Prepared grocery store food / Ready meals

I. Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".




1. How many shoppers took part in the survey?

2. How many of those shoppers buy meals at the prepared food counter?

3. What do these people have turned this food into?

4. What aren't these foods required to have?

5. What did 'secret shoppers' have the food analyzed for?

6. These are some of the things they found out:

- a 170 gram serving of turkey meatloaf has ____________________________

- a cup of orzo salad has ____________________________

- a piece of tilapia has ____________________________

- chicken parmesan has ____________________________

- mashed potatoes have a preservative to ____________________________

7. How much of the food tested was prepared on site?

8. Why is rostisserie chicken a good deal?

9. How much can other items cost?


II. Watch this other video to learn how to make smarter choices for ready meals.



III. Read a magazine article about ready meals.