1. Grocery Shopping
What we will gooverat house:
- Overview (5min)
- Publictransportation (15min)
- How to findanaddress (10 min)
- Buyingfood (2 min)
- Budgeting(8min)
- Tipsfor groceryshopping (2min)
TRAVEL TIME – AT MOST 1.5 HOUR
TOTAL TIME PLAN – ABOUT 3 HOURS
What we will gooverat store:
- Map of store (15 min)
- Game (10 min)
- Plasticandpaperbags (3 min)
- Weighingproduce (10min)
- Meats (5 min)
- End Dates(2 min)
HOME DISCUSSION
Overview
Goal: To learnwhatgroceryshoppingislike inAmerica.
- Grocery storesinAmericaare usuallybigandindoor
marketscomparedto a small store that sellsonly
one type of food.
- In America,barteringortradingitemstogetwhat
youwant doesnot happen.Thismeansyoucan’t ask
for the price to be lowered.
- There are differentsectionsinthe store thatsell
certainitems.(See mapforhelp)
- You will nothave a personthatpicksthe foodand
givesitto you.
Public Transportation to the Grocery Store
Assessmentquestions: (Skipsectionif theycananswerone of the last twoquestions.)
- Have you riddenthe busbefore?
- Do youknowhow to ride the bus?
- Can youtry to explainhowtoride the bus?
Goal: Learnhow to ride the busand trax.

2. - Utah Transit System(UTA) Busand Trax
- Go to a busstop
o You can get onand off the bus at each stop
- Usingthe bussystem
o What the colorsmean:
 Green– routesrunevery15 minutes
 Blue – routesrun every20 minutesor
more
 Red– Expressroutesorfast bus
 Yellow –Inter-countybutnotexpress
 Purple – FLEX routes
o There are numbersonthe routesmappedout
that indicate the directionthe bussesrun.
 001/199 = routesrun eastand west
 200-299 = routesrun northand South
 300-399 = routesare Express routes
(limitedstops)
 400-499 = routesare inter-county
 500-599 = neighborhoodroutes
Trax:
- Trax isa trainsystemthatcan also
helpyougetto your nextstop.
o Trax worksthe same as
the bus.
 Go to a trax
station
 Wait forthe train
that will be going
where youneed
to go.
o There are onlythree trax
railsso itis a little bit
easiertodeal with.

3. How to find an address
Goal: To understand directions tofindalocation
- First,youmust knowinwhatdirectionnorth,east,south,andwestare.Below are some
examplestofigure thisout.
o Some nature waysto figure outwhatdirectionyouneedtogo isto use the brightyellow
sun.
 The sun alwaysrisesinthe east,movesalongthe south,and setsinthe west
o Geographical ways:
 The streetsignssay north,south,eastor west.The farthernorthyou headthe
numbersgetbigger,the furthersouthyouare the numbersgetbigger,andthe
same ideaworksfor eastand west.
 However,if younotice youwantto go north,the numbersgetsmaller(500
southto 400 south).
 The same goesforall otherdirections.
- Once you’ve figuredoutwhatdirectiontogo,use the busmap and codes to helpyougeton the
rightbus.
Hints:
The busesand trax trains usually have anelectronicsignonitthatwill saywhere itisheaded.

4. Buying Food
Goal: To learnhow to use yourfoodstamps.
As a refugee,youare givenfoodstamps tohelp youbuyfoodeveryweek.
How foodstampswork:
- You receive aplasticcard and a pin number
o Memorize thisnumber.
- You may onlybuyfoodwiththiscard. Notmedicines,
petfood,or alcoholicdrinks.
- Whenyougo to purchase your food,there will be a
machine where youcanslide yourcard through.
- Followinstructionsonmachine forpurchasing.
Budgeting
Goals:To learn howto organize money soitwill lastthroughthe endof the month.
You are givenacertainamounteach monthrelatingtoyour householdneeds. Onthe fifthdayof each
month, youget yourmonthlyfoodstamps.Divide the moneyintoequal amountsforeachweek yougo
grocery shopping.
For example:
- Kumar wasgiven$400 for hishouseholdof 3people onJune 5th
.
- He needstodivide $400 equallyintoeachweek.
o He shouldput$100 ineach of the fourweeks
Colorkey
Orange = previousmonth’s
Blue=weekone
Red= weektwo
Green= weekthree
Purple = weekfour
Black = weeklyspendingmoney
Brown= monthlytotal
June 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5
$100
6 7 8 9
10 11 12
$100
13 14 15 16
17 18 19
$100
20 21 22 23
24 25 26
$100
27 28 29 30
Total: $400

5. Tips for Grocery Shopping
Goal: Learntipsto helpyoushopbetter.
1. Planmealsbefore
2. Checkto see if youalreadyhave the ingredients
3. MAKE A SHOPPINGLIST
4. Don’tshop whenyou’re hungry
a. Shoppingwhilehungry,makesyourbuymore foodthanneeded.
b. You can easilyspendmore thanyouplannedtoo.
5. Make sure youcheck pricesof foodsbefore yougo(refertoprice list)
a. Don’tgo to storesthat are expensive (e.g.Smith’s,A FreshMarket,Winco).
b. You can alsoplanyour weeklymenuaroundsale items.
6. The itemsat the bottomof shelvesandinthe middle of the islesare usually lessexpensive.
THE GROCERY STORE
The Map:
Goal: To helpyoufindyourwayaround the grocerystore.
Please see attachment.
The Game: Food Scavenger Hunt
Goal: To helpyou learnthe locationsof food.
Rules:
1. Findeach itemfromthe listinthe grocerystore
List:
- White Rice
- Carrots
- Oranges
- Beans
- Eggs

6. Plastic or Paper bags
Goal: Learnwhat these are usedforand where theyare located.
- These are locatedinthe produce andfreshmeatareas.
- Use themto putyour produce inso theydon’tgetgerms.
- Use themto putyour freshmeatinso that the meatjuice doesn’tdripeverywhere.
- Do not putproduce in the same bag as the meat.
- Put eachiteminitsown bag because the pricesare differentwhenyouweighthem.
o Examples:
 Put all the applesinone bag
 Put all the onionsinanother
 Put one package of chickenina bag
Weighing Produce
Goals:
1. Learn howto weighproduce.
2. Learn howto figure outprice youwill paybasedonproduce weight
- Scalesare set outall around the produce area to helpyouknow how muchit will cost.
- Put produce ina plasticbag.
o Once again,keepthe differentfoodsapartbecause the pricesare different.
- Thenput theminthe scale to weighthem.
- You will reada weightandthendothe math to figure outthe price you will pay.
- Example:
o the price of onionsis$0.40 per pound.
o youput the onionsonthe scale andsee that itweighstwopounds.
o $0.40 x 2 = $0.80
o So the totallycostfor the onionswill be 80 cents.

7. Meat
Goal: To learnthe difference betweenfresh,frozen,andprocessedmeats.
Fresh:
o These meatshave neverbeenfrozen
FrozenfromFresh:
o These were once freshbutthenwere putin the freezer.
- Sometimesthe pricesare differentforfreshandfrozen;although,theyare bothokaytobuy.
FrozenProcessed:
o These pre-preparedfoods(cut,shaped,addedingredients)
 These couldhave beenfrozen forawhile.
 Aftera longtime infreezer,the qualityof the nutrientgoesdownforthem.
- Whenbuyingmeat,itisalways healthiertobuythe non-processed kind.
End Dates
Goals:To learnwhatenddatesmeanand where theyare located.
- There isa date on every packagedfooditemthatgivesanestimate of when
that foodwill gobad.
o Bad foodcan make you sickbecause of the germsgrowinginit.
- Make sure to eat the foodbefore itreachesthe enddate.
- The datesare locatedon sidesof eggs,topof milk,andbottomof canned
foods.