Tim White

Super Bowl Food Facts
Super Bowl Food Facts

1) Ranch dressing. Move over bleu cheese. Almost 57-percent of Americans who eat chicken wings say they like to dip their wings ranch dressing, according to a new National Chicken Council poll. Only about 35-percent go for the bleu cheese dressing -unless you live in Northeast, where it’s nearly 50-percent

 

2) Pizza. Super Bowl Sunday is the busiest day of the year for pizza restaurants, according to the National Restaurant Association. In fact, chains Papa John’s, Pizza Hut and Domino’s will sell twice as many pies as they do on any other day.

 

3) Potato chips. Wings and pizza are the two most popular Super Bowl snacks, but potato chips are close behind. Some 11 million pounds of chips are expected to be consumed on Sunday, as well as an estimated 4 million pounds of pretzels and 2.5 million pounds of nuts.

 

4) Avocado. Luckily avocado is a Super Food, because 69.6 million pounds of avocados are consumed on Super Bowl, according to the Hass Avocado Board. Now, if you could avoid eating all those chips –but they go sooo good together.

 

5) Popcorn. Get popping. Americans will eat about 3.8 million pounds of popcorn while watching the big game, according to the Calorie Control Council. If you skip the butter, it could be one of the day’s healthiest snacks.

 

6) Hamburgers. The Super Bowl is second-biggest grilling weekend of the year –the 4th of July is first. Some 14 billion hamburgers will be served up at parties across the country.

 

7) Beer. Nothing goes better with football than beer. Some 49.2 million cases of beer are sold every year on the day of the Super Bowl. No wonder about six-percent of Americans call in sick for work the next day.

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About Tim White

Boy, time does FLY. Born and raised here, I’ve had spent the last 25 years in broadcasting. Beginning full-time work in November of 1987, just a few months after graduating from North High School. In 1996 I graduated from Grand View College with a Business Degree. I began The Morning Show at Lite 104.1 in 1997. It's a pleasure to start each weekday with you.

A little bit about me personally: I live near Des Moines with my wife Michelle and I have four kids to keep me busy. I love to run/jog and try to do 10-15 miles per week and also bike in the summer. I enjoy golf but rarely get to play. I have a pilots license but rarely fly either. We love to vacation in Las Vegas or Southern California and have been to both many times. Closer to home, Okoboji is fantastic. We spent some time there last summer and loved it! Can't wait to return.

Keep up with me on Facebook or Twitter: @timwhitedsm and listen to me on Lite 104.1 weekday mornings from 5 to 10am and Saturday mornings from 6 to 10am.