Green Grocer - Fun Activities - Retail and Hospitality

Retail and Hospitality - GREEN GROCER

Research on Onions!

Primary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

1. Brown onions shown here are only one type of onions that can be found! Have a look at your local Green Grocer and count up the different varieties of onion.

2. Then go to the Supermarket and count the number of products that contain onions - don't forget to look at the pickled onions section!!!

3. Ask and find out from your family what dishes contain onion that you eat!

Discussion

Discuss with a partner at school.

Internet Shopping - A comparison of prices and value! Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy What to do: 1. Make a shopping list of fruit and vegetables that your family might require in one week. If you are in a high school, ask the hospitality teacher if you could have a sample list of what this faculty would buy each week in fruit and vegetables. 2. Draw up a table with 5 columns.
3. Woolworths has online shopping. Go to the Woolworths' web site - you will have to register so ask your parents' permission. Look at the vegetable/fruit section and select the fruit and vegetables you might require. Write down the prices along side your list of green groceries in column 2.
4. Go Fresh Fruit online shopping. Again choose your fruit, vegetables or herbs. List the prices in column 3. Note any features that are different to Woolworths and write them down in column 5.
5. The Market Runners offer a different service. Explore and compare. List their prices in column 4. Any differences to the other two is noted in column 5.
Are you getting value for money? Are there any differences between the three online green grocer shops? Describe in detail. Which one would you buy from? Why? Now ask the person in your household that buys the green groceries if they would consider buying online. Find out the reasons and present these to the class or your family.

Websites, Games & Apps

Green Grocer's Game Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy
Fruit Sudoku Puzzle Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy