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I don't think people spend a majority on sweets and alcohol, but even if we think about 'non essentials'. For example, you can buy flour and make bread. premade
by calvinmorrison 4y ago
I don't think people spend a majority on sweets and alcohol, but even if we think about 'non essentials'. For example, you can buy flour and make bread. premade bread is essentially discretionary.
The problem with this line of thinking is that it makes people less economically productive. Having my wife stay home and do home-made everything would certainly reduce our total grocery spending, but she's quite likely to be less economically productive spending her full time doing household work.
given that we're also getting rid of our dishwasher, washing machine, fridge, and everything else. if my wife would just roll up her sleves we could save even more money!
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoThere are balances to be had. Long ago when I worked in a grocery store, I could cut a watermelon into quarters, wrap each up in plastic, and slap a label on each of them in under 30 seconds. Those watermelon quarters each sold for more than double the price of an entire watermelon. Even if you include the time to bring watermelons to the back room, return the slices to the sales floor, and then the refrigeration costs and opportunity costs of using highly visible space for the slices, it was still a huge markup for what couldn't have been more than a minute of labor on average.
- aikendrum 4y agoBread and watermelon are incommensurate. Bread is a staple.
- benj111 4y agoNo, thats why I didn't go into that at all. theres always stuff you can do to lower your food bill. youre right about alcohol / sweet spending, its still a significant proportion that is discretionary though.