Web Toolboxes for Educators:
Grocery Shopping for Kids

Grocery Store Web Sites can be used to:

Title 

URL Address

Notations
Aldi http://www.aldi.com buy in bulk
Coles http://www.coles.com.au/home.htm Australian grocery chain, compare lifestyles in Australia with 7 a Day.
Food Lion
http://www.foodlion.com
 Color a picture and get a free cookie.
Special section on pet care.
Franklin's
http://www.franklins.com.au
 Australian grocery chain, locations on map can help students learn about geography
Giant Eagle
http://www.gianteagle.com
 Focus on Pittsburg area but includes nutrition information and features a fruit and vegetable each week.
Hannaford
http://www.hannaford.com
 Interactive meal planner.
Harris Teeter  http://www.harristeeter.com Check out jobs and weekly specials. Learn the history of the store or about food safety.  Play at Harry's Fun Page.
H.E.B. http://www.heb.com Texas based grocery chain.
Kroger http://www.kroger.com Print out coupons. Find out if your local store is part of the Kroger family.
Piggly Wiggly http://www.pigglywiggly.com Visit with Mr. Pig for information on the first self service grocery store.  Why was it given that name?
Publix http://www.publix.com Setting the shelves now!
Safeway
http://www.safeway.com
 Special recipes each week, ask Marlene a food question.
Tops
 http://www.topsmarkets.com/ Practice building a shopping list.  Learn menu planning.
Wegmans
http://www.wegmans.com/
 Get diet and nutrition advice and learn about ingredients.  Kids section with activities and even a recipe for oobleck!
Winn Dixie
http://www.winn-dixie.com
 Take a store tour to learn categories of food.
Woolworth's
http://www.woolworths.com.au
 Australian grocery chain, browse for food additives, compare spelling of words!!

Hint:  If do not have your students' favorite store listed, you can check out the list of stores at Yahoo at: http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Food/Retail/Grocers/.  In addition, most businesses or companies are easy to locate on the web if they have their own website.  For example, if your students love Oreo cookies - try typing in "Oreo" and you will automatically link to http://www.oreo.com.  Try it!!
 

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Last updated: September, 1999