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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by bluedino on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:08PM (#46592030)
If you're going to use those excuses, don't forget to add that economically disadvantage folks can't buy in bulk because they don't have enough money, and live in food deserts where people can't buy in bulk, and they don't have anywhere to store those items.
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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by sjsdaiuasgdia on Monday January 12, 2026 @02:27PM (#46593029)
1 box of snack cakes still has better shelf life than 1 bag of apples.
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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by t-3 on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:17PM (#46596977)
A pound of dry rice or beans keeps just as well, provides more food, and is cheaper unless you're buying basmati.
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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by sjsdaiuasgdia on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @08:14AM (#46600537)
And require preparation vs shoving the snack cake in their / their kid's mouth.

It's good to keep time deficits in mind alongside financial deficits.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by t-3 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:40AM (#46603406)
Very little time or work is required to cook dry rice. Bring water to boil, add rice, set timer. Actually not having time is very rare, limited to people with multiple jobs who never go home except to sleep. Those people exist, but they aren't typical. Most of the extremely poor I've met have an abundance of time and a lack of resources. Cooking is rarely something they need to avoid due to time constraints.
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