h a l f b a k e r yThese statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, best, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
I suggest a store, or a dedicated part of an existing store, designed for people who require or prefer very economical meals. The meals could be packaged together; demos could be given in the stores on how to shop for, store, and prepare low cost meals. A variation of the Aldo store chain business
model would work well I think.
Aldi's formula for success
http://www.chicagot...g10,0,1651247.story
Text size: increase text sizedecrease text size Aldi's formula for success: Small selection, low prices [Sunstone, Sep 10 2008]
Grocery Outlet
http://www.groceryo.../mailer_oregon.aspx
Specializing in dented cans, overstocks, new items [Klaatu, Sep 12 2008]
Hungry Man
http://heateatrevie...y/brand/hungry-man/
One Pound Of Food! [mylodon, Sep 12 2008]
[link]
|
| |
In fact looks like the trend is to a system where most people don't have any income but work hard every year just to keep their feudal cloud overlords happy. This would be the "middle" class. The truly wretched are untouchable and must subsist by picking through trash in the wastes. The wealthy 2% will live in cloud cities, breath pure air, eat food that tastes good, and feel no guilt about making water on their subjects below. At least that seems to be the trend here in the USA. U S A, U S A, DRILL BABY DRILL! |
|
| |
I've seen a few dollar stores that sell food, but mind you I use the term food loosely... |
|
| |
Good for students too [+] |
|
| |
Some of our overlords seem to think it's better to subsidy our middle and under classes than to make any attempt to help them improve their quality of life, in a lasting way. They want more economic stimulus packages and bigger government. I like my religion and my guns! |
|
| |
So hear this: we Americans should build our infrastructure so that some politician can't come along and get control over 'all the food' or 'all the money' in a recession. And this idea, and similar distributed, independent, private, always-low-cost food sources are the key to maintaining and improving the overall quality of life! |
|
| |
I imagine this store would sell:
1.bulk rice 2.bulk beans 3.artificial flavorings |
|
| |
so you don't see a sudden increase in demand for the cheapest most marginal food as a problem? Seems pretty regressive to me. |
|
| |
That was what it was like, in the olden days of long ago, at least in my part of the country. |
|
| |
Whoa, take a breath WcW. Drilling puts food on the table for quite a few people. |
|
| |
Although I do agree that pushing more cheap food, especially in the USA where there is so much cheap bulk food (and so much eating of that food), is not what some countries (i.e. the USA) need. |
|
| |
I used to be a Grocery Outlet and Costco regular. In Costco not only do you get cheap food (and lots of it) you get demonstrations of how to cook and prepare the food (i.e. put it in a microwave). So this is -- very -- baked already. You want cheap pre-packaged meals? Try a hungry man meal. |
|
| |
The negative aspect is a bunch of kids growing up eating processed cheese, potted meat, tv dinners, etc, and the food culture of the nation stagnating. Kids should be hungrier and a little more cultured, I say. |
|
| |
[rcarty] - Drilling and oil production is an industry, it employs people. A lot of them. It doesn't matter where the gasoline goes. |
|
| |
People in circumstances which require extreme economy may have difficulty getting to this dedicated store. |
|
| |
[rcarty] Well, just promise me your social welfare system won't be based off oil money. |
|
| |
[bungston] They can all live on top of the store, in small apartments. Society can move poor people into areas where they don't have to move very far for poor, low-quality food. |
|
| |
I think you are being sarcastic about moving the poor to food. Imagine a future where we wish we had done that. Or moved food sources to the poor. |
|
| |
A common analogy is Wal-Mart. Imagine a world without such discount sellers: would the people be 'ok'? How much would inflation have increased? Wal-Mart added much purchasing value to the dollar. To draw the comparison: really, really cheap stuff is sometimes 'nice' and sometimes a basic necessity to maintain the current standard of living. |
|
| |
Drill, baby, drill!! And about those rich elites... |
|
| |
imagine less obesity, less congenital disease, an increasing
rather than decreasing lifespan and an economy baised on
strong local economies. Right now this wonderful country
is considerably less wonderful because wealth and power
are funneled to plutocrats. If you believe that jobs and
industry are good for their own sake and that capital
should flow unregulated from the working class into the
pockets of a few capitalists then cheap poisonous food,
cheap poisonous toys, cheap poluting vehicles, cheap
crappy homes, and an expensive crappy government are
all very "American". |
|
| |
// moving the poor to food // |
|
| |
<Obligatory Soylent Green reference> |
|
| |