extractorfan wrote:emordnilap wrote:Are people really spending more on food? I don't think so. They may be spending a greater percentage of their income on food because they have less money to spare, but people generally will always shop on price. BSE, horsemeat etc.
Have you seen the price of Peppers lately? The missus is shocked literally every time she shops. Also, as a Student I could easily afford lamb shank for Sunday dinner, now its almost £10 per pair. Butter seems expensive, yougart, bread...
Definitely, or maybe anecdotally, people are spending more on food, because they have to.
Yeah as well EF. Food is going up in price generally, though from your list, peppers are the only thing we buy so I might not see those increases...
I suppose my point is, practically everyone will always shop by price, which will always be their downfall. Folks will seek out cheaper peppers and then moan that they're smaller or under-ripe or are covered in disease-laden manure (what? never!).
I remember back in the mid-nineties saying to a woman about BSE, "If you see two same-size pieces of meat, you'll choose the cheaper one. It's what people do." She was indignant: "So you're blaming me?" I replied, "Yes".
As the so-called horse meat 'scandal' proves, until you do something way out unheard-of daring and radical, like, you know, being
concerned about where your food comes from, what it contains, who grew it, who profits by it, then 'twill be ever thus.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
