Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Grocery Store and Habitual Food

My parents are the ones who go to the grocery store. They usually buy what ever food they want or think is needed in the house. A lot of the time my brothers and I will tell them food to pick up but they usually don't get them because my parents think they aren't healthy. I think grocery stores "push" certain products by selling more for less. Sometimes they will try and have deals that will save you money if you buy the much larger packages. I think they also try and have pictures of food that most people will think look good when looking at the labels. The food does not always come out or look the way that the producers display it. The food labels also won't say things that will keep the customers from buying the food. Instead they will put things like now 20% less sugar or something like that. Like discussed in class the food will never say that the chickens or other animals were treated cruelly in order to produce the food. I learned to eat a different variety of food though my parents. I don't eat all he different fruits and vegetables every week but when my parents buy it I will eat it. I will usually eat all types of fruits when they are in the house but usually we only have bananas, pears and apples so I don't get the different variety every single week. Other fruits that I eat that I don't have weekly are watermelon, pineapple, peaches etc. One of my favorite meals is my grandmother's spaghetti. This is far from healthy but I don't get to eat it very much. Se is the only person who can make it the way she does. Many have tried but none have succeeded. I don't think there is any part of this meal that is healthy but it always hits the spot.

1 comment:

marcog.1211 said...

I like the idea of "Pushing" foods on shoppers to influence them to buy them. Do you think that every company tries to "Push" for customers in this way and some just shine brighter than others? or is this a more organized and deliberate way for someone to push food items on us?