I don't get it either but it looks pretty. I think you're supposed to just shake the jar?

I also do a variety of home made soups in small jars as well. For me it is very convenient and more appealing than in a storage container. Plus it is easy to prepare the ingredients all at once when I have them fresh.

I don't want my dressing touching any of my salad ingredients until right before I'm ready to eat it. I can't imagine that a salad in a jar makes for a very satisfying serving size; I like a big salad!

It's useful because you can make a week's worth at a time. I used to do it for lunches and I used a large Mason jar. It was a really big salad, and the dressing stays on the bottom.

I love salad but I hate washing and cutting up everything. I prefer doing it once a week to every day and it's the best storage method for the convenience. Neither of us is going to make a salad every day before work, but we'll make a bunch on the weekend.

They are healthy and do look pretty. One advantage is the assortment of ingredients you don't have to buy individually that may go to waste.

"one advantage is the asst of ingredients you don't have to buy indiv that may go to waste" which is why I buy fresh already chopped stir fry veggies at the local market for $5.99. Not the frozen in the bag kind, but two servings worth in a tray with plastic wrap around it, fresh for three days or so. Expensive, but convenient and no leftovers that sit for weeks in the crisper. I don't eat stir fry every day nor salads.

Mason jar. Nostalgia? Tastes like home made? Meh.

Exactly what Chi said. You can do it all at once for a week’s worth of salads for work. I used to do this until I retired. Much better than a plastic container and the salads stay fresh. There is a particular way you need to stack the ingredients, but they do not get soggy.

I think a lot of people who diet do that -- it's easy to do it for the whole week and then in the morning, you just put a jar in your lunch sack and it's ready to go. Keeps you away from fast food and easier to stick to your diet. And somewhere there is an old adage -- cook once, eat twice -- that's the same theory.

Chi, that's my point. People are buying these things daily. Why not prep a salad all at once, portion it out yourself? These salads in a jar things are expensive.

People like convenience and they like something "new." After a while, they might realize the expense, but if they can afford it, it's all good.

I mentioned in another thread about buying already boiled and peeled hard boiled eggs from Trader Joe's. ReallY? You can't make time to boil and peel an egg? But, if it works and they are eating an egg instead of something junky the why not?

Peeled red onions are $1.99 lb. Peel it at home is .69 lb. I see many shoppers choose the peeled onion.

I would love to see any onions at .69 a pound here. I did purchase a container of chopped onions, carrots, and celery a couple of weeks ago because I wanted to make soup. I use so few onions that my last one sprouted then collapsed. I can not see the salad in a jar as the ones I have seen other people using were starting to look funky when they made them for a whole week. The weight of the jars and having to be careful not to hit anything is not something that I would do if I was still working.

They may be buying more than one at a time. Some people are willing to pay a little bit more for the convenience of not having to buy, wash, chop and clean up everything. In our house, we have a big problem with buying things that go bad before we use them, which is a huge waste of money. Buying prepared things makes that less likely.

How much do they charge for each one? I would spend at least $25-$30 for the ingredients for my week of salads with quality ingredients.

Carrots are about the only pre-chopped veggie I use. I like the concept, but don't find good quality veggies like that. I bought broccoli already cut up without the stalks last month. It had a strong smell and taste that I could not overcome.

When I was taking food to my elderly parents, I made 6 jar salads for them every week. I didn’t put the dressing in but layered the jars with the diced tomatoes on the bottom then diced cukes, onion, radish, red pepper and then packed in washed/dried romaine lettuce. If they used them in 6 days, they stayed good in the fridge. Something about glass and being tightly closed, I think, keeps them fresh.

Here at home, I make a giant salad in the lettuce spinner case and we eat that for several days. It does not keep for 6 days.

I just checked the website of the local company. They offer more than just salads.....chicken, beans, etc. along with the vegetables. They do have vegetarian meals in a jar. A menu plan of 4 jars per week is $40. That's not for me.

When they get launched in the stores, it would be interesting to see how many people buy them.