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Originally Posted by NaughtyJulie
All good points, another thing to take note of is that the fast food industry is so huge these days. I saw a McDonald's commercial the other day that basically said you can get every meal there for $1. When you don't have much cash and your stomach is growling, a double cheeseburger for some spare change doesn't sound bad. I think a lot of people with limited finances look at fast food places as a regular, daily (or many times per day) option for a cheap meal.
Of course, it has some horrible health consequences! Cheap meals made of cheap sources usually means little to no real nutrients. But high in the fat, sodium, sugar, and cholesterol departments. Yikes.
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very true.
if you are on a high nutrition diet you will find that (in general) you will spend more than if you live on so-called processed or factory foods.
a surprising amount of cash can be spent on high quality fresh fruits and vegetables, shelled walnuts, salmon and other "health" type foods. and if you live in the northern states your fresh stuff is coming now from mexico and south america. the usa citrus crop (oranges) was apparently bad this year so to get the very best navel oranges i had to buy a bag that came all the way from australia, about 6 oranges were 6 bucks.
freeze frozen blueberries are now about $3/lb. stuff like that. easy to spend a 100 bucks on half a cart of fresh fruits and veggies if you buy top quality.
most folks on a tight budget will not go this route and fill up on the "super value" menu.