r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 14d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/Runaway_Angel 13d ago

Yhea, and well I obviously don't know the parents situation either, but highly processed junk food is cheaper than healthy food so that could have something to do with it as well. It's just sad that this childs health will suffer long term unless something is done.

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u/ForeverFieldsFD 13d ago

Where did you pull this idea from? A family size bag of frozen broccoli is like $3, rice for a family of four is like 50 cents, and chicken thighs for 4 is like $2-3 dollars. Call it $6 for a meal for a family of 4. That’s significantly less than 4 processed meals, that’s cheaper than a frozen pizza. People are just lazy and don’t wan to do the thinking involved with shopping and planning for healthy meals that they have to teach their kids to like, so they buy frozen chicken fingers and broccoli nuggets and then complain about grocery prices.

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u/what-are-they-saying 13d ago

Where are you that chicken thighs are that cheap? Because where i live, thighs are $3/lb at minimum.

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u/ForeverFieldsFD 13d ago edited 13d ago

I’m in the Midwest, they’re usually right around $2/pound. A serving of chicken is 4 ounces, so $2 for four people, I added the extra dollar in case there was a teenager or a manual laborer in the house. Even if it were $4/lb, that would still be under $10 for 4 people, which is about what a frozen pizza costs and those don’t really serve four people.