Hold up!! You're comparing oranges and apples -- or in this case,
oranges and popsicles. You can't compare prices of a raw ingredient
with that of a processed food and make any conclusion about
organic vs non organic food! The original post on this thread
asserted that you could either buy raw ingredients and spend about
$40/week or buy processed food and spend $100/week, and my response
was that I do buy raw ingredients and STILL pay more like $100/week
because I buy organic. I was assuming that $100/week was presented
as an example of "high food costs" and since that's what I pay (for
two people with thrifty ways and normal appetites), I can only
conclude that organic is expensive. At the very least, it is quite a
bit more expensive than non organic. For example, last week when I
went shopping, a HALF gallon of milk cost $3.00 whereas regular milk
was being advertised at $2.00 for ONE gallon (ie, 300% mark-up).
[Can you see that I did not compare milk to ice cream or cheese?]
I'm not begrudging anyone their due (and least of all farmers who
only get a paltry percentage of the retail price anyway), but I would
like to make the point that buying organic requires a strong will as
it DOES make a dent in one's budget -- at least it does in mine.
Speaking of apples vs. oranges: You are comparing a convenience quantity (1/2gl)
to a bulk quantity (gl) which invalidates the comparison. Any retailer has
preferences of sizes that s/he wants to handle. That preference is expressed as
price premium/discount for preferred sizes. Further, milk is a less than
satisfactory item to compare since grocers commonly discount selected meat,
puoltry & dairy items as "loss leaders".
I would suggest your original subject (organic oranges vs. non-organic oranges)
might make a better basis for comparison by the #, the crate or by the 50# bag
of each...
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