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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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I don't know, but let's look at the article a bit better and see 370 types of food healthy and unhealthy, 2004 - 2006 over time.
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The first-of-its-kind study by UW researchers found that between 2004 and 2006, the costs of some healthy foods went up nearly 20 percent at major Seattle supermarkets. But over the same period, the cost of some junk foods dropped.
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The study tracked changes in prices over time and sorted by food quality. It compared the cost of more than 370 types of food purchased at three Seattle supermarket chains: QFC, Albertsons and Safeway.
The researchers compared the cost of food that is low in calories by weight — generally fresh fruits and vegetables — with the costs of higher-calorie foods, such as candy, pastries and snacks that are high in refined grains, sugars and fat.
The 20 percent increase in cost of the healthy foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, was way ahead of the overall cost increase of all the food combined, which was 5 percent.
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I'll also factor in that produce prices tend to fluctuate more than Oreos. Bad tomato crop? Tomato prices rise. Buying out of season? Imported produce is more costly. Frost in Florida? Oranges and orange juice prices will increase. Strawberries in winter are 3x the price they are in summer. People no longer buy according to season because it's not something taught nor is it something you can visually tell.
Why would junk food prices drop? Because managers need to move the product due to best before dates and shelf life. Wholesalers offer steep discounts to move inventory all the time just so that the market can rotate the shelf and regain shelf life.
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Originally Posted by kutulu
Well, obviously. However, there is no reason, EVER, for someone on a budget to buy cut apples or bagged lettuce. It makes no sense. Then again, people are stupid.
Yes it takes skill to cook but it isn't that hard. It took me a couple of years to get to where I am but it has paid off.
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But you know what... they do. I live next to NYCHA Vladeck houses and I get to watch people pay with foodstamps and WIC all the time. They buy the crap that is allowed on the list. That list is crap.
I agree, I learned to cook for myself when I was 12-13. I have never worried about cooking something. I'm just lazy alot of the time when it can cost me just as much if not a little more to buy raw food ingredients than to have already cooked meals as take out or delivered to my home.
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