The document summarizes the results of a survey on consumer shopping habits in the past and present. Some key findings include: - People currently buy groceries from both local markets and supermarkets, with quality and price being top factors. - Most purchase vegetables, fruits, meat and fish from local markets and butchers. - Plastic and glass packaging is either returned for refund or sorted properly, showing environmental awareness. - Traditional food preparation methods like baking under a bell are still practiced. - The survey highlights both healthy and less healthy shopping behaviors in the region.

1. CONSUMER BASKET
IN THE PAST AND TODAY
Project managers: Helena Oštrić, prof.
Andrijana Poljak, prof.

2. PROJECT OBJECTIVE
 Methodological preparation of teaching units:
1.“Proper nutrition and eating habits”- teaching unit “Man
as a biological being and part of the community” (5th
grade - biology)
2. “Energy saving” and “Danger to biosphere” (6th grade -
biology)
3. “Nutrients” and “Proper nutrition” (8th grade - biology)

3. TOPIC OBJECTIVE:
 Exploring the groceries available to consumers in the past
and today
 Introducing eating habits of past and present generations of
our district
 Developing the responsibility in the choice of groceries and
therefore one’s own health
 Educating pupils for a positive attitude towards the
environment, primarily towards the prevention of the
accumulation of unnecessary waste and waste storage
 Training pupils and residents to accept the responsibility for
good management and sustainable development of our
region

4. Activities:
 Finding elderly people and learning where and what they
used to buy - an interview
 Exploring what and where the average family buys today –
a survey
 Examining the influence of media and publicity materials
on buying habits – survey
 Checking and photographing the deployment of groceries
in large supermarkets, and considering the effects it has on
the buyer’s choices
 Photographing vegetable and fish markets, old customs and
ways of cooking food
 Finding traditional and healthy recipes

5. Pupils in action

6. Participants were helpful....

7. Filling out surveys

10. Results of the survey
The survey was conducted on 50 subjects aged 24-60 years
A SURVEY - WHAT DO WE BUY AND HOW
Here are some more important questions of the total fifteen.
2. The choice of shops is affected by the quality and freshness of the
product (28%), the cheapest price (24%), and proximity (22%)
4. The reason why a certain brand name products are purchased is
mostly their quality (63%), and then the cheapest price (20%). The
rest is negligible.

11. 5. and 6. Vegetables, fruits and especially meat and fish are mostly
bought at the market (58%), ie. the butcher shop and fish market
(68%). However the rest (20%), of fruits and vegetables are bought
in supermarkets, because of people's inability to go to the market
due to distance, working hours etc. while meat and fish are bought
in large shopping malls (18%)-in the so-called. "Large
procurement".
8. Of randomly purchased goods, 47% of people use all of it, 43% use
only about a half of it and 10% use less than half. This, however,
shows that there is a phenomenon or "scourge" of excesive buying due
to advertisements, shopping centers, deployment of products ...)

12. 13. What do you do with (plastic, glass paper) packaging?
The evidence that people have less money but also that they are
environmentally conscious is the fact that the half of the plastic and
glass bottles are returned for refund (50%), and 29% of waste is sorted
and discarded in appropriate containers.
14. What do you do with the remains of fruits and vegetables?
64% of biowaste is discarded with other waste . The reason is that there
is no organized collection of biowaste. Yet 14% of it is turned into
compost. We assume that this is done in households with a garden.
15. What do you do with the remains of bread?
The equal amount of bread is placed on containers (40%) or given to
people who use it (40%). 16% of it is discarded with other waste while
only 4% of it is reused in the household.

13. Project managers analyze the completed
survey

15. The conclusions of survey analysis
 The majority of people in our region still buys groceries of
proven quality from domestic manufacturers that are
present in the market for years (40%).
 But a considerable number of people buys low price
groceries, also buying unnecessary ones. The reason for this
is lower purchasing power of some residents, but also large
offer of bad and unnecessary products in shopping malls
and supermarkets as well as the impact of media and
advertising materials.

16. The origin of groceries is very important to most, so about 70%
of people buys them in butcher shops, fish markets and the
local marketplace.

18. We believe that the remaining 30% is generally quite high
considering that we live in a country where fresh fruits and
vegetables, fish and meat are readily available.

19. What kind of drinks do people buy?
 It is commendable that
many people are still
making natural juices
(20%). Thanks to the
abundance of clean water,
almost everybody drinks
tap water.
 Approximately 40% of
people buy various
beverages in shops, which
is not a high percentage
for this category.

20. What is done with plastic, glass and paper packaging?
 Environmental awareness
is present in the majority
of subjects (80%) and
they sort the packaging
into appropriate
containers or return them
for monetary
compensation.

21. What do people do with the remains of bread?
 Since ancient times,
people in our country are
acustomed to using up all
the bread, or they give it
to someone else who will
use it (84%)

22. Good old traditions
 Holidays
 Food preparation
 Harvest and preparation of wild growing
herbs…….

23. The custom of coloring eggs for Easter is centuries old.

24. Also, the old custom of baking bread and meat under „baking
bell” is passed down from one generation to the next. This is a
very healthy way of preparing food.
 Food is placed in a
metal container with a
bell like lid, and covered
with embers. All this is
done in the fireplace.

25. Meat and bread roasted under the „baking
bell”

26. Asparagus - a remarkable diuretic, full of
minerals
Recipe:
Cook broken pieces of asparagus in
salted water (until they soften).
Season with olive oil, add hard-
boiled eggs cut into cubes.

27. Nettle acts as a diuretic and is the best plant for cleaning and improving the
blood. It has a positive effect on the pancreas and helps to lower blood
sugar. It cures urinary tract infection and stimulates the bowels.
Recipe:
 30 young nettle tops
 3 pcs of orange
 2 pcs of lemon
 3 l of water
 5 dkg of citric acid
(not necessary if you drink fast)
 70 dkg of sugar
(more or less - to taste)

28. Shop like people did before!
 Only for one or two days ahead
 Buy fresh and avoid packaged and canned
foods

29. EAT LIKE PEOPLE ATE BEFORE IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN
All research on healthy eating, healthy types of
foods and good ways of food preparation
LEADS TO THE ABOVE.