Seriously.

Although the point as made stands, i.e. it's cheaper to buy real, whole foods than to go to a fast food joint, your mileage will vary depending on season and location. Right now, in Seattle, in February, a pound of strawberries is about 5.99, I've never seen frozen veggies for less than 1.50/lb, and specialty type foods, like the meatless patties, would be closer to five bucks, and 96% lean ground beef is more like six bucks a pound. For 2.98/lb you can get the 80/20 beef. Everything else looks about right--I don't like cashews, so I have no idea what they cost here. Still, you are getting more bang for your buck at the grocery store. There's three to four days worth of dinners, and probably some leftover lunches for a little over 32 bucks vs. 21 and change for one meal's worth of food at the burger joint.

Those are not Alaska prices.

I wish I could buy a bag of frozen veg for 90 cents?
Wait...can you do that anywhere in the lower 48?

yeah...you can.

I'd love to see a date on that image.

I'm comparing prices with my grocery store down the street (they have a buy online+delivery option, though that doesn't affect base price).

The image says a pound of 96% lean ground beef is $2.98. I can't find it that lean locally, but 93% lean is 6.39/lb - more than twice as expensive.

The morningstar farms stuff is a dollar more expensive locally than in the image. The cheapest gallon of OJ I could find (from concentrate, store brand) was a dollar more expensive. A sixteen ounce bag of frozen mixed vegetables is a buck fifty, not under a dollar. A pound of strawberries is four dollars, not two. A fourteen oz can of cashews (not 16 as in the img) is eight dollars, not 4.18, at the cheapest price I could find for them.

To be fair the price on the Burger King is out of date too. You're not getting a Whopper combo meal for $5 and change anymore. It's probably closer to $8.

So remove a couple burgers and fries from the above example as well. At least it's inaccurate in a balanced way...it's ALL out of date! :ohwell:

On Whopper Wednesday you can :flowerforyou:

Maybe that's just a Canadian thing.

In college I had a budget of $20 for groceries for the week. I bought ramen noodles.

'tis true.

Wow, prices in the states are considerably cheaper.

Just wait until later this year, when dairy prices double :sad:

Good lord, this again?? :noway: In my area, the "healthy" food would run me about $32.00. That's way more than what the picture says.

Now pass me a Big Mac :laugh: