Bidenflation: California Dad Spends $444 at Trader Joe’s to Feed Six Children

Breitbart ^ | 07/07/2024 | Amy Furr

[ChicagoConservative27]

A man in California spent more than $400 dollars at Trader Joe’s to feed his six children for a week and a half, as Americans struggle to survive in President Joe Biden’s (D) economy.

The father shared a video online that showed a receipt from the store in Westlake Village in Los Angeles County, Fox Business reported Saturday.

“Here’s what it takes to feed six kids in about a week and a half,” the man said in the video. The camera then pans down to show the bottom of the receipt which says the total bill was $444.38:

[Lizavetta]

Judging by the receipt he buys processed factory food, which is both crap and overpriced.

Rice, beans, vegetables, fruit, lean meats ... do your own damn cooking and stop being lazy. Your food bill will drop dramatically.

[paint_your_wagon]

I didn’t read the article.

Did the dad spend his own cash or was this an EBT purchase?

[alternatives?]

Where is the chocolate?

[Lazamataz]

Welcome to California.

Such a lovely place.

Such a lovely face.

[DesertRhino]

I eat the good stuff! And I put Worcestershire sauce on my beans and rice.

[Thank You Rush]

“”50 pound bag of rolled oats is about 35 bucks. That’s about 400 servings. 50 pounds of flour is about 55 bucks at Costco.””

50# of rolled oats - 50# of flour - great, if you’re going to make a lot of oatmeal cookies...for a year or more.. Don’t forget the raisins....

[montag813]

This dad is an idiot. The “breaded chicken tenderloin” is literally 4 TIMES the price of an equal amount of chicken breasts and breadcrumbs from their local grocer. If you married a wife too lazy or stupid to know how to bread and cook chicken cutlets in a pan (”shake and bake”? hello?) then you deserve to go broke.

[Dr. Sivana]

Note, most of the food on there is the pre-prepared heat-n-eat type.

I don’t see what my wife buys:

Chicken thighs
Ground Beef
Beef Heart
Pork Loin
Hot dogs
Sale meat of the week

Asparagus
Green Beans
Broccoli
Carrots

Bread
Whole Grain Bread (folic acid sensitivity in family)

Store brand tortilla chips
Hot dog buns

Condiments

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You get the idea.
She shops at Fry’s (Kroger), but our bill for a family of four is still quite high.

[Indy Pendance]

Aldi and Trader Joes get their food from the same supplier

[Dr. Sivana]

Walmart comes in at half the price of Sloppy Joe's.

Walmart will zap you on fruit and produce.

[Dr. Sivana]

It is my understanding that Asian markets typically have good prices on veggies.

I believe it. The Mexican meat markets here look intriguing, but I do not speak the language.

[frank ballenger]

Maybe before he got married he was like a local rock DJ who admitted he eats “whatever is at the gas station convenience store.” The female co-host questioned him further but he was unmarried and busy and ate the subs, hot dogs, sandwiches, chips and other items on the way during the day and for supper after work.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I agree. Walmart produce is not particularly low priced. Aldi produce is better priced.

[frank ballenger]

Food in Asian markets....

Flower Drum Song (1961 movie).

Madame ‘Auntie’ Liang:
“Then sell me five pounds of seahorses, two pounds of dried snake meat, and a box of longevity noodles. Oh, yes, and a dozen thousand-year eggs. And be sure they’re fresh.”

[DAC21]

“No Aldi nearby?”

Yes, 6 miles / 10 minutes from West Lake Village.

[Dr. Sivana]

Also, Walmart’s meat selection is not great. Walmart can be part of a good food shopping strategy. It couples well with Aldi or with mainstream chain (Kroger, Publix, Stop & Shop). You shop meat, produce and specials/loss leaders at the mainstream chain, then the packaged stuff at Walmart. Walmart often has Reese’s peanut butter, which is my preferred, and not widely available.

[verum ago]

Seriously. Here in northern CA, there’s nothing wrong with our available Walmarts, and a local discount chain, Winco, is often dramatically less than chains life Safeway.

WinCo isn't exactly a "local" chain in NoCal- it's in 10 states and is headquartered in Boise, ID.

I used to live in Idaho, but am in Alaska now and given the price of groceries up here let me tell you:

Man, do I miss WinCo!
(and Costco, for that matter)

Heck, WinCo had better produce for less than Albertson's or Fred Meyer or Costco...

[Captain Peter Blood]

Given you’re trying to feed a family of six I don’t believe $444 is all that out f line with what it takes

[logi_cal869]

I’m glad that his income both supports SIX CHILDREN and his choice to shop at TJ.

That’s a bidenomics success story right there.

/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s

(what a dumbass liberal)

[Scrambler Bob]

That’s $7.41 per kid per day for 10 days.

And Dad doesn’t eat any of that.

Maybe not too bad, but it WAS a lot less.