Food & Drink

Why is Healthy Food more expensive then Junk Food?

Food & Drink

Posted by: theblues

17th May 2011 08:57am

Am I the only one that has noticed that it is cheaper to buy junk food or fast food for your family then it is to buy healthy foods?
I want my children eating healthy fresh fruit, vegetables, meats and fish, but the costs keep getting higher and higher that it is harder everyday to cook healthy meals. To help I have turned my garden into a vegetable garden but that isn't the solution for all of us.

jjdrer
  • 27th Jan 2014 01:36pm

I don't know where you live but in SA you can get Coles Multi Grain Bread or Wholemeal Bread for $1.50. Multigrain Cereal has a very high sugar content. You can get similar cereals to it much cheaper than it is.
Generic branded --Coles, Home Brand at Woolworths, Black and Gold etc. groceries (not F&V) are all made by well known manufacturers, some with slight variation of ratios of ingredients. If you are worried about prices try them, if you don't like them go back to a brand you like.
For 40 years I worked for a Company that sold Generic Labelled Goods and negotiated deals for both for Groceries and F& V. both generic and name brand packaged stock.
Generic Labelled pre-packed Fruit and Veg. are grown by reputable growers often in your home state and sometimes even have the growers' names on them in small print.


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