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I fully agree. But the intersection of people who read articles like this and buy their food at Walmart (or any other source that specifically tries to be low

I fully agree. But the intersection of people who read articles like this and buy their food at Walmart (or any other source that specifically tries to be low cost) and pay attention to the prices is likely quite small so people who tend to read and discuss these kinds of articles forget how cheap food can be at the low end. Eggs at my local Walmart are $1.20-$1.70/dozen (depending on large/medium/small/white/brown), milk is $2.19/gal and you can get several different large loafs of wheat (or white) bread for under $2. It's been awhile since I've done the shopping but IIRC boneless chicken breast is under $2/lb and ground beef is $3.xx/lb.

turc1656 7y ago
I wouldn't be putting bread on the list of stuff to buy if we're aiming for healthy things, but yes, that's also really cheap as well. I'm not sure I understand your point about the intersection of readers and those buying food at Walmart. I get that the overlap is probably not large, but I don't see the connection to the claim made by the article. Whether or not a low-income person reads that report they are probably still shopping at a place like Walmart so the prices are what they are. And that claim from the report is still bullshit either way because however they are measuring it is clearly designed to fulfill the desired outcome so they could write it up this way.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  >I wouldn't be putting bread on the list of stuff to buy if we're aiming for healthy things I can think of plenty "healthy enough" meals of which bread is a component. >I'm not sure I understand your point about the intersection of readers and those buying food at Walmart. I get that the overlap is probably not large, but I don't see the connection to the claim made by the article This article is written for a more wealthy audience that is going to be less aware of what food actually costs at the low end (i.e. just buying the cheapest X on the shelf instead of the X you like). My point is that few reading the article have the requisite knowledge/experience to call it out for portraying the situation inaccurately as the top level comment is doing and several here are agreeing with.

turc1656 7y ago

I wouldn't be putting bread on the list of stuff to buy if we're aiming for healthy things, but yes, that's also really cheap as well. I'm not sure I understand your point about the intersection of readers and those buying food at Walmart. I get that the overlap is probably not large, but I don't see the connection to the claim made by the article. Whether or not a low-income person reads that report they are probably still shopping at a place like Walmart so the prices are what they are. And that claim from the report is still bullshit either way because however they are measuring it is clearly designed to fulfill the desired outcome so they could write it up this way.

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>I wouldn't be putting bread on the list of stuff to buy if we're aiming for healthy things I can think of plenty "healthy enough" meals of which bread is a component. >I'm not sure I understand your point about the intersection of readers and those buying food at Walmart. I get that the overlap is probably not large, but I don't see the connection to the claim made by the article This article is written for a more wealthy audience that is going to be less aware of what food actually costs at the low end (i.e. just buying the cheapest X on the shelf instead of the X you like). My point is that few reading the article have the requisite knowledge/experience to call it out for portraying the situation inaccurately as the top level comment is doing and several here are agreeing with.