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In response to "redmond don't click it: clip from "Food Inc" about eating off the dollar menu -- (link)" by dug

That clip is exactly making my point. Food stamps should be used for more nutritious foods, not junk food.

Posted by Redmond (aka Redmond) Jun 7 '09, 12:35

Those people are eating themselves into the hospital.

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if that family can't afford to eat healthy, how is one who gets even less with public assistance? - dug Jun 7, 12:49 31
- I don't know why this is an economic issue... nutritional ignorance doesn't go away with money - Stewie Jun 7, 13:18 7
  - Sure it is. In one scenario not only are you wasting money you can't afford to waste but you're also eating unhealthily. In the scenario in your IM - Stephen Jun 7, 13:23 6
    - I'm confused now...if you spend the same amount your way at the grocery store that's not a waste of money - Stewie Jun 7, 13:36 5
      - No, i'm saying I can feed my family for less than $11-12 dollars a dinner. - Stephen Jun 7, 13:54 4
        
        From that clip they were eating that shit for lunch too. Lunch is a much cheaper meal than dinner. - Redmond Jun 7, 14:01 3
        
        Yeah, can you imagine that? If they're eating fast food 3 meals a day that's at least $30 a day. - Stephen Jun 7, 14:21 2
        
        The more people you have to cook for the lower you can get the price per person per meal. - Redmond Jun 7, 14:28
        
        I'll say! -- nm - Morgan Spurlock Jun 7, 14:25
- For that $11 they spent at BK I could easily cook a meal for a family of four (or more) of chicken breasts, garden salad, and juice to drink. -- nm - Stephen Jun 7, 12:54 12
  - and toss in a loaf of french bread too! -- nm - Stephen Jun 7, 12:56 9
    - Not sure if they still have Pak N Save down there. But we have an equivalent to that here called Winco. - Redmond Jun 7, 12:58 8
      - I was at the store yesterday and roma tomatoes are 1.99lb -- nm - 'lia Jun 7, 13:02 5
        
        Which store? And why buy Roma tomatos when you can buy a regular tomato for less? - Stephen Jun 7, 13:04 4
        
        I shop HEB. They do EDLP. Roma and regular are the same price. - 'lia Jun 7, 13:11 2
        
        We have boneless chicken breasts at least 3-4 times a week. - Stephen Jun 7, 13:16
        
        You shop the way I do!! Awesome! -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 13:13
        
        Exactly. I will shop by price, not by what I desire. If a roma in on sale that week I buy that. - Redmond Jun 7, 13:10
      - Pak n Save is more of a bay area thing, but we've got Food 4 Less, Winco, and Super Wal Mart. - Stephen Jun 7, 13:02 1
        
        I just bought chicken hindquarters at Winco this week for 68 cents a lb. - Redmond Jun 7, 13:04
  - Ding!!! They were using lack of time as an argument more than lack of money. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 12:55
  - yeppers. -- nm - CQ Jun 7, 12:55
- Well it's assistance. You can still eat more than what you get in food stamps. If you get 200 bucks in food stamps you can throw in a few bucks of - Redmond Jun 7, 12:53
- They don't need to go to Whole Foods for fruits and vegetables. Every single supermarket in America has a produce section. -- nm - Ender Jun 7, 12:53 5
  - you know that there are large sections of big cities (usually poor areas) that have no supermarkets at all, right? -- nm - loosiflu Jun 7, 14:25
  - lately the cost of produce has skyrocketed - 'lia Jun 7, 12:58 3
    - So true. I'm hoping the produce market that just opened up the street from me can maintain their price structure. - MojaveMeg Jun 7, 13:04 2
      - I saw that! I was so jealous! I don't like having to convert many of my recipes - 'lia Jun 7, 13:14
      - My garden is about 3 weeks away from producing food. I can't wait!! -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 13:12
- seems to me they're just effin lazy. They need to try harder. -- nm - CQ Jun 7, 12:53 2
  - Seriously, as the family budgeter and family chef I can tell you the "we can feed our family dinner for $11 buying from the grocery store" is bull. - Stephen Jun 7, 12:55 1
    - uh make that can = can't -- nm - Stephen Jun 7, 13:02

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That clip is exactly making my point. Food stamps should be used for more nutritious foods, not junk food.

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