We were talking about this at home the other night, after making a grocery store run. Talking about how the juicer we bought last Christmas has been sitting on the counter, unused, for several months. You have to push a fair amount of fruit through it to get a couple of glasses, and it’s just too darn expensive.
Macaroni and cheese may not be as good for you, but you don’t need a loan to make a run to the supermarket to buy food for the family. I’m always amazed at how much people who are buying for a full family must spend. We’re down to just the two of us and it still costs a ton, although we DO try to stick mostly to things that are relatively good for us. Or, at least, not horribly bad!
Now, there are numbers to back up our discussion.
Who Can Afford to Eat Right? Healthy Foods Are Too Expensive for Millions, Research Shows
It’s hard not to spend too much time at the dinner table during the holiday season, getting fatter on our way to the poor house. Though we are lectured constantly about eating right, most of us don’t. And the reason, it seems, is more a matter of economics than self-indulgengence [...]
Tags: Grocery Prices, Healthy Eating
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