Conversely buying in bulk implies having enough room in your house to store food items. It’s not like the typical Costco shopper is low income. Our grocery sys

Conversely buying in bulk implies having enough room in your house to store food items. It’s not like the typical Costco shopper is low income. Our grocery system is optimized for moderately well to do suburbanites with SUVs and large houses. Low income people tend to live in “food deserts”. Consider the experience of shopping for food in America if you’re dependent on public transit, which a much larger proportion of the low income population are. Requiring a car to get groceries is extremely expensive.