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February 17, 2012

str8nochaser: fheenyx: afrosoulsista: iwantobe120: This is seriously an amazing visual. I always hear people say “healthy food is too expensive”…. well here you go! This is not considered “Healthy food”. It is some fresh and some frozen and maybe enough for one meal depending on the household size.  where are you buying your chicken? $1.96 for 2lbs? Try closer to $8.00 and that’s bone in and skin on….unrealistic At the WallyWorld around the corner from my house,  $20 is NOT getting you that.  Sorry but NO.  Chicken breasts are $5.00/lb Skim Milk is about $4.00 Bag of potatoes $4.00.  Looky here… we’re already at $13 and we haven’t even touched the peas, oats, corn, peaches, beans… Not saying that healthy food isn’t accessible at a reasonable cost, but not for $20. And what about people who don’t live near a super Walmart where the food prices are dramatically slashed. What about people who live in food deserts (they do exist). In many parts of Philadelphia, there are more places to grab “unhealthy” prepared foods than there are to go grocery shopping. Try NO grocery stores, a few corner stores… but there’s a McD’s Burger King, Popeyes, Checkers, Long John Silver every couple of blocks.  Stop vilifying people who live in poverty with graphics like this.  Its insulting and food security is far more complex than this.  reblogged for commentary.

str8nochaser:

fheenyx:

afrosoulsista:

iwantobe120:

This is seriously an amazing visual. I always hear people say “healthy food is too expensive”…. well here you go!

This is not considered “Healthy food”. It is some fresh and some frozen and maybe enough for one meal depending on the household size. 

where are you buying your chicken? $1.96 for 2lbs? Try closer to $8.00 and that’s bone in and skin on….unrealistic

At the WallyWorld around the corner from my house,  $20 is NOT getting you that. 

Sorry but NO. 

Chicken breasts are $5.00/lb

Skim Milk is about $4.00

Bag of potatoes $4.00. 

Looky here… we’re already at $13 and we haven’t even touched the peas, oats, corn, peaches, beans…

Not saying that healthy food isn’t accessible at a reasonable cost, but not for $20. And what about people who don’t live near a super Walmart where the food prices are dramatically slashed. What about people who live in food deserts (they do exist). In many parts of Philadelphia, there are more places to grab “unhealthy” prepared foods than there are to go grocery shopping. Try NO grocery stores, a few corner stores… but there’s a McD’s Burger King, Popeyes, Checkers, Long John Silver every couple of blocks. 

Stop vilifying people who live in poverty with graphics like this. 

Its insulting and food security is far more complex than this. 

reblogged for commentary.

(Source: fitness-is-a-habit)

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    “Great Value” brand name in house brand for Walmart MYSTERY SOLVED yfw there are no walmarts in NYC
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    my mom couldn’t get all those groceries for that price even if she had a fuck load of coupons like i want to know where...
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    Ha ha, not in NZ. For $20 to buy the items listed in the picture, you could only afford a pack of chicken breasts, a...
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    Reality: [looking through my Publix catalog for the week] 2lbs of chicken: Probably closer to $5-$6 10lbs potatoes:...
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    This doesn’t take into account any health issues or subtitutions. I’m lactose intolerant. No way on earth a gallon of...
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    yeah dude $20 here gets you milk, one of those chicken things, a loaf of bread and a bag or two of those peas…
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    These must be the prices from the early nineties.
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    this is about right, but i could get it cheaper. the chicken would be about $3 per pound depending on the brand. beans...
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