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03-05-2007, 02:33 PM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
skoob,
good point. i dont recall if the report stated specifically regarding groceries only, not eating out. i only assumed. as far as eating out, i agree. 
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03-05-2007, 02:36 PM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
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[ QUOTE ] i saw a news report recently that stated americans spend the least amount of their income on food(and we are fat asses) as a percentage of their income than any other nation. we are blessed. [/ QUOTE ] How was "food" defined? If it was in groceries, that makes sense. US News and World reports reported in 2000 that Americans spend more on dining out than they do on health care. That's probably changed since then. We're not spending our $$$ on food from the grocery store. We're spending our $$$ at McDonalds. I have serious doubts that any nation spends more on dining out than the US (per capita), even as a percentage of net income. [/ QUOTE ] I don't know why McDonalds is always mentioned when talking about food spending. We really need to point fingers at the super expensive fast food establishments; the Quizznos and the Paneras of the world. Sure, McDonalds offer nasty food that makes you fat, but at least you can buy a [censored]-ton of crap for very little money. Meanwhile all these "high class" fast food joints are ripping people off by serving better tasting but equally un-healthy food for tons of money. Damn, it makes me mad. Swede
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03-05-2007, 02:44 PM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] i saw a news report recently that stated americans spend the least amount of their income on food(and we are fat asses) as a percentage of their income than any other nation. we are blessed. [/ QUOTE ] How was "food" defined? If it was in groceries, that makes sense. US News and World reports reported in 2000 that Americans spend more on dining out than they do on health care. That's probably changed since then. We're not spending our $$$ on food from the grocery store. We're spending our $$$ at McDonalds. I have serious doubts that any nation spends more on dining out than the US (per capita), even as a percentage of net income. [/ QUOTE ] I don't know why McDonalds is always mentioned when talking about food spending. We really need to point fingers at the super expensive fast food establishments; the Quizznos and the Paneras of the world. Sure, McDonalds offer nasty food that makes you fat, but at least you can buy a [censored]-ton of crap for very little money. Meanwhile all these "high class" fast food joints are ripping people off by serving better tasting but equally un-healthy food for tons of money. Damn, it makes me mad. Swede [/ QUOTE ] McDonalds is the easy target. Yes, they are not the only guilty party. It's no different than Wal-Mart getting all the bad press when Target, Kmart, Costco are all to blame. But the big giant leaders in those categories, if they changed their practices, I bet many would follow their lead. I don't think the same would be true the other way around.
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#5
03-05-2007, 02:48 PM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
Box of cereal, sandwich crap, hot dogs,.
Milk $3.19 Cereal $3.00 (less w/ coupon) Bread $1.50 Ham 4/$2.00 Death Dogs .99 H/D Buns $1.50 Little Debbies .99 _______________________ Total $13.17 Tax ~1.15 $14.32 .50 for local newspaper (read a section each day, then work the puzzles) .18 to spare!
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#6
03-06-2007, 12:20 AM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
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Meanwhile all these "high class" fast food joints are ripping people off by serving better tasting but equally un-healthy food for tons of money. [/ QUOTE ] How is that ripping you off?
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#7
03-06-2007, 12:28 AM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
For your reference, the budgeted amount for nursing homes for raw food costs in the US, excluding the labor costs, is roughly $5 per resident day. Congrats on eating much cheaper than your average nursing home resident.
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#8
03-05-2007, 04:57 PM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
$15 is a lot per week. You could get a decent mix of starches and vegetables for that.
I would probably get an 18 pack of eggs loaf of bread ramen bananas yogurt probablu have enough money for some frozen chicken.
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#9
03-05-2007, 05:50 PM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
I'd probably go the burrito route:
rice beans lettuce cheddar cheese cpl tomatoes onion salsa tortillas possibly some chicken, green peppers and corn if there's enough $ left.
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#10
03-05-2007, 05:57 PM
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Re: you have 15 dollars to buy groceries for a week.
bread
peanut butter jelly ramen chicken flavored mac and cheese
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