Exactly!
I see what the welfare mothers are buying with their WIC coupons and it makes me cringe.
I can buy four dozen eggs for the cost of one box of cereal, which box might make it through 1.5 breakfasts with a couple of kids.
For the cost of two bags of chips, I could buy several pounds of potatoes that can be made into all kinds of yummy things, including just put in a microwave.
For under a buck, I can buy a bag of dried beans, add $3.00 worth of Polish sausage and have a pot of good stuff to feed the whole family a couple of times.
That's just the beginning.
In the end, it usually costs way more to eat crappy food than good, basic food.
Now to eat fine food, that's another matter.
My favorite simpler-than-stink potato microwave recipe -
chunk potatoes (with skin) and place in bowl with olive oil
microwave on high 6-8 minutes for 8 potatoes
let sit 2 minutes, top with pats of butter and dill weed, serve