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Rubbermaid’s new modular canisters

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My kitchen’s a mess. You wouldn’t think this by looking at it, but just open a cabinet and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Pantry space doesn’t seem to be an issue, as much as not using the space properly. It’s all very disorganized. Things get put away by one person (usually me) and often pulled out by someone else, just to be put away in another spot.

Rubbermaid sent me an 8 piece set of their new Modular Canisters to help me out with this little problem. Great for organizing pantry goods like flour, sugar, cereal, and pasta, these canisters were designed to maximize the space you have in your pantry. They stack evenly to save space, plus, they have durable bases, a securely sealing lid, and graduation marks for measuring.

The set comes with the following sized containers:

5 cup
container and lid
Great for storing baking powder and soda, coffee, crackers, etc.		 10 cup
container and lid
Great for storing rice, dried fruit, granola, etc.		 16 cup
container and lid
Great for storing sugar, cookies, etc.		 21 cup
container and lid
Great for storing flour, cereal, dried pasta, etc.

Like most Rubbermaid sets, one lid fits all containers. Love this feature! The slim, rectangular design makes them easy to stack, or place side by side. This makes for terrific use of space! My shelves are a little short, so the 21-cup one, full of nuts, had to go on its side. The 16-cup container fit 2 bags of pasta. I like that these canisters are clear so you can easily see what is stored inside. Sugar and flour look alike, so I need to label the containers, but as I’m the only one that cooks, it didn’t seem that urgent. I’d rather take the time to make nice little labels. 😉

Product review: Rubbermaid Modular Canisters

Tips on How to Organize Your Pantry

1. Set aside about an hour of time and clear off some counter space. You’re going to need it.
2. Start pulling out food items. Place them in one of four piles:

  • Expired items… throw these away!
  • Donate items… you know your family is never going to eat that cranberry sauce before it expires. Give it to someone who could use it!
  • Baking goods or other dry goods you want to put in the Modular Canisters.
  • Other keep items.

3. With the last two piles, decide what will go in the Modular Canisters and set aside. With the remaining items, sort into like categories. For example, soup together, snacks together, crackers together, etc.
4. Put things back in the pantry. Think about how you use this space. Are your kids always grabbing snacks? Put these on lower shelves where they can reach. Do you eat cereal every morning? Keep this front and center where you can easily grab it.
5. Now, put items into the Modular Canisters. Do NOT forget to label what you put in each container. Use a Sharpie, label maker, or cut out a piece of the package and place it in the container where you can easily see it. This lets you know what’s inside and let’s others know what is where and where to put things.

BUY IT!

Modular Canisters are currently available at Fred Meyer, Publix, Ahold and Albertsons. They should be available at Wal-Mart and Meijer in August. Find more information on the Rubbermaid website.

Giveaway is closed. Winners have been contacted and are listed here.

One reader will win an 8 piece set just like the one I reviewed above. To enter, please leave a comment telling me how you would use these canisters.

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Rubbermaid provided product samples for review and giveaway, at no cost to me. Contest ends May 28th, 2010 11:59 pm EST. US and Canada only; one person per household may enter. Leave a separate comment per entry & a valid email address. Winner, chosen at random, has 3 days to claim their prize.

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  3. Wow talk about a retro look blast from the past! I’d use them in my pantry I have white shelving units floor to ceiling the whole room and these would look great in there for cereals, sugar, flours,baking supplies. They look like my old favorites from tupperware years ago!
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  5. I would use them for my baking supplies…my current containers are all different sizes and some are a little worn and don’t seal as well as they should!

  6. I subscribe via Google Reader.
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  9. Would LOVE this! Moving into a new house and would love to start out organized!

    Thanks!

  16. My cabinet where I keep my dry goods doesn’t have any shelves; everything is just balanced on top of each other. These would be so handy.

  19. I need organization house wide. Dry goods especially. crossing my fingers on this one.

  23. I just love the whole line so much. I am MRS.MESS and i need all the help I can get. I would like to store my daughters snacks in the containers because I like to give her choises as to what she would like to eat. It would be nice for her to actualy see what it is she is picking.
    lynnnjoe@hotmail.com
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  25. I would use these to store the cereal and my daughter’s snacks like goldfish, crackers, etc.

  28. I would use these canisters to store my staples and free up a LOT of pantry space! Thanks for the chance to win!

  33. I am an email subscriber and follow your RSS Feed via my
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    Many thanks, Cindi

  35. We would use them in our pantry for our various kind of flours,
    sugar, truvia, etc. Our pantry really could use the help of these
    canisters. Thanks, Cindi

  39. I would use them to organize my cabinets. They are a mess. I have clips holding everything closed and piled on top of one another.

  41. I would use this in my kitchen cabinets to organize pasta, sugar, tea, flour, crackers, hot chocolate mix, and rice.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
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  53. I would use them to organize my pantry. They would be great storage for my pasta, cereal and baking items.

  56. I would use them to organize my pantry. I have been trying to find containers I like to do just that. And Rubbermaid is definitely a name you can trust!

  60. Organize all the loose bags and boxes on a bookshelf in my kitchen. Rubbermaid containers would prevent them from falling off the shelf and improve the decor.

  66. I’d use some of them to organize some of my craft supplies, hooks, beads, ribbon ect.. The rest would be the usual sugar and flour containers.

  73. I would use them to store flour, sugar, coffee, rice, etc. in my pantry. Thanks for the chacne.

  78. I would be able to finally organize my pantry with bags of sugar, flour or my boxes of pastas and bags of rice. Plus it would keep everything fresher too.
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

  80. I would totally use this in my pantry which is a shambles.
    flowerpower0097 at live dot com

  83. I make home made bread & buns so I buy flour in large bags-these would be perfect for storage

  91. i would use them for our craft supplies, paints, crayons etc
    nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net

  93. I need a new canister for my flour, sesame seeds (I make brittle and lots of other stuff, so I buy a LOT of them), and coffee beans.
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  97. I have been looking for the perfect containers to store my baking supplies in (flour, sugar etc.) These look like they would be a great solution!

  101. I would use them to organize my cupboards- and find a little piece of “calm” in the storm that is my life! With 2 daughters under 3, I take it where I can get it- even if it means opening my pantry doors and smiling because that is the ONE place in my home that is in some assemblance of order! 🙂

  106. I’d love to use these to organize my pantry. I’d put my flour, sugar, rice and dried beans into different canisters. Not only would I be better organized, but my panty would be great looking too. What a great prize these are. Thank you so much for offering this giveaway.
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  107. I’m an email subscriber.
    Thanks again.
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  113. We are moving into a new house and these would be perfect. It would give me a chance to start with a clean pantry.

  114. I have tons of things I’d use these for. Chocolate chips, pasta, cereal….

  117. I would use them in my pantry to organize my cereals, baking items, and snack crackers. Love these!!

  118. I would love to use them to organize the kitchen. They look like they’d be great for cereals, grains, and pastas as well as certain kitchen staples like sugar or flour. I could probably store some snacks in them too!

  125. I’ve recently gotten really in to baking, but my stuff is taking over our tiny kitchen so I’d put flour in one, different sugars in another 3, cookie cutters in another, different sprinkles in another, and tubes of icing in another. I know my Fiance would be really pleased to have the mess cleaned up nicely and stored in an attractive way.

  126. I know *exactly* where these would go – the baking supply cabinet! Each time I open that door, I automatically put my hand up to shield myself from whatever will fall on me!
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  128. I’d use them to organize my dry baking goods!
    six_one_nine_girlie86 (at) yahoo (dot) com

  129. I would use them to store the cereal, etc. that is currently on top of my fridge.

  132. I’m ‘freshening up’ my kitchen this summer and could use extra containers to store standard pantry items – these are a lot cuter than keeping food in their original packaging!

  133. Rice, Bisquik and cereal mostly. I suggest cutting out the directions (well, for the rice and mix. I know how to “make” cereal.) and taping it to the container.

  136. I would use these to finally get some organization going in my currently being remodeled kitchen! I would use the larger container almost daily for keeping cereal fresh and in one place.

  140. I’d actually end up storing all kinds of grains in them like pasta, rice and other such things 😀 Maybe some green tea leaves and other spices 😀

  142. I would love to win these canisters. Organizing is my goal for this summer.

  144. The round containers I currently use for my dry goods take up too much room. I’d change them out for the Rubbermaid Modular containters giving me more room for more “stuff”. Thanks.

  149. I’d use them to organize some of the bulk grains and pasta I buy at the store. Right now they are just stored in the plastic bags they came in, which is a bit disorganized.

  152. I would use the canisters for storing food susceptable to becoming stale before I use it. Things that are only used occasionally such as dried cranberries or raisins.

  153. i’m a baker and these would be great to organize my flour, sugars, nuts, chips, ect….

  156. I would use the canisters in my pantry for flour, sugar, rice ect. I am in need of some canisters.

  165. just started cooking last year (at 62!) so i would store the things i now have in my kitchen that i never had before such as flour, brown sugar, etc. also a great place to store the ever-present cookies (not homemade yet)

  167. Wow! A Rubbermaid canister set! What could be better? They would be great to store all of by baking staples (regular flour, bread flour, whole-wheat flour, cornmeal, oatmeal, granulated sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, etc.). Thanks for the chance to win them!

  173. I’d use some of them to store bags of tea and coffee and not have to bother with the flimsy boxes that they come in.

  174. I would store dried beans, noodles and some of my coffee

    singermagic1(at)yahoo(dot)com

  179. I would use these for cereal (love to get those bulky boxes out of the cupboard and keep the cereal fresh longer)…would be great for pasta too (my sig other is one who really needs to see things to find them so he would love these or maybe not as he would run out of excuses on what he “cannot find”)!

  180. I would use these in much the same way you do, to organize my crazy cupboards! It would also really help to keep our cereal and Cheez-Its from going stale.

  183. I’d use them to organize my oh-so-disorganized cupboards. I have a really deep skinny pantry shelf, which just screams out for something better. These would be my answer! Thank you!

  186. I would use them for cereal storage. We are big cereal eaters and everyone has their own favorite.. which means a LOT of open boxes at once.

  194. I like to make my own baking mix, these would be great to store it, or any of my dry goods! I could also use a good container for storing cookies!

  199. I would use them for the kids foods. Ceral, m&m, crackers they never finish everything and we live in the country and have to be careful not to be feeding the mice lol. Thanks so much

  200. I would use these to fix the jumble of baking stuff I have in drawers…flours etc, plus pasta and other things!

  205. I would most likely use them to store art supplies and help organize my studio. Thanks.

  206. I would use these canisters to hold my Flour, Sugar Corn Meal and Cereal.
    Thank you so much for the chance to win.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  208. I would LOVE to win these to organize my pantry. We’re trying to sell our house, so it needs to be clean and organized and look like it has plenty of storage space. Right now it doesn’t, plain and simple. I really need these! 🙂

  210. We travel 67 miles to go grocery shopping so we buy a lot in bulk. I would put in Goldfish, sugar, flour, cereal, and oatmeal.

  217. I would use these canisters to avoid having tons of half-closed bags and boxes that let food spoil in my pantry.

  218. These canisters would be for food stuff. To have brown sugar that wasn’t hard, crackers that were fresh, cookies ( well they don’t last that long) and cereal.

  220. I’d definitely use one of these containers to keep my brown sugar from drying out and the others to keep different types of flour.
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  230. I need something like this to organize my sugar, flour, coffee bins, thanks!

  234. I would like them to store my baking items and also cereal. Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

  237. I’m absolutely drooling over the 16 and 21 cup canisters. I’d use them to tidy up the too-small canisters I’m currently using and doubling up on to hold everything I want.

  240. I could think of tons of ways to use these! I would most likely organize my dry good, like cereal, dried beans, rice and crackers. I’m so sick of throwing away cereal that the kids have forgotten to close well!

  245. These can be used partly for our pantry as well as for the kids’ crafts. Thanks.

  249. I would use these containers to organize all of my baking supplies, as I can never find things when I need them!

  250. i would use them to store noodles and dried beans
    singermagic1(at)yahoo(dot)com

  254. Sugar, flour, cereal and rice – that’s how I would use the Rubbermaid canisters… just maybe not in that order! 🙂

  255. I would use the containers for chocolate chips, cereal, sugar, popcorn packs, all those single serve drink pouch’s, all those fast food packets kids and hubby want to save.
    Boy I could think of so many uses all over the house like bathroom for first aid tape, band aides,q-tips, cotton balls
    ok enough you got the idea lol

    Thank you so very much for giving me a chance to be a winner
    camper223[at]live[dot]com

  256. I’m a email and rss feed subscriber
    camper223[at]live[dot]com

    Thank you so very much for giving me a chance to be a winner
    camper223[at]live[dot]com

  257. I would use the containers to organize food items and/or craft items.

    Thanks for the opportunity!

    n2sweeps AT yahoo DOT com

  258. I would use them for my cereal and my daughter’s snacks (goldfish crackers, etc)

  261. well I’d like to use my Rubbermaid canisters for staples like rice, flour or coffee and also store some cereal or snacks in them. There’s just way too much you can put into these lovelies!
    skyxsky27(at)gmail.com

  265. I would use them for stuff in my cupboard that is hard to store once it’s open like pasta, etc.

  266. I would use them to store pantry items which are just in their open boxes right now.

  275. I would use them to organize my pantry. I would use them for flour,cereal, snacks, and pasta.
    fce555 at sbcglobal dot net

  277. We have so many snacks and these canisters would be helpful to organize them all!

  280. I love these containers. Already use them for cereal. Cuts down on boxes, and you can see what you have/need, prior to shopping trips!

  281. I would use these containers to organize my toddlers snack foods/cereals! Leaving snacks and cereal in their original containers drastically reduces their shelf life and I’d love to be able to easily access my son’s favorite snacks!

  282. I’d use them to keep fresh things that spill and make a mess, or attract pests. So flour, oatmeal, sugar, cereal would all be candidates to be put into those Rubbermaid containers!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  285. I would use these canisters for cereal, pretzels, potato chips and pasta noodles!

  287. I would organize all the kids cereal & my pasta. It’s taking over my cabinets right now in a really cluttered way- this could save my sanity!

  293. I would use them for cereal, coffee, sugar, flour, tea bags and snack foods. Thank you for the giveaway!

  295. I would use them to store my pastas,cerals and dry baking ingreadents!

  299. Im moving into a new apartment, and I’d rather start out organized so I can get into the habit. These would be for my pantry.

  304. I could really use these to organize my pantry. I would use them for pasta, bulk candies, cereal, crakers, gummie bears, nuts, and cookies. I really need to get organized. I am so sick of crushed boxes in my pantry.
    melaniecalcut@gmail.com

  311. I need better storage for flour, sugar, etc that will fit in my cabinet so I can store it somewhere reachable.

  312. My entire baking cabinet needs a really nice overhaul! Baking chips, flour, sugar, nuts, cocoa, brown sugar, powdered sugar…you name it! These would do it! Thanks for the chance. bekki1820cb at gmail

  316. Thanks for the giveaway…our family has chronic “issues” with spillage: breakfast cereal, oatmeal, rice, pasta, etc., so a set of Rubbermaid containers might be our only salvation !!!

    senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com

  323. I’d use them for taco sauce packets (out of control!), fortune cookies, macaroni and beans.

  324. What would I use them for? One word….CEREAL. My cabinets are strewn with half empty boxes, some not even open, some practically empty yet suspiciously placed away anyway. Would be so much easier to SEE the stuff instead of guessing by weight.

  325. I would use these canisters to organize my fashion accessories such as scarves, gloves, mittens, etc…

  326. I would use these canisters to organize my pantry. I have a similar set from Tupperware & I need more for items like granola bars, bread crumbs, cereal, etc. Thanks for the giveaway!

  328. Since I bake a lot it would be this:
    Flour, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar and powdered sugar 🙂

  332. I would like to begin by saying thank you for being so generous in creating such an awesome giveaway! I would love to win these Rubbermaid modular canisters so I can re-eorganize my father’s kitchen pantry for him for Fathers Day!

    Thank you once again for the wonderful opportunity and hope to hear from you soon!
    Lauren