Autumn: Supermarket Secrets (Enhanced DVD)

Fall is an exciting time. There is an anticipation for the holidays to come and we welcome back fall food favorites. Britain’s Greg Wallace lets us in on how grocery stores supply us with our fall favorites and stock shelves with necessary nourishing, year-round foodstuffs. Through this DVD Wallace enriches our knowledge about something we often take for granted—grocery shopping. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. If that is so, British citizens much be very healthy. Wallace shows us the demand for apples and how imports have affected local orchards. And do you know how harvesters know when apples are ready? You will find out when you watch.  Spending on Halloween has increased form $10 million to $280 million in ten years and pumpkin sales are at an all-time high. See how 600,000 pumpkins are artificially prompted to turn from green to orange. Plus, chicken sales increase 20 percent each fall. Wallace shows how a breeder has created a new kind of chicken to keep up with poultry demands. Find these and other interesting grocery-related subjects on this 60-minute DVD.

Autumn: Supermarket Secrets

• Enhanced DVD
• ISBN: 978-0-81609-295-6
• Run Time: 59 Minutes
• Copyright Date: 2013
• CC