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ScriabinAnime


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Paying for food by weight
#19319754 - 12/24/13 05:31 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Buying food by weight is a whole new world of money saving I just started this week. Today I bought 5lb bag of oranges for 1.95 and a yam for .43 per lb. I spent 2.50 and left he store carrying a heavy bag I also recently bought brown rice for .90 per lb. it's life changing. Not to be racist but I realized that this is probably how Spanish moms feed the family. Here are some of my estimates A pound burger king= $10 A pound of restaurant food= $15+ A pound of average non-weight labeled food= $7 A pound of my oranges= $0.40 A pound of rice/beans/grain from the unsightly open plastic container with a scooper that you never considered getting: $1.00
Better deals at farmer market I bet, can't wait to find them where i live
I hope reading this changes all ur lives
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Destitute
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It's definitely great savings by buying and making your own food. I figure I spend close to $10/day when I could be spending $3/day by making my own food. That's a savings of $2.5k/yr.
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Patlal
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Re: Paying for food by weight [Re: Destitute]
#19324889 - 12/25/13 09:06 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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We have stores called Bulk Barn here. Some items you save others you get raped. You gotta do your homewrok
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Re: Paying for food by weight [Re: Patlal]
#19333645 - 12/27/13 04:59 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah that's a good idea... great way to eat on the cheap. You'll also learn to cook, and that food is generally healthier, too!
My friends and I also applied this idea to alcohol. The cheapest and best way to get drunk is to buy super-cheap 1.5 liter bottles of vodka. It has little flavor anyway, and so when mixed you can't really taste it.
Here's the math:
- a 1.5 liter bottle of vodka has about 30 shots. - a cheap 1.5 liter bottle can be bought for about USD$12 - That's about USD 0.40 (forty cents) per shot. - Say it takes you 6 shots to get a decent buzz - That's USD$2.40 to get decently drunk
~ If you're out during happy hour, and shots of well vodka are on special for USD $1 a shot--which is incredibly cheap--you're still sitting at 40% of the cost. ~ If you're out at a nice bar or club, shots can go for $5 and up. You can easily spend $30 or more to get the same buzz. That's about 1300% of the cost--for the same buzz.
Another good option is boxed wine. That's also pretty cheap, but I find myself getting a nasty hangover from cheap boxed wine. Not sure why 
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So, if I wanted to buy a some flour, I could push down at a weight or something?
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I thought this was going to be about the cost of food changing depending on the buyer's weight - meaning that fat people pay more. That would be an interesting concept.
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Destitute
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I'd be more worried about the cost of healthcare vs. The cost of food if I were obese.
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