the smart consumer. choosing where to shop store features question to ask yourself trends fresh...
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Choosing where to shop • Store features
• Question to ask yourself
• trends • Fresh refrigerated ready-to-eat meal items• - involves pairing items from
different grocery sections to prompt consumers to buy and use the products together
• Self
• shopping• Buying groceries online• - subscription fees, delivery fees, &
percentage of total bill
Types of Stores• - vary in size
• Self-service• Food & nonfood• - delis and bakeries• - home delivery, credit,
pharmacy, & banking
• - sell food in large quantities at reduced prices • Sell same products as • May not carry fresh meat or produce
• : fresh fruits & vegetables
Types of Stores cont.
• - large or small • Cost usually higher
• - carry one specific type of product • Dairies, bakeries, butcher shops, ethnic
market• - sell ready-to-eat foods,
cold meats, salads, and rolls
Types of Stores cont.
• - reduced prices on products from individual food manufactures• May not meet the manufacturers quality
standards
• - owned and operated by groups of consumers• Keep prices low by buying food in bulk,
leaving of profit, and requriing volunteer labor
Types of Stores cont.
• - sell food directly from the farm to the consumer• Fresher produce at lower prices
• - open near farms during the growing season• Usually just one family runs them
Using a Shopping List
• Save time, avoid extra trips, & stick
• Keep in handy and before you shop
• Organize your list
Shopping Tips • Read labels• Compare • Compare - per serving, fresh,
frozen, and canned • Buy foods that are in • Take advantage of • Prepare food from scratch • Resist • Do not take a cart if you only need a few
items• Do not shop when you are hungry
Using Unit Pricing
• : list of product’s cost per standard unit, weight, or measure
• Can compare the cost of different forms of products
• Need to be aware of food’s per serving costs as well as their unit price
Factors That Affect Costs• : evaluating
different brands, sizes, and forms a product before making a purchase decision
• : making an unplanned purchase without much thought
• Using coupons cut only if you need the product
• : indication of quality • Higher the grade, higher the price
Factors That Affect Costs cont.• : name a manufacturer puts
on products• : house brand, sold only by a store or
chain of stores• : advertised and sold throughout the
country • : plain-labeled, non-brand grocery
product - low quality
• Packaging• : thinking about how packaging material
scan be reused or recycled before you buy the product
Organic Foods
• : foods produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or growth stimulants
• : agents used to kill insects, weeds, and fungi that attack crops
• Limit types of fertilizers
• Higher cost because harder to come by
Food Additives • : substances that are added
to food for specific purpose, such as preserving the food
• Ad nutrients• Preserve quality• Aid processing or preparation• Enhance flavor or color• : “generally recognized as safe”
about 600 additives that can be used without permission
• Anything else needs to have permission from the FDA
Using Food Labeling
• Common name and
• or weight of the contents, including any liquid in which foods are packed
• of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor
• List of ingredients, in
Using Food Labeling cont. • (UPC): series of
lines, bars, and numbers that appears on packages of food and nonfood items
• : uses dates consumers can clearly recognize on perishable and semi-perishable foods• - date food was processed and
packaged• - last day a store should sell a product• - last day a consumer should use or
eat a food• - found on bakery products
Using Food Labeling cont.
• : breakdown of a food product’s contributions to an average diet • Serving size• Number of serving per container• Calorie information• Nutrients found in each serving of
food products • Total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol,
sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, sugars, & protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, & iron
• : dietary references that appear on food labels
• Help consumers use label information to plan healthy diets
• Maximum fat and minimum carbohydrate and fiber
• - based on 2,000 calories diet are given for each of the nutrients listed on the label
• Health and/or nutritional claims about their food products on product labels
• FDA has set standards
• Low fat, high fiber,and reduced calories