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The post I responded to was about red states being petty and stop selling food to blue states. That's like real food like produce. Not total food and beverage.

by tayo42 4y ago

The post I responded to was about red states being petty and stop selling food to blue states. That's like real food like produce. Not total food and beverage. But sure looking at something expensive like candy About 37billion in sales https://www.foodbeverageinsider.com/market-trends-analysis/us-chocolate-candy-sales-rise-again https://www.foodbeverageinsider.com/market-trends-analysis/u... Compared to 70ish billion of produce https://theproducenews.com/headlines/produce-department-sales-top-71-billion-see-continued-growth https://theproducenews.com/headlines/produce-department-sale... That seems significant for all good and beverage sales. Nevermind alcohol, which I'm pretty sure was included in that first 80% number. Look at a supermarket, how much of that is real food. I think my local one has 3-4 aisles of snacks and candy

spywaregorilla 4y ago
I can't tell what your point is then? The petty red state question was dumb, sure. 80% of american food and beverage is significant. And more significant than 20% of it, obviously. Candy is a pretty small portion of the food people eat even if there's a lot of shelf space on the supermarkets. Most food that people eat are grains and meat, which is largely sourced internally. The imported stuff is mostly fresh produce which is nice but also not really natural or essential to have year round.