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Originally posted by winter
Actually, most grocery stores in low income neighborhoods charge more for food than other areas. Thus, people in debt end up spending more on food and other necessities than the average joe. Sad, but true.
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hmm ya know, I have seen this too.
When I lived in New Orleans, it was very different.
I thought it was odd that Pork was outrageously expensive. But they don't have any problems getting rid of it. Why? Because there is this thing called the Louisiana Purchase Card.
Its a really high tech welfare debit card all the po' people have. They're not worried about the price of pork because they don't pay for it.
You should see how sad it is when they can't even figure out how to pin in the numbers when paying with their card, to cover their 150 bucks worth of pork chops. Like they've never had plastic before.
But regardless, it is really fucked up the way stores do charge differently. And I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in So Cal it happens a LOT.
Trust me, I'm a chick and I have been in grocery stores no less than three times a week for the past ten years now.
A store by the same name up the road in a different city will have a completely different produce section of different quality, different prices, and different sale items that week.
And I don't think its illegal. When welfare is in the mix, the stores charge whatever they want because the welfare consumer will always buy certain items.
If grocery prices are higher in a ghetto market, you can be sure its items that can be purchased with food stamps.