Recipe for Success: Combatting Climbing Grocery Prices

National Turkey Federation Offers Tips to Fight Escalating Food Costs

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers are finding that
the gas pump isn't the only place to watch prices rise and their wallets
empty. Increased grocery prices provide an additional challenge to families
with grumbling stomachs to feed.
To help consumers in making economical, healthy choices at the grocery
store, the National Turkey Federation (NTF) has added shopping and cooking
tips to their Web site, www.EatTurkey.com, including easy modifications that
can save both time and money.
"Choosing nutrient-rich turkey products gives shoppers the best bang for
their buck," said Sherrie Rosenblatt, NTF's vice president of marketing and
communications. "By adding turkey to their shopping carts, consumers are
benefiting both their bodies and their budgets."
The process of trimming the grocery bill begins before stepping foot in
the supermarket. NTF recommends reviewing advertised weekly specials at the
local supermarket, clipping coupons from several sources, evaluating the yield
of products such as ground turkey, and considering such economical turkey
parts as wings, drumsticks and thighs.
Whole turkeys offer an even greater opportunity for savings due to the
variety of recipes suitable for dark and light meat. Turkey breast cuts offer
an endless supply of entrees when sliced into cutlets, steaks, chops,
tenderloins, medallions and scaloppini. Consumers can find recipe ideas at
www.EatTurkey.com in NTF's extensive searchable database of more than 900
recipes. For quick, nutritious meals, NTF suggests doubling a recipe and
storing the leftovers. Cooked turkey has a storage life of three to four
days, so the cooked entree may be safely kept in the refrigerator or
transferred to the freezer for up to three months.
"By making use of the variety of turkey products available in the
marketplace, consumers can whittle their waistlines as well as their grocery
expenses, without sacrificing taste or variety," commented Rosenblatt.
To view all of NTF's shopping and cooking tips visit
www.eatturkey.com/consumer/cookinfo/groceryprices.html.
SOURCE National Turkey Federation

Adrienne Richards of National Turkey Federation, +1-202-898-0100 ext. 7223,
arichards@turkeyfed.org