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Food Choices

Food Choices. Influences on Choices. Food types - What are you in the mood for? Comfort Foods - Food that help your mood or feelings Money - You may know fellow students that always have money for food/snacks even if they don’t have a job. Where to eat?. Eating in requires time and skill

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Food Choices

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  1. Food Choices

  2. Influences on Choices • Food types - What are you in the mood for? • Comfort Foods - Food that help your mood or feelings • Money - You may know fellow students that always have money for food/snacks even if they don’t have a job

  3. Where to eat? • Eating in • requires time and skill • typically, it is lower cost • we will look more in-depth about this • Eating out • usually requires less time • much more expensive

  4. Where to eat • Eating out • You also don’t know what ingredients are used • Allergies • Sensitivities • Can end up being very unhealthy

  5. Food Buying Trends • Organic Foods • Foods grown without the use of pesticides, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics, and hormones • In order to be labelled ‘Organic,’ foods must meet strict government regulations • Potential for high costs

  6. Food Buying Trends • Online Food Shopping • Ordering groceries online • typically used to save time • also used by those with limited mobility or access to grocery stores • adds expense due to shipping • 10-20$ plus tips

  7. Product Brands • National Brands • Sold across the country • Heavily advertised • Usually the most expensive • Consistent Quality

  8. Product Brands • House Brands • AKA private labels • supermarket chains tend to have their own labels • may or may not share the chain name • Quality is usually good • Costs are usually less

  9. Product Brands • Generic Products • very plain labels • “Macaroni and Cheese” • “Bakes Beans” • Typically, similar nutrition info • Cost is much less

  10. Making Buying Choices • Freshness • Quality • Quantity • Cost • Brand

  11. Unit Cost • Unit Cost • Expressing the cost of an item per unit of measure • Example • 1.5 lbs of ground beef for 7.50 • 5$/pound

  12. Unit Cost • In most cases, larger packaging has a lower unit cost • There are some instances where this is not true, however. • Some grocers put the information on the shelves

  13. Questions • Find the cost per ounce • a 12-oz box of rice for 3.50 • a 18-oz box of rice for 5.00 • a 24-oz box of rice for 7.25 • Which size box would you purchase?

  14. Questions • Find the Unit Price per ounce • 10 oz of soup for 2.00 • 12 oz of soup for 2.25 • 18 oz of soup for 4.34 • Which can would you buy?

  15. Questions • List the purchase considerations from most important to you to least. • Why did you choose the way you did? • (Cost, Quality, Quantity, Freshness, Brand)

  16. Activity • Get into groups of 4-5 • Imagine that you 4 or 5 were going to be living in an apartment/house together after high school. • Food is communal and will be decided for and paid for by all

  17. Activity • Come up with a menu for five days worth of meals. What are you going to eat for breakfast each day? Lunch each day? Dinner each day? • When you are finished, make a shopping list of what you will need to buy. Make sure it includes how much you will need.

  18. Homework • Go to the store and find everything on your list. • Find the cost and quantity of all of your items for a national brand name as well as a generic or house brand. • Due Friday

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