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Tony Tantillo

Tony Tantillo joined CBS 2 in 2000 as a food expert and contributes to "CBS 2's News This Morning," "News at Noon," and "CBS 2 News Saturday." His "Fresh Grocer" segments have been featured on news broadcasts in major metro markets since 1993. Every Sunday around 6:20 A.M., you can catch Tony's Dining Deals Segment. Monday through Friday he appears on the Noon News with fresh produce tips and new, appetizing recipes.

He gives tips about storage and preparation, plus valuable nutritional information. He also teaches consumers how to recognize produce that might be too costly, poor quality, or not yet at the peak of freshness. As a consumer advocate, he emphasizes "selection first" encouraging all of us to think of quality, value and nutritional benefits when selecting our favorite produce. Not only does Tantillo talk about the importance of produce and selecting the right quality, he educates about vitamins and minerals as well. He discusses how to ensure that after selecting your produce of choice, the vitamins and minerals remain at their peak the whole time they are in your home. Helping to maintain a healthy America is incredibly important to Tony-he takes the time to help educate children all over the country about how vital it is to eat healthy.

Born in Sicily, Tantillo moved to San Francisco at the age of five and grew up working with his father in the southern San Francisco produce markets and later in his family's successful produce business.

Tantillo began his broadcasting career at KPIX-TV, the Viacom-owned station in San Francisco, where he still contributes reports. He can also be seen weekly on KCBS-TV Los Angeles, KYW-TV Philadelphia, WBBM-TV Chicago and KDKA-TV Pittsburgh. He is also on KBLX 102.9 FM in San Francisco, CA for his morning drive tip of the day as well as over 70 other stations coast to coast. Internet television is the wave of the future so Tantillo: The Fresh Grocer has joined forces with Meredith media company to offer Tantillo's vignettes and live appearances on Better TV. Pick up his free monthly Fresh Ideas Magazine in the Produce Department in every Safeway, Vons, Dominick's, Pavilions, Randall's, Tom Thumb, Carr's, Genuardi's and Grocery Works supermarkets. Tony is widely recognized as an entertaining personality, and most importantly, the preeminent produce expert in the United States.

Tantillo currently resides in N.Y. with his wife and their three children.

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