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2013

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Almond Extract

Bread crumbs, panko

Cheese, cheddar, artisanal

Ians Panko
Broth, beef

Milton Creamery Prairie

Breeze

Nielsen-Massey McCormick Imitation

Applesauce

Musselmans Lite Musselmans Home Style

Rachael Ray Stock-ina-Box All-Natural Beef Flavored Stock College Inn Bold Stock Tender Beef Flavor
Broth, chicken

Cabot Cellars at Jasper Hill

Clothbound Cheddar
BEST BUY

Tillamook Vintage White

Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Cheese, cottage

B
Bacon

Swanson Certied Organic

Free Range Better Than Bouillon

Hood Country Style Friendship 4% California

Style Cottage Cheese

Farmland Hickory Smoked Boars Head Brand

Broth, vegetable

Cheese, cream

Naturally Smoked Sliced Hormel Black Label Bacon, Original

Swanson Vegetarian College Inn Garden

Vegetable Broth

Philadelphia Brand
Cheese, feta

Baked beans

Brownie mixes, boxed

B&M Vegetarian Bushs Best Original

Barbecue sauce

Ghirardelli Chocolate
Supreme

Mt. Vikos Traditional Valbreso

Cheese, goat

Barefoot Contessa
Outrageous

Vermont Butter & Cheese

Company Chvre

Bulls-Eye Original
Beans, canned chickpeas

Butter, unsalted

Le Biquet Goat Cheese

Cheese, Gruyre

Pastene Goya
Beans, white

Plugr European-Style Vermont Creamery

European-Style
BEST BUY

Gruyre Reserve Wheel Emmi Le Gruyre Reserve

Cheese, mozzarella
BLOCK

Land OLakes

Westbrae Organic Great

Northern Progresso Cannellini

C
Capers

Sorrento Whole Milk

Blueberries, frozen

Mozzarella (sold as Precious on the West Coast)

Wymans Frozen Wild

Bread, multigrain

Reese Non Pareil Roland Nonpareille

Cheese, cheddar, sharp

SHREDDED

Kraft Low-Moisture Part

Skim Shredded

Natures Pride 12 Grain Natures Own Specialty

12 Grain Arnold 12 Grain

Cabot Sharp Vermont Tillamook Sharp Cracker Barrel Sharp White

Cheese, cheddar, extra sharp

Cheese, Parmesan

Boars Head ParmigianoReggiano Reggiano

Il Villaggio ParmigianoBEST BUY

Bread, white sandwich

Arnold Country Classics Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse Hearty

Bread, whole wheat

Cabot Private Stock

Cheddar Cheese Cabot Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

BelGioioso Parmesan
Cheese, ricotta, part-skim

Calabro
Cheese, Swiss
FOR EATING RAW

Pepperidge Farm 100%

Natural Rudis Organic Bakery Honey Sweet

Emmenthaler
FOR GRILLED CHEESE

Jarlsberg

Chicken, breasts, boneless skinless

Cocoa powder

Bell & Evans Air Chilled

Chicken, whole

Hersheys Natural Cocoa

Unsweetened Droste Cocoa Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa

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Flour, all-purpose

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts

King Arthur Pillsbury

Flour, whole wheat

Marys Free Range Air

Coconut milk

Chilled Chicken (also sold as Pitmans) Bell & Evans Air Chilled Premium Fresh Chicken Springer Mountain Farms Fresh Chicken

Chaokoh Ka-Me
LIGHT

King Arthur
Flour Tortilla

A Taste of Thai Lite

Coconut Milk

Old El Paso 6-Inch Flour

Tortillas Tortillas

Mission Small/Fajita Flour

Chili powder

Coffee, whole bean

DARKER ROAST

Spice Islands Penderys Top Hat Chile

Blend

Millstone Colombian
Supremo
LIGHTER ROAST

G
Garam masala

Chocolate, dark

Green Mountain Coffee

Our Blend
DECAF

McCormick Gourmet
Collection

Callebaut Intense Dark

Chocolate, L-60-40 NV Ghirardelli Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Bar

Maxwell House Peets

Cornmeal, whole-grain

Garlic Powder

Spice Islands Garlic

Powder
BEST BUY

Chocolate, milk

Dove Silky Smooth Endangered Species

Arrowhead Mills Hodgson Mill

Crabmeat

McCormick Garlic Powder

Graham crackers

All-Natural Smooth Milk Chocolate Green & Blacks Organic Milk Chocolate

Phillips Premium Crab

Jumbo

Keebler Honey Maid

Grits

Chocolate, milk-chocolate chips

Blue Star Blue Swimming

Crabmeat Lump Meat
BEST BUY
(NON-REFRIGERATED, SHELF STABLE).

Anson Mills Pencil Cobb

Grits

Hersheys Milk Chocolate

Chips

Millers Select Lump Crab

Meat

Arrowhead Mills Organic

Yellow Corn Grits

Chocolate, semisweet chips

Bobs Red Mill Corn Grits

Curry powder

Ghirardelli 60% Cacao

Penzeys Sweet

Bittersweet Hersheys Special Dark Mildly Sweet

H
Ham, spiral-cut

D
Dressing, Italian

Cooks Spiral Sliced

Hot cocoa mixes

Chocolate, unsweetened

Hersheys Baking Bar Valrhona Scharffen Berger

Chocolate, white chips

Good Seasons Italian All Kraft Seven Seas Viva

Italian Dressing
CREAMY ITALIAN

Hickory Smoked Bone-In Honey Ham

Natural Salad Dressing Mix

Godiva Ghiradelli Double

Chocolate

Guittard Choc-Au-Lait Ghirardelli

Cinnamon

Marzetti

Hot sauce

Huy Fong Sriracha Hot

Chili Sauce

Penzeys Extra Fancy

Vietnamese Cassia

Franks RedHot Original

Cayenne Pepper Sauce Sauce

Original Louisiana Hot

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Ice cream, chocolate

Mayonnaise

Blue Plate Real Mayonnaise Hellmanns Real

Mayonnaise Hellmanns Light Mayonnaise

P
Paprika

Ben & Jerrys Friendlys Rich & Creamy

Classic Chocolate Ice Cream

The Spice House

Kulonleges

Hungarian Sweet

Penzeys Hungarian Sweet

Pasta, egg noodles

Molasses

Ice cream, vanilla

Ben & Jerrys Hagen-Dazs

Ice Cream Bars

Brer Rabbit Mild Plantation Barbados

Mustard, Dijon

Light n Fluffy Wide

Pasta, dried rice noodles

Dove Hagen-Dazs
Ice Cream Cones

Grey Poupon Maille

Mustard, coarse-grain

A Taste of Thai Straight Cut

Rice Noodles

Pasta, elbow macaroni

Joy Waffle Cones Joy Sugar Cones Keebler Waffle Cones

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Grey Poupon Harvest Grey Poupon Country

Barilla Muellers
Pasta, farfalle

Nestl/Carnation Klondike

O
Oats
FOR BAKING

Muellers Bow Ties De Cecco Farfalle

Pasta, tortellini

J
Jam, blackberry

Quaker Old-Fashioned
Rolled
FOR COOKING

Barilla Three Cheese Seviroli Cheese Tortellini Buitoni Three Cheese

Tortellini

Smuckers
Jam, raspberry

Bobs Red Mill Organic

Steel-Cut

Pasta, ravioli

Olive oil, extra-virgin

Rosetto Cheese Ravioli Celentano Cheese Ravioli

Pasta, lasagna noodles, no-boil

Smuckers

Columela Lucini Italia Premium

Select

K
Ketchup

Colavita
CALIFORNIA

Heinz Organic Hunts Simply Heinz

California Olive Ranch

Arbequina

Barilla Ronzoni DeFino

Pasta, lasagna noodles, whole wheat

Olive oil, pure

M
Macaroni and Cheese

DaVinci 100% Pure Colavita

Orange juice, freshsqueezed

Bionatur DeLallo
Pasta, penne

Muellers
Pasta, ravioli

Kraft Homestyle Kraft Velveeta Original

Shells

Natalies Orchid Island

Oyster Crackers

Maple syrup

Maple Grove Farms Pure

Maple Syrup, Grade A Dark Amber Highland Sugarworks Grade B

Sunshine Krispy Soup & Oyster Crackers Olde Cape Cod All-Natural Soup & Chowder Oyster Crackers (also sold as Westminster Crackers)

Rosetto Cheese Ravioli Celentano Cheese Ravioli

Pasta, spaghetti

De Cecco Spaghetti No. 12 Rustichella DAbruzzo

Pasta Abruzzese di Semola di Grano Duro Garofalo Spaghetti

Pasta, spaghetti, whole wheat

Preserves, strawberry

Soy sauce

Bionatur Organic 100%

Whole Wheat

Welchs
Pumpkin, canned

Lee Kum Kee Ohsawa Nama Shoyu

Pasta sauce

Bertolli Tomato & Basil Francesco Rinaldi PregoMarinara

Pasta sauce, premium

Libbys One-Pie

T
Tea, black
PLAIN

R
Rice, arborio

Twinings English Breakfast

WITH MILK

Victoria Marinara Classico Marinara

Peanut butter, crunchy

RiceSelect Riso Baricella Superno

Arborio Rice

Tazo Awake
Tea, green

Jif Natural Skippy Natural Super

Chunk Peanut Butter & Co. Crunch Time No-Stir

Rice, basmati

Celestial Seasonings
Authentic

Tilda Kohinoor
Rice, brown

Tomatoes, canned crushed

Tuttorosso in Thick Puree

with Basil Basil

Peanut butter, creamy

Goya Natural Long Grain

Rice, long-grain white

Muir Glen Organic with

Tomatoes, canned diced

Skippy Jif Natural Peanut Butter

Spread

Reeses
Peppercorns, black

Lundberg Organic Carolina Enriched

Rice, ready

Hunts Muir Glen Organic

Tomatoes, canned pureed

Kalustyans Indian
Pepperoni, sliced

Minute Ready to Serve

White Rice

Tellicherry Morton & Basset Organic

Muir Glen
Tomatoes, canned whole

S
Salsa, hot

Muir Glen Organic Whole

Peeled Tomatoes Tomatoes

Margherita
Peppers, roasted red

Hunts Whole Plum

Tomato paste

Dunbars Sweet Cento

Pie crust

Pace Hot Chunky Frontera Hot Habanero

Salt

with Roasted Tomatoes and Cilantro

Wholly Wholesome

9 Certied Organic Traditional Bake-at-Home Rolled Pie Dough

Maldon Sea Salt Fleur de Sel de Camargue Morton Coarse Kosher

Sausage, breakfast, patties

Goya Pastene Contadina

Tomato Soup

Progresso Vegetable

Classics Hearty Tomato Ripened Tomato Soup

Potato chips

Imagine Organic Vine

Tortilla chips

Lays Kettle Cooked

Original

Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked

Original Pork Sausage Patties

Potato chips, reduced fat

Santitas Authentic Mexican

Style White Corn Tortilla Chips Tostitos Brand Tortilla Chips 100% White Corn Restaurant Style Green Mountain Gringo Tortilla Strips All Natural

Cape Cod 40% Reduced

Fat Lays Kettle Cooked Reduced Fat Extra Crunchy Potato Chips

Sausage, breakfast, links

Farmland Pork Sausage

Links, Fully Cooked

Sherry

Preserves, raspberry

Lustau Palo Cortado

Pennsula Sherry

Smuckers

Williams & Humbert Dry

Sack Medium Sherry

Taylor Dry Sherry

Tuna, in olive oil

Tonnino Tuna Ventresca

Yellown

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Yogurt, whole milk

Tuna, in water

Brown Cow Cream Top

Plain

Wild Planet Wild Albacore American Tuna Pole Caught Wild Albacore
Turkey, whole

Stonyeld Farm Organic

Yogurt, Greek, nonfat

Empire Kosher Bell & Evans All-Natural Butterball Premium

Prebasted

Olympus Voskos
Yogurt, Greek, low fat

Fage Total 2% Chobani 2%

Yogurt, Greek, full fat

V
Vanilla beans

McCormick Madagascar
Vanilla Beans

Olympus Greek Gods Fage Total

Yogurt, low fat, strawberry

Spice Islands Bourbon

Vanilla Bean Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Gourmet Vanilla Beans

Dannon Wallaby Organic Creamy

Australian Style

Vanilla extract

McCormick Pure Vanilla

Extract Extract

Rodelle Pure Vanilla

Vegetable oil

Crisco Natural Blend Mazola Canola

Vinegar, apple cider

Spectrum Naturals Maille

Vinegar, balsamic

Organic, Unltered

Lucini Gran Riserva Monari Federzoni Ortalli

Vinegar, red wine

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Laurent du Clos Pompeian Gourmet

Vinegar, white wine
FOR COOKING

Colavita Aged
FOR VINAIGRETTES

Spectrum Naturals Organic