Somebody needs to tell this to the junk food industry.
Fill up a grocery cart with a month’s worth of potato chips. Fill up another grocery cart with a month’s worth of wheat, rice, and beans (preferably bought in bags of no less than 10 pounds). Compare costs.
Factoring in the costs of buying a car to get to a place where they sell those things? Interesting question.
Edit: That came out wrong. I think the question isn’t really that simple (opportunity costs, etc etc), but I acknowledge the disparity in price you are pointing out.
Fill up a grocery cart with a month’s worth of potato chips. Fill up another grocery cart with a month’s worth of wheat, rice, and beans (preferably bought in bags of no less than 10 pounds). Compare costs.
Factoring in the costs of buying a car to get to a place where they sell those things? Interesting question.
Edit: That came out wrong. I think the question isn’t really that simple (opportunity costs, etc etc), but I acknowledge the disparity in price you are pointing out.