Just the basics

Eating like that, no, you can't live like this. At least, not for long.

If anyone is actually on the struggle bus don't get ramen. Get rice. Buy the biggest fucking bag of rice from the local Asian store you can find. You can make enough rice to last multiple days in one sitting and the bag will last you several months to a year depending on if you have family or not

People make fun of this. But if you are on a poverty budget, you have to buy cheap calorically rich food as you would starve on expensive healthy options. Not to mention, most poor people live in grocery food deserts where the closest food market is a dollar general that doesn't carry fresh/healthy food.

Edit: Since people seem to think they've solved the food insecurity for 34 million Americans. I'll continue to go with organization international and domestic that actually studied this.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/

https://www.chn.org/voices/food-insecurity-is-already-a-huge-problem-for-the-u-s-in-2023-it-may-get-worse/

https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/food-insecurity#:~:text=A definition of food insecurity&text=More than 34 million people,insecurity in the United States.

All that produce fresh from the factory!

Why are there only ready made, highly processed snacks and zero almost no ingredients for cooking meals?

Have you tried buying food instead of whatever the fuck this garbage is?

If you're on a budget this is such a horrible cart... not to mention so unhealthy. I guess most of it doesn't go bad quickly at least... only positive.

Average moderator shopping cart.

My stomach hurts just looking at it.

I don't see any food in that shopping trolley. Most of that is snacks and microwave meals.

guys, this is a joke post

I know a lot of folks in this thread are taking the piss but imagine you are a single mother on a limited / min wage income working 2 jobs and a kid or two to feed. You need food that doesn’t spoil and that you are certain your kids will eat (can’t afford to waste it) and that doesn’t require much if any time to prepare (you don’t have time). This is how you get shopping carts like this.

People posting the Russian borscht or whatever don’t get it, there are people out there that simply can’t spend an hour or whatever cooking.

Other than the points already discussed about food deserts and the differing prices of such food between The global north and south, I think we must also consider addiction. Food industry calculates and produces such ultraprocessed foods with the sole goal of hijacking your brain as efficiently as possible, so un processed foods starts looking and tasting bland in comparison and suddenly you are getting cravings.

Americans are scared to touch a bean.

Just buy the corn syrup and iodized salt direct from the manufacturer and skip all these middle men.

I would bet most of the weight in that cart is sugar, salt and plastic.

Could be twice the amount when getting store brands instead of luxury brands.

And that's exactly where the billionaires and ruling class want you.

Diabeetus be like: Don't worry, it won't be long to wait.

Over the last 10 years or so, some kinds of convenience foods have gone up a lot. Like some types of

"value meal" is over $10. That's a bad scene if you have several people to feed.

You can beat that by cooking your own, but if you have been working a 12 hour shift that is a harsh scenario.

It just seems like people, and I'm referring to the U.S., getting food should not be such a press.

Hey go fuck yourself for trying to straw man the legitimate issue of poverty and food insecurity in America with some bullshit

Looks like a troll to me

Russian DIY only!

No automatic assault rifle to be seen. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Ooo, I haven't had Velveeta in like 20 years. Now I'm going to go and eat a whole block of it, and I refuse to shoulder any of the blame or responsibility for that!

Ain’t no way that’s 200 bucks

No, you really can't.

Don't they have vegetables in America?

This is yet another one of those arguments where somehow EVERYBODY ELSE is guilty but NOT ME, ohhhh no not me. I'm perfect. Haha /s

This is what my Dad's shopping cart would look like when I was a kid (well, less sweets and chips, more canned food). He would always work 68 hour weeks, so really didn't have the time and energy to cook for me and him. He would only cook on holidays.

Luckily, he now has a stay-at-home wife that likes to cook, and I don't have to work those kinds of hours, so neither of us eat like that anymore.

Is this a bit?

That's not the basics. That's fat, depressed people food.

No wonder u guys fat and stupid. U eat exclusively junk food.