TPOPS Definition of Items

Items that will be asked about in the survey	Purchases within the past:
Refrigerators or Home Freezers	2 Years
Washers or Dryers	2 Years
Stoves, Ovens, or Microwave Ovens	2 Years
Heating or Cooling Equipment, or Home Safety Devises	2 Years
Dishes, Glassware or Flatware	1 Year
Vacuums or Other Electric Floor Cleaning Equipment	1 Year
Small Kitchen Electric Appliances or Clothing Irons	1 Year
Household Decorative Items including Clocks or Lamps	1 Year
Non-Electric Kitchen Utensils, Cooking ware, or Bakeware	3 Months
Indoor Plants or Fresh Cut Flowers	3 Months
Canned Fruits or Vegetables	2 Weeks
Frozen Fruits or Vegetables	2 Weeks
Dried or Other Processed Fruits or Vegetables	2 Weeks
Frozen Prepared Foods, Chips, Nuts or Other Snacks, or Soups	2 Weeks

Dishes, Glassware or Flatware

Includes:

• Non-disposable dishes
• Glassware
• Flatware
• Fine china
• Cups
• Sterling silverware
• Stoneware
• Mugs
• Serving pieces
• Crystal
• Decanters

Includes all non-disposable dishes: like plates, cups, saucers, bowls, creamers, gravy bowls, platters, butter dishes, and salt and pepper shakers. Dinnerware: including fine china, durable china, earthenware, stoneware, ironstone, pottery, pewter, and non-disposable plastic. Glassware: including crystal and non-crystal tumblers, goblets, champagne glasses, wine glasses, mugs, and decanters. Serving pieces: such as pitchers, bowls for punch, salads, fruit, candy, and sugar; serving bowls; serving pieces made of silver, stainless steel, wood, bone china, fine china, durable china, earthenware, stoneware, ironstone, and pewter. Non-disposable flatware: including knives, forks, teaspoons, serving spoons, gravy ladles, serving forks, pie/dessert servers, and sugar spoons.

Excludes:

• Steak knives
• Disposable flatware, including knives, forks, and teaspoons
• Disposable serving pieces

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Refrigerators or Home Freezers

Includes:

• Built-in refrigerators
• Free-standing refrigerators
• Built-in freezers
• Free-standing freezers
• Refrigerator/freezer combinations
• Small dormitory refrigerators

Includes all electrical refrigerators combinations of refrigerators and freezers and home freezers.

Excludes:

• Rental and repair of refrigerators or freezers
• Non-electric ice chests

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Washers or Dryers

Includes:

• Clothes washers
• Clothes dryers
• Washer/dryer combinations

Includes all full size and compact automatic washers, clothes dryers, and washer/dryer combinations for use in the home.

Excludes:

• Rentals and repairs of washers and dryers and outdoor clothes dryers or racks.

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Stoves, Ovens, or Microwave Ovens

Includes:

• Non-portable cooking stoves and ranges
• Installed microwave ovens
• Countertop microwave ovens

Includes all non-portable cooking stoves and ranges; table/countertop microwave ovens and microwave ovens that are built-in above the stove or mounted under a cabinet. Include electric/microwave oven combinations.

Excludes:

• Excludes toaster ovens and rentals or repairs of cooking stoves and ranges.

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Vacuums or Other Electric Floor Cleaning Equipment

Includes:

• Vacuum cleaners
• Electric brooms
• Hand-held vacuums
• Rug shampooers
• Wet/dry vacuums
• Steam vacuums

Includes vacuum cleaners, hand-held vacuums, steam vacuums, wet/dry vacuums, electric brooms, rug shampooers, and floor polishers.

Excludes:

• Rental and repair of vacuums and other floor cleaning equipment
• Non-electric brooms or sweepers
• Mops

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Small Kitchen Electric Appliances or Clothing Irons

Includes:

• Toaster ovens
• Food processors
• Food steamer
• Toasters
• Blenders
• Fondue pot
• Rotisseries
• Juicers
• Waffle iron
• Coffee makers
• Indoor grill
• Cappuccino/espresso maker
• Coffee grinders
• Electric skillet
• Clothes iron
• Bread makers
• Popcorn poppers
• Electric can openers

Includes all types of blenders, mixers, electric or battery-charged knives, can openers, knife sharpeners, ice crushers, toaster ovens, table top ovens or broilers, rotisseries, toasters, steam irons, and travel irons; electric pots including frying pans/skillets, slow cookers, fondue pots, and deep fryers; waffle irons, griddles, bun warmer, food warmer/hot tray, hot plates, coffee makers, corn poppers, bread machines, coffee grinders, pasta makers, rice cookers and steamers; and ice cream freezers.

Excludes:

• Rental and repair of small electric appliances
• Microwave ovens
• Non-electric kitchen tools

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Heating or Cooling Equipment or Home Safety Devises

Includes:

• Humidifiers
• Home security devices
• Dehumidifiers
• Smoke or fire alarms
• Window fans
• Window air conditioners
• Box fans
• Room or space heaters
• Timers
• Wireless intercoms
• Remote control systems
• Wired intercoms

Includes heating and cooling equipment: all types of fans such as window fans, breeze box fans, circular fans, and hassock fans; humidifiers, dehumidifiers; heaters such as upright/portable, and baseboard; window air conditioners. Home safety devices: like smoke/fire alarm systems, intrusion alarm systems; wireless and wired intercoms; and timers with and without remote control devices.

Excludes:

• Rental and repair of heating or cooling equipment
• Heating and cooling equipment installed by professional contractors
• Items included in a central heating system

Excludes items or systems that are installed by professional contractors, central air conditioning systems, and humidifiers that are part of a central heating system. Rentals and repairs are also excluded.

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Household Decorative Items including Clocks or Lamps

Includes:

• Pictures and prints
• Ceiling and wall lights
• Magazine racks
• Reproduction paintings
• Decorative candles
• Wine racks
• Mirrors
• Floor lamps
• Table clocks
• Picture frames
• Table lamps
• Travel clocks
• Figurines
• Track lighting
• Suitcases
• Grandfather clocks

Includes reproduction paintings, pictures, and prints; mirrors; figurines made of china, glass, ceramic, wood, or metal; all types of ceiling and wall lights, pole lamps, floor lamps, free standing table lamps, and clip-on lamps; other decorative items including planters, bookends, magazine racks, wine racks, decorative candles, candle holders, picture frames, wall hangings, ash trays, vases, and umbrella stands; alarm clocks, travel alarm clocks, wall clocks, desk/table clocks, cuckoo clocks, grandfather clocks, and cabinet clocks.

Excludes original paintings and limited edition prints; outside lights; carpets, curtains, decorative pillows, flowers, plants, rugs, salt and pepper shakers.

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Non-Electric Kitchen Utensils, Cookingware, or Bakeware

Includes:

• Spatulas
• Roasting pans
• Steak knives
• Whisks
• Frying pans/skillets
• Paring knives
• Ladles
• Cake pans
• Measuring spoons
• Potato mashers
• Dutch ovens
• Rolling pins
• Cheese grater
• Mixing bowls
• Canister sets
• Corkscrews
• Ice buckets
• Wine accessories

Includes non-electric cookingware: such as roasting pans frying pan/skillets sauce pans cake pans pie pans cookie pans muffin pans casserole pans non-electric coffee makers tea kettles and Dutch ovens. Tableware and non-electric kitchenware: like canister sets chopping boards carving knives steak knives paring knives measuring cups rolling pins spice racks spatulas egg beaters, measuring spoons, corkscrews, ice buckets, and wine accessories.

Excludes:

• Lightweight disposable baking pans
• Flatware

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Indoor Plants or Fresh Cut Flowers

Includes:

• Chrysanthemums
• Poinsettias
• Philodendron
• Cactus
• Ficus trees
• Spider plants
• Fresh cut Roses
• Fresh cut Carnations
• Fresh cut Daisies
• Fresh cut Lilies
• Fresh cut Peonies
• Flower arrangements

Includes all plants and flowers intended for use indoors and flower arrangements.

Excludes:

• Artificial plants and flowers
• Outdoor plants

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Canned Fruits or Vegetables

Includes:

• Apple sauce
• Canned corn
• Jarred cherries
• All canned beans
• Mixed fruit
• Mixed vegetables
• Canned peaches
• Canned tomatoes

Includes all types and varieties of canned or jarred fruits: like apple sauce, apples, apricots, berries, cherries, cranberries, figs, fruit cocktail, grapefruit, mixed fruit, oranges, mandarins, peaches, pears, pineapples, and plums. Canned vegetables: like artichokes, asparagus, all types of beans, beets, corn, collard greens, kale, mustard greens, spinach, turnip greens, mixed vegetables, mushrooms, onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, sauerkraut, and canned tomatoes.

Excludes all fresh fruits or vegetables; all fruit and vegetable juices; olives, pickles; jams and jellies; tomato sauces or purees; chili; and salsa.

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Frozen Fruits or Vegetables

Includes:

• All types and varieties of frozen fruits
• All types and varieties of frozen vegetables

Includes all types and varieties of frozen fruits. Frozen vegetables: such as French fries, prepared potatoes like patties, puffs, hash browns, candied sweet potatoes, and stuffed bake potatoes, cut corn, corn on the cob, green beans, wax beans, lima beans, peas, mixed vegetables, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, spinach, asparagus, and artichokes.

Excludes frozen juice concentrates and fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Dried or Other Processed Fruits or Vegetables

Includes:

• Dried or processed vegetables
• Dried beans
• Dried white potatoes
• Dried and processed fruit

Includes all dried, freeze dried, or dehydrated fruits and vegetables which have been processed to extend their shelf life by any means other than freezing or canning. Includes all other processed vegetables that are not canned, frozen, or in a prepared dish. Fruit bars and fruit chips made primarily of dried fruit with minimal additional ingredients are also included.

Excludes:

• Dried or dehydrated snack items
• Candy
• Trail mixes
• Nut mixes

Excludes canned or frozen fruits, beans, or vegetables, prepared/ready-to-eat beans, vegetable, or potato dishes, and fruit and grain bars. Excludes dried or dehydrated salty vegetable snack items such as onion rings, pea crisps, kale chips, shoestring potatoes, or trail mix and other mixed fruit with nuts, granola, or other snack fillers. Excludes candy items such as fruit flavored rolls or snacks, which contain products such as corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils, and artificial colorings.

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Frozen Prepared Foods, Chips, Nuts or Other Snacks, or Soups

Includes:

• Soups
• Chips
• Trail mix
• Frozen meals
• Pretzels
• Nuts
• Frozen Chicken
• Popped Corn
• Cheese puffs
• Frozen Pizza
• Sunflower seeds
• Pork rinds

Includes all types of frozen and freeze dried prepared meals: entrees, hors d'oeuvres, and frozen desserts; such as multiple course frozen meals and freeze dried foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner/supper; frozen and freeze dried meat/fish/poultry pies; frozen and freeze dried prepared chicken; frozen and freeze dried pizza, pasta dishes/Italian, Mexican, and Oriental food; frozen and freeze dried breakfast patties. All types of snacks: such as potato chips, pretzels, corn chips, tortilla chips, cheese puffs (and other cheese flavored snacks), popcorn kernels, popped corn, pork rinds, vegetable chips, sun flower seeds, trail and mixed snacks. All varieties of nuts: whether in a shell or out of shell such as peanuts, mixed nuts, cashews, almonds, pecans, and walnuts. All types and varieties of soups in all types of containers. The soups can be from a can, box or jar, a gourmet section of a grocery store, a salad bar, a deli, or a freezer/refrigerator.

Excludes:

• Frozen fish or seafood (not packaged with sides)
• Non-dairy whipped toppings
• Frozen baked goods
• Ice cream
• Frozen fruit or vegetables
• Desserts

Excludes frozen fish and seafood products not packaged with side dishes; individual and frozen baked goods such as waffles and pancakes; frozen vegetables; non-dairy whipped topping: frozen fruits; and ice cream. Candy, non-frozen cake and pie, crackers, doughnuts, and ice cream are also excluded.

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Last Modified Date: December 31, 2018