“Low income folks could do much better shopping for discounts at no-frills type grocery stores, or at Walmart and Target. Check the weekly fliers and buy what’s on sale. You can save a lot.”
You mean those “big box stores” that get a lot of their produce from Mexico? I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to eat produce that’s been “grown” in human excrement. And I don’t need Chinese garlic what with Gilroy, CA a few miles away. Sure, you need to be a wise shopper even at a farmer’s market, but there are bargains to be had together with better quality if you know what to look for.
there are bargains to be had together with better quality if you know what to look for
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True, I don’t disagree with you on that point. However, we are talking about very low income folks here, which means they are trying to stretch dollars. (Yes, they waste a lot of money on unwise and unhealthy purchases but that’s for another discussion.) When you are having a hard time making ends meet, shopping for quality food items is not real high on your priority list. Maybe it should be, but the reality is that when you have to pay your rent, clothing, utilities and other necessities of life there’s often precious little money left over.
I would like to eat gourmet cuisine, organic foods, premium beef (all natural, dry aged to guarantee taste and tenderness!), and drink fine beverages to compliment my meals everyday but my budget priorities don’t allow for it so I settle for something less until such time as I can afford to splurge. Its kind of like the food version of Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs. ;)