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I feel like the comments are misunderstanding what's happening. Historically luxury food has been nice ingredients but now that's everywhere, and what consumers
by guywithahat 1y ago
I feel like the comments are misunderstanding what's happening. Historically luxury food has been nice ingredients but now that's everywhere, and what consumers really want is delivered food. They want the thing they want, only made 6 miles away, hand delivered to them and still warm. This is a luxury good, and like many luxury goods may now be financed.
Cheap food is not going away; my lunch every day costs ~55 cents to make. In this context of luxury goods, the article makes more sense and isn't some dystopian nightmare like people are implying, it's just another luxury good you may buy.
- titanomachy 1y agoI don’t totally disagree, but it’s a little different because continuous access to food is necessary in more so than any other good. If you obscure the fact that someone can’t actually afford to eat hand-delivered burritos for every meal, they may do so to their detriment. Easy access to credit obscures the unaffordability of luxury goods, especially for those with low financial literacy. If I _can_ press the burrito button any time I want, it’s tempting to do it every time instead of eating cheap buttered noodles. If I get an error saying “you have no money left”, I will make the damn noodles.
- bagels 1y agoWhat are you eating for 55 cents per meal?
- bluedino 1y agohttps://youtu.be/sWoqj-JxwXo?si=IbC-MdVvmS9qpmch https://youtu.be/sWoqj-JxwXo?si=IbC-MdVvmS9qpmch Quite a few YouTubers out there show you how to do it
- bagels 1y agoThe answer appears to be beans and rice with a very small amount of vegetables and an American biscuit. If you buy at Walmart.
- guywithahat 1y agoI usually have some mixture of rice, lentils, beans and (frozen) vegetables. I cook the rice and lentils first, and then add frozen vegetables at the end (and possibly beans). It's quite good, healthy, and cheap.