Jif: 2 $0.35/1 Coupons
Johnsonville: $1.00/1 Johnsonville Sausage – 2 coupons
Jose Ole:
Juicy Juice: Appreciation Email only
K
Kashi: Appreciation Email only
KC Masterpiece: Appreciation Email only
Kellogg’s Cereals: Coupon for FREE product
Ken’s Dressings: No response
Kettle Chips: Thank you email
Kid Cuisine Meals: $0.50/1 coupon
King Arthur Flour
Kingsford Charcoal: No response
King’s Hawaiian Bakery: 2- Free King’s Hawaiian Product (up to $4.99) & $0.40/1 King’s Hawaiian Product (exluding 4 ct)
Kleenex: No response
Kotex: 1 Coupons for Free Products + 2 $0.75/1 coupons
U By Kotex
Kozy Shack: Appreciation Email only – no coupons
Kraft Sliced Cheese: Thank you email
Krusteaz:
Kudos: Thank you email
Knorr Side Dishes: Thank you email
L
La Creme Dairy Products: Thank you email
Lance Crackers: Thank you email & 2 Free Product coupons + $1.00/1
Land O Lakes: $1.00/1 Land O Lakes Seasoning, $0.55/1 Land O Lakes Butter, Butter with Canola Oil or Butter with Olive Oil Product & $0.55/1 Land O Lakes Margerine or Fresh Buttery Taste Spread
Late July Organic Snacks (contact via email): 3 – $0.55/1 coupons
Lean Cuisine:
Lea & Perrins: $0.50/1 Heinz Ketchup, $0.75/1 Ore Ida Product, 2 – $0.50/1 Lea & Perrins Product & $0.50/1 Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce
Liquid-Plumr: Thank you email
Lindsay Olives: $0.50/1 coupons
Lipton Tea: Thank you email
Lloyd’s BBQ
Lucky Leaf: $1/1 coupon + 2 – $0.50/1 coupons
Luna Bars
Luvs Diapers: Thank you email
Lysol: Appreciation Email only – no coupons
M
Mahtma Rice: No response.
Malt-o-Meal Cereals: No response
Mann’s Vegetables: 2 – $1/1 coupons
Marcal Small Steps: 2 – $1.00/1 Prouducts coupons
Maybelline Cosmetics:
Mazola: No response
McCormick: $1.50/1 McCormick Product
Meow Mix: 2 – $1.00/1 coupons
Method (soaps, cleaners and other natural products): Thank you email
Method: squirt+mop wood floor cleaner: (contact via e-mail)
Minute Maid: Thank you email
Mission Tortillas: No response
Mom’s Best Naturals: $0.75/1 product
Morning Star Farms: Thank you email
Motrin: Free Product (up to $6), 2 – $1/1 coupons
Mott’s (Apple Sauce, Juices, etc): Thank you email
Mountain High Yogurt
Mrs. Dash: No response
Mt. Olive Pickles: Thank you email and 2 – $0.75/1 coupons
Muir Glen: Thank you email
N
Nabisco (crackers or cookies): Appreciation email
Newman’s Own: Appreciation email
Nature Valley (Granola / Clusters): Appreciation Email only – no coupons
Nestle Pure Life Water: Thank you email
Nestle Toll House
Neutrogena: No response
New York Brand Frozen Products: Coupon for Free Item (up to $3.99 value)
Newman’s Own: Thank you email
Nexcare Bandages: Thank you email
Nivea Products: Thank you email
No Yolks Noodles: Thank you email
O
O-Cello Sponges: Thank you email
Ocean Spray Juice: Appreciation Email only – no coupons
Ocean Spray Cranberries:
Old El Paso: No response
Old Orchard Juice: Thank you email
On the Border (Chips and Salsa): (complaint email) 2 Bags of Chips and 2 Jars of Salsa (actual product)
Orajel: No response
Oral-B:
Ore Ida: $1.00/1 coupons
Organic Valley
Organix
Oroweat: $1.00/1 Arnold Product (owned by Oroweat) – 2 coupon
OxiClean: No response
P
Pace Foods: Thank you email + $1.00/1 Campbell’s Product coupon
Palermo’s Pizza: Thank you email + 2 $1.00/2 Coupo\ns
Pampers
Pampers Kandoo
Pantene:
Parkay: $0.50/1 ConAgra food Product coupons
Pedigree Dog Food: No response
Pepperidge Farms: $0.50/1 Product coupon
Perdue Chicken: Thank you email
Peter Pan Peanut Butter (under inquiry, select Feedback and then under Product select Peter Pan – a new window will open): 2 – $0.50/1 coupons
Pledge: Thank you email + invitation to join Right@Home for more product news/savings, etc.
Pompeian Olive Oil: Thank you email + Recipe book & 3 – $1.00/1 coupons
POM Wonderful: Thank you email
Pop Tarts:
Post It
Precious Cheese
Prego Sauces: Thank you email
Purex
Purina: 2 - $2.00/1 Purina Pet Food 72 oz (4.5 lbs)+
Q
Quaker Oats: Thank you email
Quilted Northern Bath Tissue: Appreciation Email only
R
Ragu: Appreciation Email only
Rayovac Batteries: 3 – $1/1 coupons
Red Gold Tomatoes: Thank you email
Rembrandt Toothwhitening Products: Appareciation email
Revlon Cosmetics: I was advised to return my product so they could look at it — but no replacement offered.
Rhodes Rolls: Recipe Book + 5 – $0.50/1 coupons
Rice A Roni (Pasta Roni): Thank you email
Right Guard: Thank you email
Ritz Crackers: Thank you letter, $4.00/1 coupon!
Ronzoni Pasta: Thank you email
R.W. Knudsen: Thank you email
S
Sally Hansen: Thank you email
Salonpas
Sara Lee Bread: $1.00/1 coupon
Sargento Cheese: Thank you email + 2 – $0.50/1 coupons
Schick Razors: $2 coupon
Secret:
Scoop Away:
Scotch Brite: Thank you email
Scott Paper Products: Thank you email & 3 – $1/1 coupons
Scotties Tissues: Thank you email
Scrubbing Bubbles: No response
Sea Pak Shrimp: $3.00/1 & $1.00/1 coupons
Secret Deodorant: Thank you email
Seventh Generation: Several $1/1 various products coupons
Silk:
Skippy Peanut Butter
Slim Fast
Smartwater
Smithfield: 2 – $2/1 coupons
Snapple: Thank you email
Snikiddy Snacks: Thank you email
Snyder’s of Hanover: Thank you email + Free Product coupon
Sobe Life Water: Thank you email
Soft Scrub: No response
Soft Soap: No response
Solo Cups:
Soy Joy
Sparkle Glass Cleaner:
Speedstick Deodorant: Thank you email
Spic ‘n Span: Thank you email
Sprayway Lint and Dust:
Starkist: 2 – $0.75/2 Starkist Tuna Pouches
State Fair Corndogs: Thank you email
Stonyfield: No response
Stove Top Stuffing:
Stubb’s Sauces: Free product, 2 – $1/1 and 2 – $0.55/1 coupons
Suave: No response
Sunbelt Snacks: Thank you email
Sunny D (send them email): No response
SunRype
Sunspire:
Sunsweet (will need to email them – address on contact page): 2 – $0.75/1 coupons
Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce: 2 Free Products, $1.00/1 + 2 -$1.00/1 Ken’s Dressing
T
Tide Detergent and/or Stain Release: Appreciation Email only – no coupons
Tidy Cats
Totinos: Thank you email
Tree Top Juice: Thank you email and direction to coupons on their site
TRESemme: Thank you email
Tweezerman Beauty Tools: Thank you email about guarantee
Tylenol: 2 – $5.00/1 coupons
Tyson: 3 – $1.00/1 coupons
U
Uncle Ben’s: Appreciation Email. $1.00/1 product coupon in the mail.
V
Vaseline Lip Therapy:
V8 Juice: No response
Vaseline: No response
VitaminWater: Thank you email
Viva Paper Towels
VO5: Thank you email
W
Wacky Mac Pasta
Wanchai Ferry: Thank you email
Weight Watchers Smart Ones: 3 – $0.75/1 coupons
Welch’s: 3 – $0.50/1 product coupon
Whiskas
White Cloud: $2 off White Cloud coupon
Wholly Products: Thank you email
Williams Seasonings: Thank you email and recipe booklet
Wish-Bone
Wisk Laundry Detergent: Thank you email
Wonder Bread: Thank you email & 3 $0.50/1 Reckitt Benckiser products
Woolite: Thank you email
X
Y
Yoplait: Appreciation email only
Z
Zatarain’s : Coupon for Free box + 2 – $0.50/2 coupons
Zicam: Thank you email
Ziploc - SC Johnson Company: Appreciation email
Zyrtec: Thank you email
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Tracie is a stay at home mom to three young children; ages 3, 5 and 7 in Raymore, Missouri.
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Let me just say great job!! Not only are you telling us how to save money couponing you are also telling us how to write companies to get even more coupons. Kudos thanks and keep up the good work!
How long did it take to get a response from Pepperidge Farm? I had given them praise about a certian product 2 days ago and haven’t heard a thing back. Just wondering.
Thanks
I have been doing this for awhile now and LOVE it. Some companies are much better than others, in terms of response. I just received a package full of clips and ponytail holders from Goody! All I did was give the company a compliment about their products.
Hi! I love this idea and I actually did email pepperidge farms (because my son LOVES goldfish). They emailed saying that coupons should be arriving shortly in the mail. Thanks!
When you send them your email do you include your address or wait for them to reply?
The best coupons I have received to date for complimenting a company’s product are:
SoBe Water (2 free waters)
PopChips (3 free bags of chips)
Hefty (1 free product up to $6.00)
If you like Arm and Hammer items go to their site. I got 3 coupons from them worth 3.00 each for any one product. I love their detergent!
I think this is a great idea. Everyone enjoys a pat on the back and companies are happy to receive constructive criticism. Makes everthing work better. Love the site.
Thanks for this great idea. I started and have received emails and my coupons are just rolling in. I am sure that the companies enjoy the feedback.
Thanks for the great idea and all the information you have provided.
Hello, I just wanted to let you know I emailed nestle for their nesquick powder and received a coupon for a free 30oz nesquik.
I emailed Pepsi, only received a email, Thanking Me.
I emailed Earth’s Best about their diapers and they sent 4 55cent off coupons, 1 free item up to $2.99 value, 2 free jars of baby food, $1 off 2 wipes, $1 off formula, $1 off 8 baby food jars, and $1 off diapers.
I a letter and a book of coupons from the Heinz company for Ore Ida coupons. That was a quick turn around.
i emailed Beachnut and got $5 off of $5 spent coupon and a few $1.00 when i purchase $5 worth of product coupons, i love them!
I emailed Kashi – I received a coupon for a FREE item up to a $4.00 value and 3 75 cent off coupons. Then they used my comment in a newsletter and I received a HUGE box of food. Probably at least $100.00 worth – tons of stuff. Well worth it.
What a great helpful website! Thank you for all your info! I am a newbie at all of this and this site has been very helpful! Thanks!
I emailed Amy’s Kitchen a couple of years back telling them how much I love their frozen enchiladas and they sent me a ton of coupons…some for free product and some for cents off and they don’t expire until this December!
I contacted the wonderful folks over at Q-Tips Cotton Swabs a while ago to let them know about an item i’d purchased that was well below their normal quality. They did take a little over a week to respond, and I was shocked when they said the’d send me a complimentary coupon in the mail.
I was wondering if you only email these companies one time or do you frequently email them to get coupons on a regular basis. and also do you give your address in the email or do they usually just email coupons to you. I am new at this so if anyone could answer, thanks.
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