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Coupon clipper By June Ful le r Dtar June: I live In a small town, population ' 100, and when It comes to finding refund forms, I ' have suffered from "small-town blues." There are no forms In the convenience store here in town, and very few at the supermarket I visit once a month in a town 55 miles away. I read your column about trading refund forms 1 by mall with people In other parts of the country. ' I was sure I could find some trading partners, but • how could I write to them and offer to trade form; • If there are so few forms available to me? ' Then It occurred to m^ - why not ask these iMople if they would like to trade some of their ex­ tra refund forms for some of my extra box tops and labels? 8o, I wrote and made the offer, and to my sur­ prise, friends and relatives responded en­ thusiastically. Now, trading POPs for forms has become my best source of refund forms. It has allowed me to become a successful refunder and I no longer have those small-town blues. - Saun- draO., Allison, Texas. Dear Sandra: Thank you for an excellent sug­ gestion. Readers may be wondering how to find a trading partner. Well, lust think of the friends, relatives, classmates or former neighbors who live In other parts of the country -- especially those who live near big cities. All you have to do is write and suggest that you liven up your cor­ se with a little trading of refund forms proofs-of-purchase, something that will pro­ vide a little surprise with each letter you receive. Dear June: The K-lfart in my area recently ran a double coupon promotion. At the bottom of ttfe advertisement were the words: "Does not in­ clude...free or mail-in coupons." What do they mean by "mail-In coupons"? -- Patricia W. Bridge view, m. Dear Patricia: K-Mart is referring to the coupon you receive as a result of a manufac­ turer's mail-in offer. K-Mart is offering to double the value of the typical coupons fpund in newspapers and magazines, but not the higher value coupons, you usually receive from manufacturers' refund offers. I can see this restriction may be a problem because, all too often, there is no easy way for cashiers to dif­ ferentiate between the two. Smart Shopper Award • The Smart Shopper Award goes to Linda WaltmanofLaPine,Ore.: f "I was working on the Nabisco $20 refund and purchased 25 trial-size boxes of Chips Ahoy. They were priced at 29 cents each and I had 25 (10-cent) coupons, which means I paid only 13 cents a box, or a total of $3.25.1 sent in the proofs-of-purchase and received a $15 refund, which means they paid me $11.75 to try their cookies." Here is a refund form to write for: Lysol Pro­ ducts $1.50 Cash Refund, P.O. Box 20065, Greensboro, NC 27420. This offer expires Dec. 31. While waiting for the form, save the triangle cut from the 18-ounce Lysol Spray cap and the reister tape with theprice circled. Here is this week's list of refund offers. Start looking for the required refund forms, which you can obtain at the supermarket, in newspaper and magazine advertisements and from trading with friends. Meanwhile, start collecting the needed proofs of purchase as detailed below. Remember, some offers are not available in all areas of the country. Wineries may welcome year's news SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - For California wineries, faced with a glut of unsold wine and what they feared might be another record harvest, the news coming out of the vineyards this fall may be a welcome relief. Last winter's rain and hot, muggy weather early this past summer have combined to pro- duce what is now expected to be an average or even a light crop -- although, as one industry . analyst said, It's a little like predicting the out­ come of a baseball same. "It's not over until it's over," he said. The past two harvests have led to some bargain prices on California wines. Some have dropped in price as much as $4 a bottle and some good wines are selling for low prices under a secondary label. One thing is certain: If Mother Nature giveth, she also taketh away. • This year's harvest is not expected to ap­ proach the records of the past two years. Reduced Inflation and an increase in con­ sumer income have also combined to help wine sales pick up, leading to a decrease in wine inventory and an almost certain end to some bargains now on shelves. "I think they have lowered prices to the hilt. There's not much place to go unless somebody wants to give It away," said Ed Everett, publisher of a wine newsletter in San Fran­ cisco. j*. CALIFORNIA WINERIES began experienc­ ing problems In 1981 and 1982, when record hanrests combined with 18 months of flat sales from which the industry is only beginning to recover, said industry analyst George Vare. At the same time, the U.S. dollar increased In value compared with Italian and French currency, to make European wines more at­ tractive to American consumers. California wineries, caught with an almost 100 million gallon surplus on their hands, began lowering prices and adopting new marketing strategies.' The Robert Mondavi Winery, for instance, considered a "bellwether" in the premium wine industry, lowered the price of its fume blanc from about $11 to $7 a bottle, with some San Francisco stores selling it as low as $4.99. Other discounts were found in California zin- fandels -- "an incredible buy," according to Everett; pinot nolr; chardonnay; sauvignon blanc; and the ubiquitous generic, or jug, wine. Because of the glut, Everett said, wineries are enriching their jug wines with leftover premium varietal wine -- thus selling a better quality as a cheaper wine. THESE WINE merchants are called "nego­ tiants." With labels like M. Marion and Lef- court, they are under blood oath not to reveal where the wine came from, Everett said. In times like these, they sell a better bottle because more quality wineries have wine they need to get rid of. Robert Hartsell of the California Association of Winegrape Growers said this year's harvest will be toughest on wineries that are unable to get all the grapes they need and on grape growers because prices have remained low even as the harvest has shrunk. Still, he said, "It's certainly going to bring Inventories under very good control.' • Both Everett and Vare predicted the bargains won't disappear, at least not im- mediately, because there is still a lot of inven­ tory left. "What you're going to see is less discounts. You're not going to go out and find your favorite wine Is a dollar more," Vare said. Some wines will always be able to command a good price, whatever the market conditions. Acacia, which sells all its wine every year, has not lowered its prices but it has not raised them either In the past three years, said general managing partner Mike Richmond. HE CALLED the sudden lowering of wine prices "a knee jerk response" to the situation. What is called for Is creative thinking, he said. "Wine has to be marketed more like other commodities." Richmond believes the California wine in­ dustry is undergoing a shakeup, which some wineries may survive and others may not. But be and others called the room for growth "phenomenal, if we don't sit back and rest on ourlaurelB now. "People are still buying a lot of California wines. Make no mistake about that," said a spokesman at Robert Mondavi. "This isn't anything new. There are boom times and there are bust times. It's that type of industry. Today's refund forms have a value of $8.75. Meat, Poultry, Seafood, Other Mala Dtafcea (Pile No.#) These offers require refund forms: Canned Pasta $1 refund. Send the re- refund form and three labels from any of, following Buitoni Canned Pasta: Meat Ravioli, Cheese Ravioli, Macaroni and Beef, Spaghetti Twists and Meat Balls or Spaghetti Rings and Meat Balls. Expires Dec. 31. Certt-Frsal $1 Coupon Offer. Receive a $1 coupon for any Certi-Fresh Frozen Seafood. Send the required refund form and the Universal Pro­ duct Code symbol from any one package of Certi- Fresh Breaded Shrimp product. Expires Dec. 31. HenMi Meat Spread $l Refund. Send the re­ quired refund form and the labels from four cans of at least two of the following Hormel varieties: Roast Beef Spread, Llverwurst Spread, Deviled Ham, Chicken Spread, Corned Beef Spread. Ex­ pires Feb. 4,1984. Ubbf, McNeill and Libby Inc. Beef Stew $1 re­ fund. Send the required refund form and two labels from Llbby's Beef Stew. Expires Dec. 31. MJB Long Grain Rice Savings. Receive a 75- cent ground beef refund and 75 cents in MJB coupons. Send the required refund form and one Universal Product Code symbol from one 42- ounce size MJB Long Grain Rice package or two Universal Product Code symbols from the 28- ounce size of MJB Long Grain Rice packages plus die register tape with the purchase prices circled for a ground beef purchase and MJB Long Grain Rice. Expires March 31,1984. Free WBaaa Bacon. Receive a coupon for one free pound or a 12-ounce package of Wilson Bacon - up to $2.25 -- or a coupon may be applied in the amount of $2 JS towards the purchase of the two- pound package pize of Wilson Bacon. Send the re­ quired refund form and six specially marked pro­ ofs of purchase from any size package of Wilson Bacon. Expires Dec. 31. Bonus. This offer doesn't require a refund form: Bekricfc, N.B. 680, El Paso, Texas, 79977. Receive up to a $1 refund on potatoes. Send three Eckrich Smoked Sausage labels and the register tape with the purchase price of potatoes circled. 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