Sun-Maid Raisins

** Sun-maid Raisins ** Not exactly a high priority on the shopping list but after buying a mixed bag of fruit and nuts I found that boy would happily eat them. So always looking for more fruit and veg or anything vaguely healthy that I can get boy to actually eat I picked up a multi-pack of these little red boxes of raisins. Reason being it seemed a good thing to throw in his lunch for school and a lack of something to actually put raisins in...these being in there own serving size boxes are ideal. Price and Packaging... My muti-pack cost me around £2, not great value but still not that bad for the sake of convenience. For this I got 6 ...

I never really gave Sun-maid raisins a second look, I much preferred to buy the bigger shops own brand of raisins, I could not see the sense in buying little over priced boxes, especially as I would be using them for cooking. The cost would have been far too much, not even the cute red box could make me change my mind. However when in a supermarket I would often look at them and wonder exactly how these managed to survive when it is so much cheaper to buy a large packet of raisins. Things changed when I started making packed lunches for when our children are going on a school trip. Most schools nowadays do not allow sweets, chocolate or fizzy pop in a packed ...

I'm always weary as to what my daughters eat on a daily basis and i'm always checking the side's of packets to ensure that the products are healthy and don't contain to much fat, salt and sugar. My daughters are not ones for eating 3 big meals during the day, so i have to accommodate that by giving them snacks every so often. So trying to find snacks that they like can be hard, they both like raisins and would happily eat them all day long if they had the chance. I normally buy supermarket brand packs which cost me about 60p for a big bag then give them handfuls instead of paying out £1.30 odd for 8 little boxes which have about 5 raisins in ...