HOT! Buy $100 in Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes gift cards now through 12/24/17 and get THREE free meal passes (that is at least a $35 value when taking into account the dinner coupon price of $10.99 x 3 plus tax)
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My title says it all. I will also post this in the Holiday gift card thread but I thought this deal was so good that I wanted to spotlight it in a hot deal posting on its own.
I bought $300 worth of gift cards when they were just offering TWO free meal passes per $100, not they have upped it to THREE free meal passes per $100 in gift cards purchased.
I know in some places they have gone bankrupt and many locations are closing in others, but where I am they are still open and very busy (Orange County, So Cal).
Purchase online or in-store.
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I did the same thing. Should had waited. This a killer deal, since we go there all the time. I might buy another one.
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@elguache said in HOT! Buy $100 in Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes gift cards now through 12/24/17 and get THREE free meal passes (that is at least a $35 value when taking into account the dinner coupon price of $10.99 x 3 plus tax):
I did the same thing. Should had waited. This a killer deal, since we go there all the time. I might buy another one.
I’m in for another $300 worth and six free meal passes. I now, in total, have $600 in Souplantation gift cards and 15 free meal passes. I pay with prepaid Visas I have, so no new money outlay. I’m stopping at $600 though. Next year I will learn their marketing pitch and wait to buy the gift cards until they give 3 free meal passes.
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This is a repeat of the black friday deal they had. Just be careful. My meal passes had a expiration date of 12/31/18, so don’t put them away and forget to use them.
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You don’t win friends with salad.
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@mrvietnam said in HOT! Buy $100 in Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes gift cards now through 12/24/17 and get THREE free meal passes (that is at least a $35 value when taking into account the dinner coupon price of $10.99 x 3 plus tax):
@elguache said in HOT! Buy $100 in Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes gift cards now through 12/24/17 and get THREE free meal passes (that is at least a $35 value when taking into account the dinner coupon price of $10.99 x 3 plus tax):
I did the same thing. Should had waited. This a killer deal, since we go there all the time. I might buy another one.
I’m in for another $200 worth and six free meal passes. I now, in total, have $500 in Souplantation gift cards and 12 free meal passes. I pay with prepaid Visas I have, so no new money outlay. I’m stopping at $500 though. Next year I will learn their marketing pitch and wait to buy the gift cards until they give 3 free meal passes.
Next year, I will do the same.
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@mrvietnam said:
Next year I will learn their marketing pitch and wait to buy the gift cards until they give 3 free meal passes.
If any are left come next year… there were several in IL that all closed within the last year or two. Looks like they are mostly a CA and FL chain now.
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@yoregano said in HOT! Buy $100 in Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes gift cards now through 12/24/17 and get THREE free meal passes (that is at least a $35 value when taking into account the dinner coupon price of $10.99 x 3 plus tax):
@mrvietnam said:
Next year I will learn their marketing pitch and wait to buy the gift cards until they give 3 free meal passes.
If any are left come next year… there were several in IL that all closed within the last year or two. Looks like they are mostly a CA and FL chain now.
True, but I live in California and they are still strong here. I can’t remember a time at dinner where the place hasn’t been packed with customers. I remember going to Soup Plantation when I was a young teenager and now I am in my later 40s, but I guess length of time in business is no indicator of current profitability, look at Sears and they have been in business over a century. I bought $600 worth at Soup Plantation and stopped there. We will be having a dinner for extended family this week sometime that will cost about $200 alone so I will be down to $400 then. They probably stayed in business in the regions they had the most customer traffic.
A little about Souplantation and its history (if you are interested as I was):
History
The first Souplantation restaurant opened on Mission Gorge Road in San Diego, in 1978. It was the idea of Dennis Jay, who was a bartender at the Bull & Bear in El Cajon. He had a dream and discussed with two friends of his: an attorney and a bail bondsman.[4] This restaurant and a second one were purchased in 1983 by Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp., founded by Michael Mack to operate the chain.
The company has expanded across the American West and Southwest, as well as opened locations in several Southeast states, including 23 restaurants in Florida. All of the restaurants are company-owned.[5]
In 2005, an affiliate of the private investment firm Sun Capital Partners purchased Garden Fresh and with it the restaurant chains.[6] As of October 2016, 104 locations remain in operation throughout the United States.[7]
In 2011, the company launched its first quick-serve restaurant, called Souplantation Express, in Carlsbad, California.[8]
In mass media
In 2007, a Souplantation restaurant in Orange County, California was linked to an outbreak of E. coli.[9][10] The restaurant closed temporarily while authorities investigated the outbreak.[11]
Bankruptcy
In October 2016, Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp, the owner/operator of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At the time Garden Fresh was nearly $175 million in debt.[12] In January 2017 the company said it expects to emerge from bankruptcy later that month, following a sale of the company’s assets to New York-based private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and its partners. Garden Fresh anticipates it will wind up with “between 90 and 104 restaurants” and “significantly less debt”.
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last time i was in the location near me, we had a roach crawling across the back of our booth, so it’s off my list.
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so if i buy online, can i spend it together with all 3 of the pass? if so, i plan to have a gathering party there with my family
