Moms Talk Turkey 2: Top 10 Thanksgiving Side Items
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Moms Talk Turkey 2: SIDE ITEMS TOP 10 Thanksgiving We used mobile technology to survey 250 mothers with children living at home and asked them: “What’s your favorite side item on Thanksgiving? Choose one.” This is what they said. 2 MASHED POTATOES were not part of the original Thanksgiving meal, but now, they’re favored by 23% of moms. 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 10% of moms chose STUFFING as a favorite side item. Some families actually choose to make it by scratch, others choose the Stove Top version. In fact, Stove Top sells about 60 Million boxes per year! 10% of moms chose SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE as their favorite. The U.S. produces about 2.7 billion pounds of sweet potatoes each year. 9% of moms favored good ‘old SWEET POTATOES. Actually, North Carolina produces more than sweet potatoes than any other state at 1.3 billion pounds. As a necessity for a lot of American meals, 3% of moms chose BREAD as their favorite side item on Thanksgiving. GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE comes in third with 13% of moms in favor. With Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup as a key ingredient, 40% of this canned soup sold in the U.S. goes into making the casserole. 4 5 CRANBERRY SAUCE is favored by 2% of moms. Each year, Wisconsin leads all states in the production of cranberries with about 450 million pounds produced. 5 SALAD came in last with only 0.5% of moms who actually favored the fresh choice. 1 Given that 51 Million turkeys are sold during Thanksgiving, DRESSING wins as moms favorite side item by 25%. 9 1% of moms chose simple GREEN BEANS as their favorite choice. Wisconsin also leads all states in snap (green) bean production with 309,000 tons. Interested in learning more? VISIT OUR BLOG CONTACT US #)LHOG$JHQW,QF _ PDUNHWLQJ#ĆHOGDJHQWQHW _ 32 %R[ )D\HWWHYLOOH $UNDQVDV REFERENCES U.S. Census Bureau, MSN, July 13th, 2014 “The Celebration of Thanksgiving: Fun Facts and Statistics,” The Momiverse “The Origins of the Mysterious Green Bean Casserole,” The History Channel ê5XWK 0 6LHPV ,QYHQWRU RI 6WXIĆQJ 'LHV DW ë 1HZ <RUN 7LPHV 86 &HQVXV %XUHDX ê)DFWV IRU )HDWXUHV 7KDQNVJLYLQJ 'D\ 1RY ë 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 5 5 5
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Transcript of Moms Talk Turkey 2: Top 10 Thanksgiving Side Items
Moms Talk Turkey 2:
SIDE ITEMS
TOP 10
T h a n k s g i v i n g
We used mobile technology to survey250 mothers with children living at home and asked them:
“What’s your favorite side item on Thanksgiving? Choose one.”
This is what they said.
2 MASHED POTATOES were not part of the original
Thanksgiving meal, but now, they’re favored by 23% of moms.
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10% of moms chose STUFFING as a favorite side item. Some families actually choose to make it by scratch, others choose the Stove Top version. In fact, Stove Top sells about 60 Million boxes per year!
10% of moms chose SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE as their favorite. The U.S. produces about 2.7 billion pounds of sweet potatoes each year.
9% of moms favored good ‘old SWEET POTATOES.Actually, North Carolina produces more than sweet potatoes than any other state at 1.3 billion pounds.
As a necessity for a lot of American meals, 3% of moms chose BREAD as their favorite side item on Thanksgiving.
GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE comes in third with 13% of moms in favor. With Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup as a key ingredient, 40% of this canned soup sold in the U.S. goes into making the casserole.
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CRANBERRY SAUCE is favored by 2% of moms. Each year, Wisconsin leads all states in the production of cranberries with about 450 million pounds produced. 5
SALAD came in last with only 0.5% of moms who actuallyfavored the fresh choice.
1 Given that 51 Million turkeys are sold during Thanksgiving,
DRESSING wins as moms favorite side item by 25%.
9 1% of moms chose simple GREEN BEANS as their favorite choice. Wisconsin also leads all states in snap (green) bean production with 309,000 tons.
Interested in learning more?
VISIT OUR BLOG CONTACT US
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REFERENCES
U.S. Census Bureau, MSN, July 13th, 2014
“The Celebration of Thanksgiving: Fun Facts and Statistics,” The Momiverse
“The Origins of the Mysterious Green Bean Casserole,” The History Channel
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