return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months ago54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their financeswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months ago… You’re spending $30 a week on groceries? That’s it? Are you being facetious, or have you been living on ramen, beans and rice for 15 years?
minus-squareTheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoI spend about that if you exclude my splurge on Soylent for breakfast (substitute oatmeal, for example). I eat wraps that are 90% veggies for lunch and the premix Birdseye veggie/chicken dinners where I can get 2 meals per bag.
… You’re spending $30 a week on groceries? That’s it? Are you being facetious, or have you been living on ramen, beans and rice for 15 years?
I spend about that if you exclude my splurge on Soylent for breakfast (substitute oatmeal, for example). I eat wraps that are 90% veggies for lunch and the premix Birdseye veggie/chicken dinners where I can get 2 meals per bag.