Are There Any Food-Related Cyber Monday Deals Worth Getting?

By Jonathan Kauffman Mon., Nov. 29 2010 at 11:54 AM

Categories: Shopping

Online retailers are apparently stampeding after customers today.

SFoodie had never heard about Cyber Monday until this year, even though it was created in 2005. Yesterday, our Twitter feed began spilling forth a torrent of blips about Cyber Monday deals. Today the tweetstream has risen higher. So, yeah, we spent half the morning poring over the website to see if there were any deals we'd consider pursuing.

The promotion is a little confounding -- many of the "participating" retailers aren't offering any special one-day deals. Amazon, for example, is trumpeting free shipping on Super Saver orders of $25 and over. Uh, isn't that the normal deal? Nevertheless, we found a few interesting sales on wine and cooking-related goods:

We're not sure how good of a deal this is, but Cooking.com is offering $20 off orders of $150 or more, or free shipping on orders of $99 or more.
CrateandBarrel.com is offering 15% and free shipping off anything in stock today, or 25% off all dinnerware.
BarnesandNoble.com is selling boxed sets of celebrity-chef cookbooks -- Mark Bittman, Mario Batali, Thomas Keller, Julia Child -- at 50% off.
And in an unrelated sale, Living Social is offering a $30 coupon for $60 worth of wine at Wine.com.

Good luck out there. Remember, there's always Cyber Returns Friday if you don't like what you've splurged on.

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