Chapter 12: Shopping for Food

Chapter 12: Shopping for Food

​Objectives

• How to plan your food shopping.

• How to shop wisely.

​Know:

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Understand:

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Do:​

• How to find the Unit Price of an item.

• Import​ance of organizing your list

• Create a shopping list and compare prices to shop wisely

​Plan your Food Shopping

• ​Things to consider

  • ​Budget: How much you can spend?

  • ​Time: When will you shop?

  • ​Location: Where will you shop?

  • ​List: What will you buy?

Open Ended

What is the name of the store your family goes grocery shopping at?

• ​Supermarkets: have a variety of foods attractively displayed. Many offer extra services

• ​Warehouse: are similar to supermarkets but food is often displayed in cardboard boxes. Prices are usually lower. (Bulk Foods)

• ​Convenience: are smaller and usually more expensive than supermarkets.

• ​Co-Op: Membership fee, they buy in large quantities and sells it at a lower price.

​Types of places we shop for food:

​* Copy this into your notebook

Match

Match the following

Supermarket

Warehouse

Convenience Store

• Supermarket

• Warehouse

• Convenience Store

​Supermarkets

• ​Payless, Happy Mart, American Grocery, Hafa Adai Mart, 7 days etc

Warehouse

• Cost U Less, Costco

Convience Store

• Aguon Store, Buenas Mart, Hi-Mart, Besta Market, etc.

Co-Op

• Costco

Match

Match the following

Canned

Fresh

Frozen

Dried

• Canned

• Fresh

• Frozen

• Dried

​What will you buy? Fresh, Canned, Dried, Frozen?​

Poll

What type of food does your family normally buys to most of?

• Dried Food

• Canned Food

• Frozen Food

• Fresh Food

Processing includes all the steps taken to prepare food for sale.​

Processing includes all the steps taken to prepare food for sale.​

​Because....

• ​To make them safer to eat or drink. (pasteurized milk)

• ​To make them easier to use.

• ​To lengthen the time they can be stored. (Dried fruits)

• ​To add nutrients or put nutrients back that have been lost.

  • ​Foods with add nutrients are called enriched or fortified.

• ​To turn the food into a particular product.

  • ​For example to make flour and breakfast cereal or Spam

​Convenience Foods

are processed foods to make them more convenient to store or use such as canned tomato sauce, mashed potato mix or a frozen meal.

Poll

Does your family make a list before shopping?

Poll

Does your family make a plan when you go shopping?

• Yes

• No

• Not Sure

• Sometimes

​MAKE and ORGANIZE YOUR LIST

• ​Plan meals and snacks you're going to have.

• ​Consider what foods you already have and need to use up.

  • ​Check for ads to see whats on sale.

  • ​Use your plan to make the list that you need to buy

• ​If you clip coupons, look through them to find any you can use.

• ​An organized list can speed up your shopping.

​Organize your list by:

• ​Grocery Section: canned, bottled, boxed, and packaged foods that can be stored at room temperature.

• ​Produce: fresh vegetables and fruits

• ​Refrigerated cases: dairy products. juices, and fresh meat, poultry, and fish.

• ​Delicatessen (Deli): hot and cold ready-to-eat foods.

• Bulk foods: unpacked grocery items kept in large bins. ​

• Frozen Foods: Foods that are frozen

Multiple Select

What are examples of foods found in the grocery section?

Multiple Choice

What part of the store will I find fruits and vegetables?

• Produce

• Refrigerated

• Grocery

• Delicatessen (Deli)

Tips you need to buy quality foods

• Choose Quality Foods

  • Avoid damaged ​containers

  • ​Cold items are cold

  • ​Frozen items are frozen

  • ​Check Expiration dates

  • ​Compare

    • ​Forms of food

    • ​Different Brands

    • ​Different Sizes

​* Copy at least 3 tips into your notebook

​Skills needed when shopping

• Be Considerate with the cart

• ​Handle food carefully

• ​Don't open packages

• ​Place RAW meat in plastic

• ​Don't cross contaminate

• ​Bring reusable bags

Open Ended

What are some shopping rules that people follow without being told?

Multiple Choice

Where should you go after you go shopping?

• Eat at the food court or restaurant

• Go shopping at Macy's

• To your friends house to visit

• Home to store it properly

Multiple Choice

What rule do you follow when putting away your foods that you bought?

• First in, First out

• First in, push the rest to the back

• There are no rules

Based on the recipe provide, Create a shopping list.

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Your Turn​

​​Grocery Section: canned, bottled, boxed, and packaged foods that can be stored at room temperature. ​

Refrigerated cases: dairy products. juices, and fresh meat, poultry, and fish. ​

Produce: fresh vegetables and fruits ​​

​Frozen Foods: Foods that are frozen

Delicatessen (Deli): hot and cold ready-to-eat foods. ​

​How to find the Unit Pricing of an item:

​Sometimes the unit price of an item is posted on the shelf.  If not, you can compute the unit price yourself using the formula.

Price of the item ➗ number of units in the item = unit price

​Why unit pricing.... to compare prices

Multiple Choice

How many ounces is this item?

• 24 oz.

• 32 oz.

• 67 oz.

• 95 oz.

Open Ended

What is the unit price for this item?

Multiple Choice

Based on the unit price, which item is cheaper per ounce.

• 67 oz Prego Traditional Sauce

• 24 oz Hunts Spag Meat Sauce

Open Ended

What is 1 information you learned about shopping for food?