i-Say Views

April 2007

Do you love sharing jokes, have some household tips that you can't wait to share, or are you a budding cartoonist? Here's your chance! Submit your jokes, cartoons, household tips, and we will share them with your fellow i-Say panelists. Watch for your submission in one of the next editions of your i-Say Views! Send submissions to questions@i-say.com with the subject line "Fun Stuff – Newsletter". We can't wait to hear from you!

Q - What do you get when a cow is shivering?
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Breakfast Cereal

Quick Pix

It has been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Studies also show that people who eat breakfast live longer. So what are you eating for breakfast? Cold, ready-to-eat cereal is designed especially to be marketed to consumers as a simple breakfast food. We recently conducted a survey to discover your attitudes towards cereal. Is it only for children or do adults enjoy an occasional bowl? What influences you to buy a specific brand of cereal? We’ve gathered some results to share with you.

Household size determines how often members consume cereal. Almost 32% of households with 5+ people consume cereal everyday compared to only 12% of households with one person. This is most likely because cereal is cheap, fast and convenient for larger families.

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News & Updates


		Keeping you Posted We really appreciate and value your participation in our Panel, and we always love to hear feedback from you! Here are a few comments from other panelists that we wanted to share with you. "I saw the new Nestle Enviga tea at the store the other day and thought to myself, "Hey, I remember filling out a survey about that at Ipsos!" It was a neat feeling to know that my input may have in some way shaped how they marketed a product, and actually seeing it in the store made me realize that companies actually react to my choices." "I find the i-Say surveys more interesting than several other companies I have done surveys for. I am given more opportunities to do surveys and express my opinions and feel that I am important and useful in the development and distribution of new products. I like to have a say in these matters,"

Coyote visits Chicago sandwich shop

CHICAGO - For one day, at least, the roadrunner was safe. It seems the coyote was hankering for another kind of fast food. Employees and customers at a downtown Chicago sandwich shop were stunned to see a coyote walk through the propped-open front door Tuesday afternoon and lie down in a cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.

"It wasn't aggressive at all," restaurant manager Bina Patel told the Chicago Tribune. "It was just looking around.
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We are happy to tell you that we have now added Vacation Notification to the i-Say Panel website. From the Change of Info page, select Vacation Notification (or to be directly linked click here) and tell us the dates that you will not be available to complete i-Say Surveys.

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