and they say eating healthy costs more??

Bingo.

Unfortunately, some people don't live close to grocery stores and don't have a car, so they get stuck buying "groceries" from convenience stores. It would be nice if produce and other healthy items were more readily available, but it would take convincing grocery store owners to open stores in every neighborhood.

I don't know where those prices apply - but where I live, the pound of chicken alone would be close to the $6 mark. I agree that you can eat healthy for less than eating junk, though you have to have enough money to do a little advance shopping - if you have only $5 to your name, you're not getting much at my local grocery store.

Definitely depends on where you live. Here, something similar to the top picture would be around (the equivalent of) $10, while the bottom picture would be $40+.

Even when we buy cage free, open range meats we get them on sale and it isn't that much more than other brands. Tie that in with the savings we get buys fruits, veggies, and grains in bulk and it is pretty cheap really. Not just compared to proceed frozen foods, but really low compared to going out to eat.

I still think it cost more ... where i live anyway -.-... Its only going up O_O.. eggs were 4$ when i came here a year ago.. now its 8.99$ >.<

It's a bit hard to guage for me, because we deal in kilos, but a lot of that stuff looks a lot cheaper than what we're able to get it for. I know that a kilo of chicken breasts here (in South East QLD) costs usually between $8 - $10 a kilo. Bananas are cheapish right now, but still between $2 - $4 a kilo, depending on weekly specials. The cheapest meat we usually have here is beef mince/ground beef and I can get half a kilo of the average stuff (not lean) for about $3 - $4.

I really dislike this kind of advertising, as it doesn't take into account locality. The prices for those things probably even vary differently from state to state.

Or for $10 you could buy 8 Totino's pizzas! Or 10 McChickens!

I don't know where those prices apply - but where I live, the pound of chicken alone would be close to the $6 mark. I agree that you can eat healthy for less than eating junk, though you have to have enough money to do a little advance shopping - if you have only $5 to your name, you're not getting much at my local grocery store.

That was my question. Here at Wal-Mart the smallest things of chicken costs 5 or 6 dollars. Bunch of bananas another 2 or 3. That sort of thing.

I spend $50 per week on groceries at Whole Foods, all organic and natural foods, all vegetarian. It might cost more money than what I used to pay for Kraft Dinner and Hot Pockets but at the expense of my health.. and that is infinitely more valuable to me.

I don't know where those prices apply - but where I live, the pound of chicken alone would be close to the $6 mark. I agree that you can eat healthy for less than eating junk, though you have to have enough money to do a little advance shopping - if you have only $5 to your name, you're not getting much at my local grocery store.

That was my question. Here at Wal-Mart the smallest things of chicken costs 5 or 6 dollars. Bunch of bananas another 2 or 3. That sort of thing.

Exactly - the other picture claims a pound of grapes for .88 (88cents?!). Grapes are about $4.00 a lb here. Maybe at the discount market (where the quality is often not as good and the shelf life is 1/2) it's $1 / $1.50 cheaper, but still not .88 cents. I'd love to know where this market is. LOL

hahahahahhahahaa this is a joke, right?

1 pound of chicken breasts here alone is 5.99. -_-

I wish... in Alaska the grapes would be almost 4 dollars a pound

Sometimes in California grapes are 4 dollars a pound - for California grapes! :explode: But shopping around and local farmers markets are a blessing!

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YEAH! Love this!!!