Discussion: Unhealthy fast food is cheaper than healthier food? - Page 3

lilostolemycoke

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Originally posted by Qbuilderz

I really don't think you grocery shop that often then.

Ground beef goes bad *far* before lettuce will if you don't cook it. But, beyond this (and more importantly) ground beef comes by the pound and at 5lb variants at almost all grocery stores - one pound is usually $4 to $5, and makes between 2-4 patties depending on how thick you like them.

Bread, Lettuce heads, tomatoes, and onions will land you at $6-$8. All will keep for at least a week if properly refrigerated.

This lands you between $8 to $13 to make up to 4 burgers, which will feed you the same amount or longer than just the two meals you could purchase from McD's.

Source: I am a part time butcher at Wegmans. People simply don't take the time to price compare and think about long term shopping.

"you can freeze meat"

Domination

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Originally posted by Shizuka

Yep, that theory is under the assumption those individuals can be able to bulk buy at the moment instead of seeking constant cheaper alternatives for what they have for the moment as far as money.

This attacking people who are fat when it's not only fat people who suffer from lack of healthy food is so played out.

Saying someone is lazy also just disregards what that person is doing in their life but whatever.

Life doesn't work this way. You can't get fast food everyday and pay $7 - $10 per meal and then come back and say "People can't afford to spend money on food for the whole week all at once." Any stable adult should be able to learn how to budget and buy food and ingredients that wont spoil and take a dollar further. You can get a 20 lb sack of rice for $10 if you wanna be extravagant and even $7 or $8 if you're willing to go with a generic brand.

Shizuka

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Originally posted by Domination

Life doesn't work this way. You can't get fast food everyday and pay $7 - $10 per meal and then come back and say "People can't afford to spend money on food for the whole week all at once." Any stable adult should be able to learn how to budget and buy food and ingredients that wont spoil and take a dollar further. You can get a 20 lb sack of rice for $10 if you wanna be extravagant and even $7 or $8 if you're willing to go with a generic brand.

Life for who doesn't work this way? There is the assumption that they are spending that much daily and that they aren't budgeting but finding buying in bulk to be unsuitable to their budget. Also instead of small increments of cheaply bought meals instead of mass bulk which will usually cost more than 20 if we're speaking on monthly meals.

It's the idea that spending cheaply over time is manageable on a fixed income instead of depleting in one go. It isn't about they are saving so it's better but it is thing that it is cheaper to provide slowly than to purchase quality at once.

The usual that don't expire and cost cheaper are the unhealthy items even if there are some items that aren't, it's mainly cheap things that hold on longer but are bad for them (which I mentioned earlier) they feel they can get more of. Even if that more is complete rubbish.

That sack of rice wouldn't be eaten alone, but the person who spent that money on just rice probably finds it easier to purchase a bunch of premade meal that isn't so good that has a bit of everything including rice.

Also cheap unhealthy bulk is something that also applies, buying more cheap unhealthy items instead of healthier alternatives in bulk yields more items but it's not so good health wise.