Why is Healthy Food more expensive then Junk Food?

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.

Bazz

25th Jul 2014 11:35pm

Too true! It's almost to the point where we can get the same or better as a takeaway than if we bought everything & made it ourselves.

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