Material Cost Increase Forces Price Raise For Mommy Please Play Food Set

Mar 31, 2017

Due to another increase in cost of materials, Mommy Please announced today that the price of their best-selling play food set must increase, and current discounts on the popular toy will be ending soon.

Atlanta, United States - March 31, 2017 /PressCable/ —

The Mommy Please play food set is a quality product made of durable, shatterproof plastic that is BPA free. The food set is unique, in that it contains a variety of foods, some containing labels with fun food facts and nutritional information. Mommy Please has worked hard to keep the play food set affordable, so that more children will have the opportunity to enjoy it. A company spokesperson issued a statement today, explaining that due to another increase in material costs, the price of the play food set must rise, and the current discount on the product will be ending.

The play food set is educational and provides children with hours of imaginative, educational fun. Children can engage in imaginative play with this 125 piece set, which features items such as eggs, pizza, carrots, broccoli, grapes, chicken, apples, asparagus, hamburger, watermelon, ice cream, bananas and more. Four different food groups are represented in the play food set, and items such as juice, butter, and condiments are also included with the foods, for continued imaginative play.

The Mommy Please play food set is a great gift for children, and is durable enough that it has been used in office waiting rooms and preschools. The play food is sold exclusively on Amazon.com, where it has received outstanding reviews. With almost 400 reviews, 96% of reviews said they liked their play food set.

One five-star reviewer wrote “Well made play food set! My children have a play kitchen, and we have had lots of pretend food come and go. Some sets just aren’t made well and fall apart easily. I used to have an in-home daycare, so I have quite an opinion on play food! I have tried wooden, plastic and cardboard food sets. Wooden sets were bad because if a piece was thrown by an angry toddler, someone was hurt! Also when they chewed on the wooden pieces, paint would come off, and it made me nervous that the kids were ingesting that. Some plastic sets we have gotten were so cheaply made that they would flatten or crack apart easily and would end up in the trash – same for cardboard as well. Cardboard sets rarely made it to the end of the first day! We just love this set, though! It is so realistic looking! I love that the hot dogs come out of the buns and that you can make an entire pie of pizza. Some of the pieces say “organic” which I thought was an adorable touch as well. This set is very well made and looks like it will last for years to come! My 3-year-old daughter has had countless hours of imaginative fun with this set.”

The 125-piece toy food set by Mommy Please is available onlyl on Amazon.com, where all orders over $49 receive free shipping. Mommy Please offers a satisfaction guarantee, if a customer is not happy with this product, it can be returned for a full refund.

About Mommy Please: “Mommy Please desires nothing more than to bring education, prosperity, and (most of all) Health for children around the world. By providing an education tool known as the healthy organic play food set, Mommy Please is gearing its resources towards this single goals, hoping to touch the lives of children and parents around the world.”

Contact Info:
Name: Elsie Murphy
Email: [email protected]
Organization: Mommy Please
Address: 3820 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30342, United States

For more information, please visit https://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Please-Pretend-Kitchen-125-Piece/dp/B01COI9EAC

Source: PressCable

Release ID: 182188

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