Re: food costs

Daniel Worley (dan.worley@mindless.com)
Mon, 05 Apr 1999 05:35:12 -0300

At 04:06 4/4/99 -0700, you wrote:
Althought Bluestem mentions *university in the '60s* my guess is he or she didn't do much shopping. Anyone who things food is less expensive now than even ten years ago must not spend much time or money in a grocery store. I am recalling George Bush's exclamation at a bar-code reader (What's that thing?), showing he didn't spend much time shopping for food either!

Goodness, run out and buy some fish ($$$ more than in the '60s, '70s, '80s, and even early '90s as most is now raised on fish ranches as natural stock dies out in our pesticide-laden lakes, rivers, and bays) or vegetables (I just paid $1.39 for a head of lettuce, locally grown in season).

=A0 You made me do some thinking and calculations.=A0 I don't do much of the food shopping myself these days, but I do handle the budget and allocate the funds.=A0 We spend under 10% of total gross income on food and although we don't eat like Royalty, the three of us do fairly well.=A0 I eat more steak than my doctor would like and we do have fish several times a month as well as lots of chicken, pork, and lots of fresh (and canned) veggees.=A0 And...very little of that come from my own production as I am raising only fruits now.

=A0 At one time (when there were a few more mouths to feed) back in the 60's and 70's, we spent a much higher percentage of total income on food.=A0 But, there were more of us, and less income.

=A0 Just my three cents worth.




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