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thatluciegirl:

“Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?”

brilliant article! Everyone should read this…a healthy nation will be a happy nation

Dear Jace, that one time you told me it was more expensive to eat healthy. Yeah, not always.

Guys, I know this infographic is all fancy with big red numbers that seem to prove some sort of point for you, but there are other things you need to take into consideration:

The price of raw food ingredients changes drastically depending on where you are, rural, suburban, or urban, and from state to state. McDonalds prices for the most part, do not change.

Not everyone knows how to cook. Even basic cooking. If they can get their hands on raw ingredients, eating a meal of burnt rice and half raw beans is going to make them want to eat fast food.

Not everyone has access to fresh food. If you don’t have a car and have to lug home groceries from the store that’s 8 blocks away to feed four people after you’ve just worked a 10 hour shift, I can guarantee you that the Wendy’s on the corner is going to look pretty damn good.

This is not just an issue surrounding prices, this is also an issue of availability and time, and it is deeply classist to not take these other factors into account.

Okay yeah this graph is bullshit. I could not get all that for that money here. That shit is more expensive.

It also only gives the price for only a certain amount of the ingredients. I can not buy 3 strips of bacon anywhere. You can’t really buy just a cup of rice, you have to buy a larger, more expensive bag. So, unit-wise, it might be that cheap, but this is unrealistic.

This is pretty classist, trying to make it seem like “there’s no excuse for not eating healthy,” when people legitimately cannot afford this fancy shit and need to live on Fruit Loops.

Ugh, I wish you could go somewhere and buy three strips of bacon. The #1 reason I do not go food shopping very often is because oftentimes I have an idea in my head for ONE THING I want to try cooking, and I go out, buy all the ingredients, it ends up costing like $30 for the lot of it, get home, cook that ONE THING, and then I have all this stuff left in my fridge that I have NO clue what I want to do with, I kind of freak out over it, and they just stay in the fridge until they go bad and then I feel like an ass.

No infographic could ever take into consideration the amount of mental anxiety shopping for and cooking fresh food puts me through. @_@

My mom has this type of mentality and prefers cooking then going out because grocery shopping and cooking lasts my family an entire week (leftovers) while going out to McDonalds is very unhealthy is quite expensive once you get to 4 people and then to buy it for an entire week…

Well, bud, you’re super lucky that your mom has the time/skill/availability to put healthy food on the table for you. Not everyone has it so nice.

I remember being in my early 20s, on my own for the first time and not having a fucking CLUE as to how to manage food. It’s taken me the better part of a decade, having to pinch pennies, and then having to feed a family to really appreciate the truth of the infographic. But it is very true and when you’re living paycheck to paycheck, that truth is worth its weight in gold.

There are places where you CAN buy those items per unit. Bulk bins are your friends when you only have to buy a little bit of something OR have to buy a whole lot and want to save some money. Or you buy the larger units to make more than one meal. This is usually the case. In most other countries, folks buy only what they need for the day but in the US, it’s more common to stockpile and our food packages reflect that.

Even if you’re just feeding yourself, buying fresh food and cooking it yourself is cheaper. Learn how to be smart with leftovers, if you have the facilities to do so. It isn’t easy but it can be done.

I left a career in technology to be a SAHM; we have one income and we watch every single penny. And it is hard, so fucking hard, to feed yourself healthy on a budget, much less a family. But it can be done and if you’re watching your budget, food is one of the easiest places to cut back, especially if you eat out a lot. Cooking is a skill that pays for itself in so many ways.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where the cost of living is NOT cheap. And while I wouldn’t be buying the most luxurious food, I could definitely feed my family for the better part of a week on $30. But you have to know how to shop, you have to plan ahead. And it isn’t easy, whether you’re just starting out on your own or have been feeding a family for some time. It seems most folks don’t know how to buy food within a budget these days and the proliferation of easy to find, fast food has a lot to do about that.

You are right that cooking for a family can be done on the cheap, but I’m betting you live in an area with very few food deserts. There are a lot of places where people simply do not have access to healthy groceries and have to rely on convenience stores, gas stations, and fast food in order to eat. This infographic conveniently ignores that issue.

Also, you need a lot more than just food to make stuff. Knives and pots and pans at least. That costs money.

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thatluciegirl:

“Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?”

brilliant article! Everyone should read this…a healthy nation will be a happy nation

Dear Jace, that one time you told me it was more expensive to eat healthy. Yeah, not always.

Guys, I know this infographic is all fancy with big red numbers that seem to prove some sort of point for you, but there are other things you need to take into consideration:

The price of raw food ingredients changes drastically depending on where you are, rural, suburban, or urban, and from state to state. McDonalds prices for the most part, do not change.

Not everyone knows how to cook. Even basic cooking. If they can get their hands on raw ingredients, eating a meal of burnt rice and half raw beans is going to make them want to eat fast food.

Not everyone has access to fresh food. If you don’t have a car and have to lug home groceries from the store that’s 8 blocks away to feed four people after you’ve just worked a 10 hour shift, I can guarantee you that the Wendy’s on the corner is going to look pretty damn good.

This is not just an issue surrounding prices, this is also an issue of availability and time, and it is deeply classist to not take these other factors into account.

Okay yeah this graph is bullshit. I could not get all that for that money here. That shit is more expensive.

It also only gives the price for only a certain amount of the ingredients. I can not buy 3 strips of bacon anywhere. You can’t really buy just a cup of rice, you have to buy a larger, more expensive bag. So, unit-wise, it might be that cheap, but this is unrealistic.

This is pretty classist, trying to make it seem like “there’s no excuse for not eating healthy,” when people legitimately cannot afford this fancy shit and need to live on Fruit Loops.

Ugh, I wish you could go somewhere and buy three strips of bacon. The #1 reason I do not go food shopping very often is because oftentimes I have an idea in my head for ONE THING I want to try cooking, and I go out, buy all the ingredients, it ends up costing like $30 for the lot of it, get home, cook that ONE THING, and then I have all this stuff left in my fridge that I have NO clue what I want to do with, I kind of freak out over it, and they just stay in the fridge until they go bad and then I feel like an ass.

No infographic could ever take into consideration the amount of mental anxiety shopping for and cooking fresh food puts me through. @_@

My mom has this type of mentality and prefers cooking then going out because grocery shopping and cooking lasts my family an entire week (leftovers) while going out to McDonalds is very unhealthy is quite expensive once you get to 4 people and then to buy it for an entire week…

Well, bud, you’re super lucky that your mom has the time/skill/availability to put healthy food on the table for you. Not everyone has it so nice.

I remember being in my early 20s, on my own for the first time and not having a fucking CLUE as to how to manage food. It’s taken me the better part of a decade, having to pinch pennies, and then having to feed a family to really appreciate the truth of the infographic. But it is very true and when you’re living paycheck to paycheck, that truth is worth its weight in gold.

There are places where you CAN buy those items per unit. Bulk bins are your friends when you only have to buy a little bit of something OR have to buy a whole lot and want to save some money. Or you buy the larger units to make more than one meal. This is usually the case. In most other countries, folks buy only what they need for the day but in the US, it’s more common to stockpile and our food packages reflect that.

Even if you’re just feeding yourself, buying fresh food and cooking it yourself is cheaper. Learn how to be smart with leftovers, if you have the facilities to do so. It isn’t easy but it can be done.

I left a career in technology to be a SAHM; we have one income and we watch every single penny. And it is hard, so fucking hard, to feed yourself healthy on a budget, much less a family. But it can be done and if you’re watching your budget, food is one of the easiest places to cut back, especially if you eat out a lot. Cooking is a skill that pays for itself in so many ways.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where the cost of living is NOT cheap. And while I wouldn’t be buying the most luxurious food, I could definitely feed my family for the better part of a week on $30. But you have to know how to shop, you have to plan ahead. And it isn’t easy, whether you’re just starting out on your own or have been feeding a family for some time. It seems most folks don’t know how to buy food within a budget these days and the proliferation of easy to find, fast food has a lot to do about that.

You are right that cooking for a family can be done on the cheap, but I’m betting you live in an area with very few food deserts. There are a lot of places where people simply do not have access to healthy groceries and have to rely on convenience stores, gas stations, and fast food in order to eat. This infographic conveniently ignores that issue.

Also, you need a lot more than just food to make stuff. Knives and pots and pans at least. That costs money.