I would rather the spice company spent millions of dollars on good spices than on a second assembly machine that would "not" include the shaker portion of the lid. Besides, I reuse many of those jars for shaker uses.

My favorite things are freshly ground pepper, sea salt, minced onion, minced garlic and a good appetite. The rest are in a half of a cupboard waiting to be used.

CanMan I just gotta tell you I like your style!!!! Same as mine, buy it....and wait....and wait...and wait to use it LOL!!!!! BUt there is a certain pleasure derived from "knowing" I have it on hand:D

Actually I don't buy it until I get a recipe that uses it. After that its remembering that I have it so I don't go out and buy more and more and more. I had to develop a visual system.

If I were younger I would develop a spice jar with a built in vacuum pump/seal so I could reseal the jar after each use and extend the life of the spices.

Great Idea, you aint' too old to develop it now.....get goin' man!!!

If you use the shaker part then that's great I was wondering how many people actually do? If no one is using them then it would be better to keep the extra plastic out of landfils. I think there is far too much packaging on pretty much everything.