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CATS!! If you are on Bill Penzey's email list, be sure to open today's! (Original Post) niyad 22 hrs ago OP
Would you send us his email please? irisblue 21 hrs ago #1
bill@penzeys.com niyad 21 hrs ago #2
Thx irisblue 21 hrs ago #3
You are most welcome! niyad 18 hrs ago #7
Penzey's is new to me. PufPuf23 20 hrs ago #6
As I said in my OP, it was in today's email from Bill. One of his niyad 17 hrs ago #8
Beautiful kit! SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #4
Beautiful, NAUGHTY kit! That bow tie was adorable. Happy to share. I niyad 17 hrs ago #9
No. I'll have to open it again. Thx! SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #11
I love Penzey's... Time to buy more Ceylon & Vietnamese Cinnamon! hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #5
Same here. Did you miss last weekend's 44% off almost eveything? niyad 17 hrs ago #10
Yeah, darn it... too many spam emails to wade through when I'm working, so I missed it... hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #12
I am sory that you missed it, and sorry you get so much spam. But niyad 13 hrs ago #13
Thanks! I'll look for it. hlthe2b 12 hrs ago #14

PufPuf23

(9,891 posts)
6. Penzey's is new to me.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:49 AM
20 hrs ago

Could not find anything about cats. Surprised that Penzey's is a spice company, expecting a site about cats.

Does one need to join the email list for cats?

That said, love curries, chilis, and like spices.

Found this link on the Penzey's homepage:

About Republicans

As we’ve now said on our first-ever About Us page on our website, there’s something unique about humankind’s relationship with spices that time and again have caused spices to be a driving force for change. We live in a time calling out for change and for solutions to the very real problems our country and our planet face. There’s two very different futures ahead for us totally dependent on whether we solve these problems or not. With so much at stake we feel obligated to use the unique position spices hold in our lives to try to help promote the solutions to these problems as best we can.

Watching the slow decline of the Republican Party over the last half century, and the steep decline/bottom falling out over the last decade, it can be easy to see the nonsense that has overtaken the party as pretty much random. Once you start seriously looking at the problems America and the world face and who and what are standing in the way of solving those problems, it quickly becomes clear there is nothing random to what the Republicans are promoting.

The Republican departure from conservative values and embrace of what, from a distance, looks a whole lot like insanity didn’t happen by chance. All of it has been intelligently crafted with the goal of preserving the position of those who profit from the inhumanity that is at the very roots of pretty much every problem we are facing. From the environment, to racism/discrimination, to health, to saving our democracy at home and growing it abroad, half the time Republicans are intentionally blocking the solution to the problems we face. The other half of the time they are the problem we face.

The truth of our time is we’ve arrived at the point where there’s no way to respect the nonsense the Republican Party is promoting and have any hope of overcoming the problems we as a nation and we as a planet face. Given the choice between saving America and planet Earth or saving the feelings of Republican voters, we are choosing to side with saving our country and our world. I’m sorry it’s come to this.

More at: https://www.penzeys.com/shop/about-republicans/

niyad

(133,037 posts)
8. As I said in my OP, it was in today's email from Bill. One of his
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 02:29 PM
17 hrs ago

customers asked him if he would do a vanilla sale as her daughter's cat had just knocked a full bottle of vanilla off the counter. So Bill agreed. His email today includes pictures of customers' cats and dogs wearing their Penzeys' "Choose Love" pet bandanas.

Many of us here at DU are dedicated Penzeys' customers (as I have been for almost 30 years)The orange creature hates them. He had a coronary (alas, not fatal) when Kamala visited one of their stores (google to watch that lovely video!)

If you subscribe to his email list (free!), you will find out about all their sales, almost always tied to current events, and Bill's commentary. For example, this past weekend was roughly the fourth anniversary of Bill's "About Republicans" letter. In honour of that, almost everything was 44% off. My order (so hard not to go crazy ordering!), will be arriving shortly. I love knowing that I am getting excellent products, and supporting an excellent business.

SheltieLover

(81,198 posts)
4. Beautiful kit!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:15 AM
21 hrs ago

Love the red bow tie!

Thx for sharing! I ususally only open them when I'm getting ready to order.

niyad

(133,037 posts)
9. Beautiful, NAUGHTY kit! That bow tie was adorable. Happy to share. I
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 02:33 PM
17 hrs ago

open all of them, because I always enjoy his comments. And one never knows when something one might need or want will be on sale!

Did you scroll down to see all the pet pics?

hlthe2b

(114,164 posts)
5. I love Penzey's... Time to buy more Ceylon & Vietnamese Cinnamon!
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:33 AM
20 hrs ago

Bill is such a good and honorable guy. I try to turn more and more people on to Penzey's.

hlthe2b

(114,164 posts)
12. Yeah, darn it... too many spam emails to wade through when I'm working, so I missed it...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:42 PM
16 hrs ago

I hate having to waste time deleting 10 zillion emails and trying to get my spam filters to be more efficient on my off-time, but this is the result.. Oh, well.

niyad

(133,037 posts)
13. I am sory that you missed it, and sorry you get so much spam. But
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 06:59 PM
13 hrs ago

May Day and Mothers' Day are cming up, should have some good sales.

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