"5 A Day for Better Health" Brings Across the USA Tour to Pleasanton Safeway Tuesday, August 31; "Fresh Grocer" -- Tony Tantillo to Appear 11:00 am.PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1999-- Safeway Inc. will be hosting the "5 A Day Across the USA(TM)" event at the Safeway store in Pleasanton, CA located at Santa Rita Santa Rita may refer to:
In response to recent data that Americans are not eating enough fruits and vegetables, information that was released by MRCA MRCA Most Recent Common Ancestor MRCA Midwest Roofing Contractors Association MRCA Multi-Role Combat Aircraft MRCA Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (California) MRCA Malaysian Retailer-Chains Association Information Services See Information Systems. , (1997), a leading authority on understanding and tracking America's eating behavior, Safeway is responding by hosting a 5 A Day Event. Tony Tantillo, the "Fresh Grocer" for KPIX-TV 5, SF, will appear at 11:00 am to discuss healthy living with produce. The event will target individuals and families educating them about the positive health benefits of increasing their produce consumption in their daily diets. During the event, individuals will be given the opportunity to take the "5 A Day Across the USA(TM)" pledge, signing a pledge card promising to eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day for their better health and general fitness in 1999. The event is free to the public. By signing a special pledge card, consumers may enter a drawing for 100 "5 A Day Across the USA" kits. The kits include a gift certificate for a 5 A Day Shopping Spree, discount coupons, recipe cards, and an Official "5 A Day Across the USA(TM)" t-shirt. The prizes will be awarded by the Produce for Better Health Foundation once the million signed pledge cards are completed and received. The recipients will be notified by first class mail after the drawing has been held. The MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. Information Services information indicates that adults are more than twice as likely to start the day with coffee (36%) than with 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice Vegetable juice is a popular drink all over the world. Vegetable juice is an alternative to fruit juice. Most commercial brands do however contain a large amount of sodium. If making vegetable juice at home, a juicer that can process vegetables will be needed. , only 17% of the foods consumed at lunch are fruits, vegetables, or 100% juices, on average they eat less than one vegetable snack per month, and though dinner time is the most popular time for eating fruits and vegetables, only 28% of the foods they eat at dinner are fruits, vegetables or 100% juices. In response to overwhelming scientific research revealing the many health benefits of eating 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day, the Produce for Better Health Foundation is sponsoring "5 A Day Across the USA(TM)", a nationwide effort to raise consumer awareness, and to encourage children and families to eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily to reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity and other health risks. Safeway is the second largest food and drug retailer in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. based on sales. The company operates 1,529 stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, with 241 stores in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern . Editor's Note: The Safeway Pleasanton Store is located at 1701 Santa Rita Road. Cross street is Valley Road. The event hours are 10:30 am to Noon. |
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