The Supermarket Guide

In this updated fourth edition, the author guides readers through the supermarket and offers advice about how to make grocery shopping a healthier and more budget-friendly experience. Current consumer shopping trends like organic and functional foods are explained, along with an overview of how to read food labels. Lists of foods to ""look for"" and ""go easy on"" round out this information-packed resource.

Revised, expanded, and updated with all-new nutrition facts and information, Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide is the ultimate authority on packaged foods, produce, and dairy and meat products when it’s time to go shopping for your family. With more than 50,000 food products in the average supermarket, it’s no wonder shoppers feel confused and overwhelmed. How do they know what to buy to eat healthier and avoid packing on pounds? And as food prices skyrocket, how do consumers know they’re getting the best deals? Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide will steer buyers away from nutritional danger zones and protect them with the power of knowledge. On every page, readers will find easy-to-follow tips and nutrition facts that help them make the best choices for cutting calories, shedding pounds, and even saving money! Based on extensive research and market reporting, Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide finally puts the shopper in control of his or her family’s diet and health.

Shopping with a conscience is a ground-breaking book (John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming May 1996) that focuses on the corporate social responsibility of major retailers and suppliers of goods and services in the Canadian marketplace. This includes 115 of Canada's largest grocery retailers, banks and trust companies, gas stations, drugstore chains, fast food chains, car rental companies, hotels and entertainment venues, and specialty retailers of hardware, sporting goods, travel and business services, office supplies and the like. Retailers are chosen for inclusion in the book with a national scope in mind: the goal is a guide of interest to shoppers, small businesspeople, and procurement professionals from coast to coast. The text will focus on reporting and analyzing comparative performance on a range of ethicalissues of most interest to Canadians. Such issues include environmental management and performance, hiring and promotion of women and minorities, job creation, and progressive community relations, as well as the percentage of Canadian ownership and decision-making of each company profiled. The tone of Shopping With a Conscience is not political correctness. Readers will not be told how to think. Rather, they'll be given the kind of data to allow them to reward the good: to make their own decisions about where to bank, shop, and rent. The approach is to provide detailed, original and useful information to make book purchasers feel good about themselves, their shopping behaviour, and the consequences of their choiceof retailer.

So you went to get eggs from the grocery store and an hour later, you are loaded with bags of grocery that you had no idea you needed. Also, your wallet is lighter and bank balance an inch closer to the red. If you have so far been sleepwalking through grocery shopping trips, without a plan or purpose, then this book is for you! Author of Grocery Shopping Guide: How To Save Money On Grocery Shopping, Juha Öörni likes to think of it as an art; an art that has everything to do with how food ends up in pantry and money in your bank. It all starts with you and slight strategic change of approach to the ordinary task of grocery shopping. In this book, you will find tried and tested strategies to improve your supermarket game plan, all the way from haphazard to on point. This easy to read handy book helps you with: HOW TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING ON A BUDGET REASONS TO MAKE USE OF A GROCERY SHOPPING LIST HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON GROCERIES GROCERY SHOPPING STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE TO SHOP HOW TO MAKE GROCERY SHOPPING EASIER Good Health and wealth is a journey that starts at the grocery store, as you will soon come to agree with the rich information that this book will supply you with. Happy shopping!

Learn how to understand food labels and cut through the myths, hype, and misleading information on “healthy” food choices in order to make the best choices. The Real Food Grocery Guide helps you navigate every aisle of the grocery store by clearly outlining what foods are truly the healthiest, the freshest, and the most economical—and which ones belong in the garbage rather than your grocery cart. Now you will finally know for certain whether fat-free and gluten-free are actually healthier, what hidden meanings you’re missing in food labels, and if organic vegetables and grass-fed meat are worth the extra cost. The Real Food Grocery Guide is the most comprehensive and actionable guide to grocery shopping and healthy eating available, with advice on: What to eat for health, balanced weight, and longevity How to shop to save a significant amount of time and money How to decipher food “buzz words” (like natural, grass-fed, wild, organic, gluten-free, etc.): know which to buy and which to leave on the shelf How to select the most nutritious and delicious produce, every time (no more getting home with brown avocados or tasteless melon) Why the quality of animal products such as meat, fish, eggs, and dairy is crucial—and how to choose the healthiest kinds How to store fresh food properly so it will stay fresh longer Why calorie counting is futile—and what you should look for instead to determine the healthiness of any food How to decipher what a food label is really saying How to avoid being duped by sneaky food industry claims and choose the best packaged products every time Stop guessing when you’re in the grocery store. Grab The Real Food Grocery Guide and get the real facts on what labels are telling you. No spin. Praise for The Real Food Grocery Guide “If you want a reliable, useful and easy to follow guide to food choices that will bring you greater health and happiness, you’ve found it in Maria Marlowe’s Real Food Grocery Guide.” —John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution “Maria busts through sneaky marketing terms and buzz words on packages, while showing you that it doesn’t need to be difficult or expensive to fill up your kitchen with the most nutritious foods.” —Vani Hari, New York Times–bestselling author and founder of FoodBabe.com

EVERY DOLLAR IS A VOTE. MAKE YOURS COUNT. Every dollar we spend has the potential to create social and environmental change. In fact, it already has. The world that exists today is in large part a result of our purchasing decisions. Now in its seventh edition, The Better World Shopping Guide continues to be the gold standard for socially and environmentally responsible consumers. Pick-up the seventh edition of this perennial bestseller and find out which companies actually"walk the talk" when it comes to: Environmental sustainability and climate change Human rights Community involvement Animal protection Social justice From cereal to computers, meat alternatives to outdoor gear, and pet care to toys, check the rating before you buy. Drawing on decades of research, this comprehensive resource rates hundreds of brands, products, and services from A to F so you can quickly tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" – turning your shopping list into a powerful tool for positive change. 6000+ hours of research 2000+ companies evaluated 70+ product categories 50+ reliable sources 5 essential issues 1 report card Small enough to fit in a back pocket or handbag, easy to use, and covering more brands than ever, The Better World Shopping Guide helps you reward companies who are doing good, penalize those involved in destructive activities, and change the world as you shop!

Shop smart with America's foremost nutrition experts. The American Dietetic Association takes you aisle-by-aisle through the supermarket, showing you how to make informed decisions about the food you buy for yourself and your family. Not just a guide to low-fat and fat-free items, this book gives you tips on reading labels and choosing foods that best fit your healthy eating plan following the ADA philosophy that all foods can fit. Learn the nutritional differences between fresh, frozen, and canned vegetables; how to compare presweetened, wholegrain, granola, and hot cereals; how to find the freshest seafood; and more! This handy guide also provides tips on food safety and stretching your grocery dollars.

In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store What does it take to run the American supermarket? How do products get to shelves? Who sets the price? And who suffers the consequences of increased convenience end efficiency? In this alarming exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on this highly secretive industry. Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and compulsively readable prose, Lorr leads a wild investigation in which we learn: • The secrets of Trader Joe’s success from Trader Joe himself • Why truckers call their job “sharecropping on wheels” • What it takes for a product to earn certification labels like “organic” and “fair trade” • The struggles entrepreneurs face as they fight for shelf space, including essential tips, tricks, and traps for any new food business • The truth behind the alarming slave trade in the shrimp industry The result is a page-turning portrait of an industry in flux, filled with the passion, ingenuity, and exploitation required to make this everyday miracle continue to function. The product of five years of research and hundreds of interviews across every level of the industry, The Secret Life of Groceries delivers powerful social commentary on the inherently American quest for more and the social costs therein.