Food+Labeling

=**Food Labeling**=

===What should the consumer know about food labels? How to properly read them so that they know what kind of food they are consuming. What are mistakes the average individual makes in reading food labels? Not reading the label correctly.===

You have to plan a week's meals for a family of 4.
===**BLOCK 1** - Your task will be to see how low you can keep costs in planning a week's **nutritional** meal for a family of four, 2 children, 2 adults. You must record a daily cost of foods eaten that day. You must write a plan of each meal, snack, etc. for this family. Lastly, tally up the **TOTAL** amount of money spent for an entire week. **NO COUPONS!!**===

Finally, reflect on how difficult/easy a task this was and reasons for this. Post on the discussion tab on the top of the page.
Block 1- we did not save anything and were not really look to save anything because there was limited resources online to try and find out prices of food. if you would go shopping at a regular store you could look for things on sale or go to bulk food stores with cheaper items. the only thing with that is you have to look for expiration dates. __//Block://__ __//2//__ ** The best way to reduce price while still getting healthy foods is to go to a "bent and dent" store. This is a grocery store that has most of the name brand items at a lower cost. However, the food may be past expiration date, and the packaging may be damaged. Another choice is to purchase vegetables and fruits from local farmers. Not only is it less expensive, it is more healthy than buying from a regular store. A third method would be to order non-parishable food online. This reduces the use of gasoline making the overall cost come down. One can also go to a farmer's market for quality foods at reduced prices. Buying in bulk in stores such as Costco is another good way to reduce the overall spending. Great ideas!!!! Mrs. Burke
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We encountered numerous problems while working on this project. The biggest of which was trying to come up with the foods for the week long menu. However, we were able to overcome this obsticle and complete the project. As stated by block one, there are limited, trustworthy webistes that will give us the information required for the overall price. Because of this, our final price will be an estimate. Even with all of the persistant problems and hang-ups, the project was relatively simple.

Total Estimated Price: $115.31 All of the foods that we used for our week long meal menu were bought from either a "bent and dent" store, or from local farms, or farmer's markets. If someone were to get the same week of meals at a regular food store, or even Wal-Mart, the price would raise to around $175.42, because the food is in prime condition.