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Mac and Cheese: The Poster Child for Processed Food
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2225" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/mac-cheese-poster-child-processed-050000669.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mac and Cheese: The Poster Child for Processed Food - Yahoo</strong></a></p><p></p><p>In January 2015, food sales at restaurants overtook those at grocery stores for the first time. Most thought this marked <a href="https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/chart-day-retail-sales-grocery-stores-vs-restaurants/" target="_blank">a permanent shift</a> in the American meal. </p><p></p><p>Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, that trend took a U-turn. <a href="https://www.restaurant.org/articles/news/restaurant-sales-and-job-losses-are-widespread" target="_blank">Restaurant revenue cratered</a>, while shoppers emptied grocery shelves stocking up on food to cook at home. And with sales of pantry items soaring, shoppers found themselves reaching for an old reliable.</p><p></p><p>In April, sales of Kraft macaroni and cheese <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2020/04/09/we-cant-make-enough-mac-and-cheese-processed-food-is-undergoing-a-renaissance/" target="_blank">were up 27%</a> from the same time last year. General Mills, the maker of Annie’s mac and cheese, <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/processed-foods-see-sales-boost-during-coronavirus-pandemic" target="_blank">has seen a similar bump</a>.</p><p></p><p>The cheap, boxed meal has long been a poster child for processed food. While it’s often dismissed as stuff for kids, a lot of grownups secretly savor it. As I tell my own students, we love to bad mouth processed foods – usually while our mouths are full of it. It’s also played an important role in kitchen science, wars and women’s liberation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2225, member: 1"] [URL='https://news.yahoo.com/mac-cheese-poster-child-processed-050000669.html'][B]Mac and Cheese: The Poster Child for Processed Food - Yahoo[/B][/URL] In January 2015, food sales at restaurants overtook those at grocery stores for the first time. Most thought this marked [URL='https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/chart-day-retail-sales-grocery-stores-vs-restaurants/']a permanent shift[/URL] in the American meal. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, that trend took a U-turn. [URL='https://www.restaurant.org/articles/news/restaurant-sales-and-job-losses-are-widespread']Restaurant revenue cratered[/URL], while shoppers emptied grocery shelves stocking up on food to cook at home. And with sales of pantry items soaring, shoppers found themselves reaching for an old reliable. In April, sales of Kraft macaroni and cheese [URL='https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2020/04/09/we-cant-make-enough-mac-and-cheese-processed-food-is-undergoing-a-renaissance/']were up 27%[/URL] from the same time last year. General Mills, the maker of Annie’s mac and cheese, [URL='https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/processed-foods-see-sales-boost-during-coronavirus-pandemic']has seen a similar bump[/URL]. The cheap, boxed meal has long been a poster child for processed food. While it’s often dismissed as stuff for kids, a lot of grownups secretly savor it. As I tell my own students, we love to bad mouth processed foods – usually while our mouths are full of it. It’s also played an important role in kitchen science, wars and women’s liberation. [/QUOTE]
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