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The Average American Male Body
Topic Started: Oct 16 2013, 02:52 PM (1,797 Views)
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"Theoretically it is possible to eat on £12 a week, but in practice it will be double that, because people don't have good cooking skills and the equipment they might need."

On average, the poorest 20% of non-retired single adult households (those with less than £256 a week before tax) spent £22.30 a week on food and non-alcoholic drink, according to the 2012 Family Spending Survey from the Office for National Statistics.
Like I said, I did fine at university and ate pretty healthy foods most of the time, but that doesn't address what I said earlier:

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When it comes to families with kids who are too young to cook for themselves and parents who are too busy, it's just so simple to buy ready meals you can cook in 15 minutes by throwing it in the oven or microwave as opposed to spending 30-60 minutes preparing ingredients and cooking something from scratch. Same for students: you have lectures all day, go do whatever it is you do throughout the day, and you get home and you just can't be bothered to cook. I don't know about supermarkets in other countries, but over here I see a hell of a lot of deals like two pizzas for the price of one, numerous packs of ready meals for like £2, a box of pies for £1, and so on, as opposed to spending close to £10 just for one meal. It's easy to avoid all that if you have the money to spare. I rarely bought anything for myself other than food and alcohol, so I was able to eat healthy food for the most part, but it's definitely much harder for people who are on a budget.
Now that I'm out of university, I don't just have to buy food for myself since I'm back with my family. For four days of food, we spend about £80 buying healthy food. That'd be enough to feed me for a month if I lived by myself, but not with so many people. And we don't even eat much, either. If we decided to buy processed s*** instead of going for healthier options, we would probably be able to get more food for less money. Idk why you keep trying to argue this point. Processed food here is cheaper than healthier options.
Edited by Buuberries, Oct 17 2013, 07:05 PM.
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