This! All of this! The fact that the ultra processed crap is cheaper than the raw ingredients speaks volumes about corporate greed in the food industry, and that health and well-being is a luxury. All but the upper class are now expendable.
EXACTLY. It’s like we’re being priced into malnourishment on purpose. The fact that a microwave meal with 37 ingredients you can’t pronounce is cheaper than a bag of carrots should be a national scandal. But no... apparently, it’s just “the economy.” Utterly dystopian.
Im so glad it's not just me in the UK walking round supermarket an wondering how 1 bag of shopping for basics, cost the same as my weekly shop use to 🫣😔
You’re absolutely not alone, Sarah. I walk round Tesco's like I’m on Can’t Pay We’ll Take It Away. One bag of sad beige basics and suddenly I’m tapping my card with the intensity of someone gambling their future. It’s unhinged. And the worst part? They’ve normalised it like it’s just how life works now. Absolutely criminal.
Glad it resonated! It’s mad that these conversations are even considered “insightful” now, when really we’re just saying: food shouldn’t bankrupt us. Appreciate you being here and thinking the same—strength in collective rage.
100%! Coming from someone who spent the morning learning her health insurance doesn’t cover therapy and now she has to choose between that and having any sort of life at all <3
This! All of this! The fact that the ultra processed crap is cheaper than the raw ingredients speaks volumes about corporate greed in the food industry, and that health and well-being is a luxury. All but the upper class are now expendable.
EXACTLY. It’s like we’re being priced into malnourishment on purpose. The fact that a microwave meal with 37 ingredients you can’t pronounce is cheaper than a bag of carrots should be a national scandal. But no... apparently, it’s just “the economy.” Utterly dystopian.
Im so glad it's not just me in the UK walking round supermarket an wondering how 1 bag of shopping for basics, cost the same as my weekly shop use to 🫣😔
Love this post. So relatable. X
You’re absolutely not alone, Sarah. I walk round Tesco's like I’m on Can’t Pay We’ll Take It Away. One bag of sad beige basics and suddenly I’m tapping my card with the intensity of someone gambling their future. It’s unhinged. And the worst part? They’ve normalised it like it’s just how life works now. Absolutely criminal.
This has been my exact train of thought for a while! Very informative and insightful read on this topic.
Glad it resonated! It’s mad that these conversations are even considered “insightful” now, when really we’re just saying: food shouldn’t bankrupt us. Appreciate you being here and thinking the same—strength in collective rage.
100%! Coming from someone who spent the morning learning her health insurance doesn’t cover therapy and now she has to choose between that and having any sort of life at all <3