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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah it's always surprising when I hear Americans say that eating healthy is more expensive that eating fast food / eating unhealthy.

When I was veggie and just eating vegetables I could buy a week's worth of food for about £10 a Kilogram of carrots was about 50p potatoes were 60p/kg brocoli and salad item were a little bit under £1/kg

Then as you said basic things like pasta is pretty cheap, I used to get 1kg of pasta for 30p and then a jar of tomato pasta sauce for 60p and that could last me 3 meals.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

"10 pounds a kilogram" is a funny phrase out of context

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Some folks don't have access to fresh groceries like that. Food deserts are a major issue in the states.