@zach_kay392 Most products, if they are certified kosher will loudly and frequently proclaim that. That being said, one faces a challenge of common certification symbols as indicated here: https://kosherquest.org/kosher-symbols/
If it is a concern of yours, the safest way to go is to assume most products (such as discounted mail-order food) is NOT going to be kosher unless directly and clearly stated on the product packaging.
@therealjrn I’m not trying to start anything here. I’ve been a VMP for over 10 years now. Whenever there was a food item that was kosher it would say it was kosher in the description until only about a year ago. You can clearly see on the front picture of this bar and OU which is the most commonly used kosher certification. Most people who eat kosher such as myself will do research anyway to make sure it is not only kosher but of a certification that is a good one. I’m just wondering why all of a sudden a few months ago they decided to stop putting kosher certification in the description especially on a kind bar where they have historically wrote in the description that it is kosher certified until recently.
@raizic You can find the chocolate chip 80pk for $24.99 on SideDeal (ends tomorrow). Otherwise these other flavors are selling very well for us at $39 so we won’t be discounting further
@mjsanko@troy prepackaged foods especially mass market prepackaged foods like granola bars and protein bars are not considered prepared food. For some reason companies are wishy-washy when it comes to charging tax on such items where sometimes they will charge and sometimes they won’t. Including you guys. A couple days ago I bought the peanut butter and dark chocolate kind bars on your website and you did not charge me tax but today you’re charging text for this kind bar of a different flavor.
@mjsanko@zach_kay392 Thanks for the alert – it appears our product tax code was changed on numerous items to “General” from “Food and Beverage” on 12/3. That is fixed now. Looking into how these got switched
@troy looks like this change also impacted Washington State. This is definitely the kind of food product that is not taxed here, but checkout is trying to charge me tax.
@The_Tim The tax codes were updated at 1am CST last night, so it should be billing correctly now.
Could you try once more? Google is telling me there might be tax if there isn’t flour – there is some brown rice flour in these and I just made an edit to reflect that.
@troy That looks like an AI summary. It’s wrong. in Washington State the only foods that are subject to sales tax are “prepared food” (aka fast food, grocery store deli, etc.) and soda. No type of candy is subject to sales tax here.
@troy Oh and to be thorough and accurate on the topic of food and sales tax in WA, I should mention that alcohol is also subject to various sales taxes, although not the standard sales tax that is applied to all other retail sales.
No, no Ted. As @zach_kay392 very clearly demonstrated in a post above, these are individually labeled as kosher–by no less than the Orthodox Union (OU) I believe.
Just a note that the case of KIND bars I received today (144 count) came thiiiiiiis close to splitting open along the perforations. If you’re shipping these naked in the manufacturer’s packaging, I’d suggest taping over the perforations if nothing else.
@TheFLP
/showme truck crash that spilled thousands of KIND Healthy Grains Energy Bars all over the highway. Dozens of bicycle riders have stopped tp gather up the KIND Healthy Grains Energy Bars lying around everywhere.
@TheFLP so it was t just me then… Mine came yesterday and the glue totally opened up and there was a tiny piece of tape around the perforation, but that tape tore open. I was going to count today to see if any are missing, but it was clearly able for someone to stock their hand and take some out without it looking like they broke any seal because of the way it shipped.
Bought these last time, one set each of 4 different flavors. I’m working through them in order of “best by” which means I’m almost done with the Dark Chocolate Chunk ones (but haven’t tried the others yet.) I’d absolutely buy more of them if I was low in stock though.
They’re basically multigrain granola bars, but the smallest seeds are crunchy/crispy like nonpareils. They bars (again, I’ve only tried 1 flavor so far) are semi-firm but readily break apart into chunks (so not quite Quaker Chewy, but definitely not Nature Valley Crunchy!) They’re not as firm or chewy as the “standard” Kind granola bars (i.e. chocolate chip or PB CC) that have been sold here recently but they’re close.
So yes, I can still recommend these if you’re into granola bars at all!
Specs
Product: Pick-Your-80-Pack: KIND Healthy Grains Energy Bars
Model: 602652670756, 602652670749, 602652670732
Condition: New
Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate
Chocolate Chunk
Mixed Berry
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$55.76 (for 80) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jan 26 - Wednesday, Jan 28
I am Kind of tired of seeing these.
@yakkoTDI So am I, Would you become a Zombie after eating a lot of (80+) KIND Healthy Grains Energy Bars
@yakkoTDI me too. I did my part by breaking down and buying some to try to help get rid of them, though…
@diamonds215chic Thank you for your service.
@yakkoTDI- Yeah & i’m Berry tired of seeing these!!
these are better AFTER margaritas.
@alacrity before, during, and after!
Wait; how many margaritas are you having?
You guys used to put in the description if the item was kosher. Haven’t seen that in a while. I wonder why you guys stopped doing that…
@zach_kay392 Most products, if they are certified kosher will loudly and frequently proclaim that. That being said, one faces a challenge of common certification symbols as indicated here:
https://kosherquest.org/kosher-symbols/
If it is a concern of yours, the safest way to go is to assume most products (such as discounted mail-order food) is NOT going to be kosher unless directly and clearly stated on the product packaging.
@therealjrn I’m not trying to start anything here. I’ve been a VMP for over 10 years now. Whenever there was a food item that was kosher it would say it was kosher in the description until only about a year ago. You can clearly see on the front picture of this bar and OU which is the most commonly used kosher certification. Most people who eat kosher such as myself will do research anyway to make sure it is not only kosher but of a certification that is a good one. I’m just wondering why all of a sudden a few months ago they decided to stop putting kosher certification in the description especially on a kind bar where they have historically wrote in the description that it is kosher certified until recently.
At least increase the discount to make me buy this worthless product
@raizic You can find the chocolate chip 80pk for $24.99 on SideDeal (ends tomorrow). Otherwise these other flavors are selling very well for us at $39 so we won’t be discounting further
@raizic @troy
Arruh?
@raizic @therealjrn yep - $39 is our standard price for these over on SideDeal and MorningSave
@raizic @troy only S29 At SD, and I’m a VMP Goat
@raizic @troy
Yes you are @caffeineguy! Who’s the most specialist little Christmas goat there ever was? Why YOU! 🫠
Cheers to you @caffeineguy, the most specialest!
🫶 
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Healthy grains? Don’t they use those to make beer out of?
Food is not Taxable in Minnesota!!
@mjsanko prepared food/snack foods are taxable in Minnesota.
@mjsanko @troy prepackaged foods especially mass market prepackaged foods like granola bars and protein bars are not considered prepared food. For some reason companies are wishy-washy when it comes to charging tax on such items where sometimes they will charge and sometimes they won’t. Including you guys. A couple days ago I bought the peanut butter and dark chocolate kind bars on your website and you did not charge me tax but today you’re charging text for this kind bar of a different flavor.
@mjsanko @zach_kay392 Thanks for the alert – it appears our product tax code was changed on numerous items to “General” from “Food and Beverage” on 12/3. That is fixed now. Looking into how these got switched
@troy looks like this change also impacted Washington State. This is definitely the kind of food product that is not taxed here, but checkout is trying to charge me tax.
@The_Tim The tax codes were updated at 1am CST last night, so it should be billing correctly now.
Could you try once more? Google is telling me there might be tax if there isn’t flour – there is some brown rice flour in these and I just made an edit to reflect that.
Tax is too damn confusing.
@troy That looks like an AI summary. It’s wrong. in Washington State the only foods that are subject to sales tax are “prepared food” (aka fast food, grocery store deli, etc.) and soda. No type of candy is subject to sales tax here.
https://dor.wa.gov/education/industry-guides/convenience-stores/when-charge-sales-tax-food-item
And the checkout page is still trying to charge me sales tax on these Kind bars.
@troy Oh and to be thorough and accurate on the topic of food and sales tax in WA, I should mention that alcohol is also subject to various sales taxes, although not the standard sales tax that is applied to all other retail sales.
I’ve come to the conclusion that only five hour energy drink mixed with my tea is the only thing that works. Everything else just tastes better.
@AaronLeeJohnson This is like the most meh thing I have read today.
$14/80 on the front page. $28/80 on the buy it page. Something ain’t quite kosher about these.
@TallTed screenshot of the $14 for 80?
@TallTed That $14 for 40, and the deal is for two quantities of 40, so it totals $28 for 80.
The math adds up.
You can’t complete the transaction if you only select from one of the two drop-down boxes, so there’s no actual stand-alone $14 deal.
@TallTed
No, no Ted. As @zach_kay392 very clearly demonstrated in a post above, these are individually labeled as kosher–by no less than the Orthodox Union (OU) I believe.
Just a note that the case of KIND bars I received today (144 count) came thiiiiiiis close to splitting open along the perforations. If you’re shipping these naked in the manufacturer’s packaging, I’d suggest taping over the perforations if nothing else.
@TheFLP
/showme truck crash that spilled thousands of KIND Healthy Grains Energy Bars all over the highway. Dozens of bicycle riders have stopped tp gather up the KIND Healthy Grains Energy Bars lying around everywhere.
@mediocrebot Yes, this is as it should be.
@TheFLP so it was t just me then… Mine came yesterday and the glue totally opened up and there was a tiny piece of tape around the perforation, but that tape tore open. I was going to count today to see if any are missing, but it was clearly able for someone to stock their hand and take some out without it looking like they broke any seal because of the way it shipped.
@mediocrebot In fact, I think the bicyclists engineered the accident.
@cfg83 @mediocrebot So one of those cyclist is our Goat @caffeineguy ?
@caffeineguy @mediocrebot @yakkoTDI I think you are on to something.
/showme anthropomorphized goat in bicycle rider outfit and riding on bicycle and wearing backpack full of KIND Healthy Grains Energy Bars.
Coincidentally, this is what horse zombies say too.
@Wireball_
/showme horse zombie saying “graaaaains” to human rancher.
@mediocrebot Rats, I forgot to add reference to Kind energy bar.
The /showme command is a member feature. Join membership to try it out.
Not my kind of deal, meh. But no worries, I’m sorry you’ll be back on your feet and offering me solar powered Bluetooth gnomes in gnome time.
@El_Oel now that’s the positive spirit I like to see here. None of those “I’m done.” whiners. So tired of those losers….
Bought these last time, one set each of 4 different flavors. I’m working through them in order of “best by” which means I’m almost done with the Dark Chocolate Chunk ones (but haven’t tried the others yet.) I’d absolutely buy more of them if I was low in stock though.
They’re basically multigrain granola bars, but the smallest seeds are crunchy/crispy like nonpareils. They bars (again, I’ve only tried 1 flavor so far) are semi-firm but readily break apart into chunks (so not quite Quaker Chewy, but definitely not Nature Valley Crunchy!) They’re not as firm or chewy as the “standard” Kind granola bars (i.e. chocolate chip or PB CC) that have been sold here recently but they’re close.
So yes, I can still recommend these if you’re into granola bars at all!
Really these again? How many oats are you guys sitting on?!
@Mudash must keep them regular
Why the heck not. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
/giphy stuffed-happiest-hearth
https://valenciapa.ws/@starsider/115673914127150304
@DrunkCat That was an interesting read DC! Thanks for sharing it with the class.
My membership isn’t showing. What do I do?
@MsShelleyCar1 It looks like it’s lapsed - you don’t have a “heart” icon next to your username. Maybe due to a credit card change?
@Kyeh I renewed through Sidedeals…
@MsShelleyCar1 I guess you should contact support to see what happened.
https://meh.com/support
A friend buys these and gives them to their child’s elementary school teacher for kids who need a snack but can afford one.