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Article: Pizza gets promos, but veggies have more fans: On Super Bowl Sunday, at least, they lead the pack.
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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2006
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Byline: Greta Guest
Feb. 2--The most popular food consumed on Super Bowl Sunday is not pizza, not chips, not wings or ribs, but ."There are a lot of things that increase on that day. ... Things like nachos and pizza will get a run-up on this Sunday, but the thing we eat most often in our homes on Super Bowl Sunday is vegetables," said Harry Balzer, vice president for NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y., who has studied Americans' eating habits for 25 years.While not everyone will be watching Sunday's matchup of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks, they will have a Sunday dinner with a vegetable as a side dish, Balzer said."Yet, you will ...