Re: The cost of food

Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 14, 5:35 pm, Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
>> Food prices are increasing sharply, according to this article:
>>
>> <http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080414/inflation_squeeze.html?.v=4>
>>
>> The antepenultimate paragraph interested me in particular: "But for
>> the poorest U.S. families, the higher costs may mean going hungry. A
>> family of four is eligible for a maximum $542 a month in food stamps,
>> which never lasted the whole month before, Food Bank of New Jersey's
>> DiChiara said."
>>
>> Is there something about food stamps I'm not understanding? I can
>> understand that you won't be living in luxury on roughly $17.50 per
>> day to feed a family of four. But does it really mean going without?
> 
> 
> That probably depends on what you're buying.  If you buy actual
> ingredients and make your own meals, you could do it.  But if you want
> to buy prepared frozen meals or packaged food or deli stuff, yeah,
> you'd probably run out of money.
> 

Maybe.  You can get a big family-size frozen Stouffers lasagne for $9.99
at the Kroger here.  You certainly can, if you try, go hungry on $17.40
per day, but you do kind of have to try.   

-- 
Dover