Interesting Article about Groceries in Different Countries

[CharlieSays]

http://fstoppers.com/what-a-week-of-gro ... -the-world

The pictures are rad.

Like yossarian was saying about liking to look at people's houses, I like looking at stuff like this.

 

[Gen]

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That was cool!

I was surprised by how many drinks some families bought; I feel like I so rarely buy beverages! I guess if I had kids it might be different but some people had so much juice, lol.

 

[CharlieSays]

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Right? I buy wine, coffee and dry tea. People buy so much soda!

 

[SinSeraTea]

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Yep. Much surprise on the soda front. I met a girl once who didn't drink water... she only drank soda. Those peeps exist.

Also that there was no Kraft Dinner in the Canadian household.

 

[Sevrin]

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Yep. Much surprise on the soda front. I met a girl once who didn't drink water... she only drank soda. Those peeps exist.

Also that there was no Kraft Dinner in the Canadian household.

The Canadian mother looks like a Latina, so that would explain the lack of KD. It's also not that central to most French-Canadians' diets.

 

[Miss_Lollipop]

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I would have liked to see some kind of ... like "this is a family who fits the median income level for their country"

Id also be really curious to see like.. 3 photos from each country representing the Higher income, low income and middle for each country. I think there'd be some scary differences there too.

 

[Gen]

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I would have liked to see some kind of ... like "this is a family who fits the median income level for their country"

Id also be really curious to see like.. 3 photos from each country representing the Higher income, low income and middle for each country. I think there'd be some scary differences there too.

I agree with this! That'd be very different.

 

[Shaun__]

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I think some of those people bought healthier food than normal, there was an awful lot of healthy stuff in most of those pictures.

 

[charlottecummings]

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Oh, jeez, USA, why?

China looks like a place I'd want to start a family.

And I was excited to see Mali, because that's one place I really want to visit.

 

[Just Me]

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Oh, jeez, USA, why?

China looks like a place I'd want to start a family.

And I was excited to see Mali, because that's one place I really want to visit.

Any particular reason why you would want to visit Mali? It is one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

I find articles like this interesting. Always neat to see how other countries live in comparison. The crazy thing is the US spends less, as a percentage of income, on food than any other country in the world. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/01/america-food-spending-less Most of that is due to government subsidies that keep many of our food prices artificially low.

 

[Gen]

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Oh, jeez, USA, why?

China looks like a place I'd want to start a family.

And I was excited to see Mali, because that's one place I really want to visit.

Any particular reason why you would want to visit Mali? It is one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

I find articles like this interesting. Always neat to see how other countries live in comparison. The crazy thing is the US spends less, as a percentage of income, on food than any other country in the world. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/01/america-food-spending-less Most of that is due to government subsidies that keep many of our food prices artificially low.

But the US has one of the highest average incomes in the world, right? So wouldn't it make sense for them to spend more? If you make $100 and I make $10, and we each spend $5 on food, my percentage would be much higher.

 

[Bocefish]

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But the US has one of the highest average incomes in the world, right? So wouldn't it make sense for them to spend more? If you make $100 and I make $10, and we each spend $5 on food, my percentage would be much higher.

Top 10 salaries per country.

Since Obama took office, the number of people on food stamps has dramatically increased. If milk was not subsidized by the government, Americans would be paying $8 a gallon. See my sig.

 

[God]

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Obama also doubled the time people can claim unemployment benefits from 6 months to 12 months.