Shopping Matters®: a Guided Grocery Store Tour to Help Families Buy Healthy, Affordable FoodsBuilding on its proven success teaching families how to cook and eat healthy on a budget, Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters™ has created a line of tools called Shopping Matters to help families make healthy and affordable choices at the supermarket. During Shopping Matters tours, participants practice key food shopping skills like buying fruits and vegetables on a budget, comparing unit prices, reading food labels, and identifying whole grain foods.Tours are facilitated by a wide range of local volunteers who work as dietitians, community nutrition educators, culinary professionals, Extension agents, or staff of community agencies serving families in need.
If you would like to learn more about facilitating a Shopping Matters tour in your community, click here. If you would like to share Shopping Matters with organizations in your community, click here. If you have any questions about Shopping Matters, please contact Claire Sadeghzadeh at csadeghzadeh@strength.org. |
- No Kid Hungry
Join the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America.
- Cooking Matters
Empowers families with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to prepare healthy and affordable meals.
- Great American Dine Out
Join us September 16-22, 2012 for the fifth annual Dine Out For No Kid Hungry!
- Great American Bake Sale
A national campaign that mobilizes Americans to end childhood hunger by holding bake sales in their communities.
- Culinary Events
Fine dining and tasting events that help make sure no kid in America grows up hungry.
Shopping Matters materials are provided free of charge thanks to the generous support of
Grants
Learn more about Share Our Strength’s grant opportunity to bring Shopping Matters to your community.
Video Tour
Can't make it to a Shopping Matters tour? Watch this video for quick tips.
What Participants are Saying About Shopping Matters®
"I learned...
...that trying new things will be good for me and my children!"
...when to buy throughout the year to get cheaper prices."
...to check the unit prices for the best deal."
...no matter if you purchase fresh, frozen, or canned veggies or fruit, not one is better than the other. The important thing is to eat fruit and veggies."