Healthy Community Coalition is offering a free “Cooking Matters at the Store” shopping tour event at the Farmington Hannaford on Friday, April 10, from 3-5:30 .p.m. Educators will coordinate information tables with samples, recipes, and activities throughout the store. This event is free and open to the public.

Tour participants will gain a variety of practical skills including buying fruits and vegetables on a budget, comparing unit prices to find bargains, reading and comparing food labels, identifying whole grains, and sticking to a budget. Event participants who visit each station and complete a short survey will receive a $10 gift card.

 

“Cooking Matters at the Store” shopping tours offer new tips and tools to purchase healthy foods on a budget,” stated Laura Quynn, nutrition educator at Healthy Community Coalition. “The tours are lots of fun and very hands on!”

 

At the end of the tour participants will receive a free $10 Hannaford gift card to purchase a healthy meal on a budget. They will also receive a reusable grocery bag and recipe booklet with simple tips on buying healthy, low cost foods.

 

For more information, please contact Laura Quynn at 779-2928 or lquynn@fchn.org.

 

Healthy Community Coalition Nutrition Education classes are made possible through Maine SNAP-Ed. Maine SNAP-Ed is a USDA funded grant, administered by Maine DHHS, implemented statewide by University of New England through contracts with the Healthy Maine Partnership.

 

“Cooking Matters at the Store” is a curriculum of Cooking Matters, a program of Share Our Strength and the Good Shepherd Food Bank in partnership with Healthy Community Coalition. Cooking Matters is sponsored locally by Hannaford.