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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 18 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Average is $270 per week in the USA.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That's cool, I wanted to point out that saying cheap and then a price point without reference isn't really helpful because price varies so much.

Also, 270 per week per person!?!? What the fuck, that can't be true, that's more than what I extrapolated it would cost me in the European expensive countries when I visited and went to random grocery stores. As always, the american dream seems to be a scam fetish xD.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

$270 includes everything like Keurig coffee pods, ground beef, and laundry detergent- not just vegetables.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 points 6 months ago

That's fair, but the comment above said that they "spend 40 a week on all my groceries at most."

[–] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I spend 1/3rd of that on all of my groceries combined per month. If I was spending that much per week I would be over 1000$ in debt after a single month. Is the average person really that rich? And what food are they buying that they need to spend that much?
This is baffling to me as a poor person.

[–] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I'm thinking that price is per household not person. I hope that's the case. But I'm seriously impressed that you can swing $90/mo for food. That's amazing.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

no, food costs that much