News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco. Parent comment

Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by RetroTechie on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:13AM (#37725185)
"So, even after an epic lunchtime quest of hunting/gathering, you might end up out 20-30 bucks for a depressing pile of iceberg lettuce, croutons, and shredded cheese."

Depressing indeed! Where I live, it's like €1.50 per ~500g chunk of raw broccoli (just the vegetable, harvested, possibly washed and wrapped in plastic, transported to supermarket). Other vegetables in similar range, and no problem finding stores with a decent selection of veggies & fruit.

Are US farmers somehow unable to grow broccoli <$1.50/lb? Or food stores incapable of selling raw veggies @ reasonable prices?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by vel0city on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:32AM (#37725318)
I can easily find fresh broccoli for around $1.50/lb at several grocery stores near me here in the US. There's loads of stores with a variety of vegetables that are decently cheap and are also eligible under my state's food stamp/child food supplement programs for low income people.

Looking at price indexes from the US Fed it might just be cheap for me here. The average seems close to $2/lb.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000712412

[ Parent | on HN ]