The High Cost of Junk Food

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It is 9oclock at night, you went to school from 8am to 12pm and then you went to work

from 1pm to 9pm what is the first thing on your mind; cooking, homework, McDonalds or what

about just sleep. This is an average day for me every day and the only thing I think about is

getting my shoes off and just sitting down to relax. I don’t feel like standing over a stove or

making anything my first thought is the drive thru for a fast and easy meal. The time is takes to

go grocery shopping compared to sitting in my car and waiting for my food to be handed to me is

a big difference. Consider the shopping for an hour or two and then you have to go home to

unload the groceries you just bought compared to just carrying a single paper bag in and eating

right then and there no prepping, heat in your face and no dishes to wash in the end. Also

comparing the cost of your bill at the end of that shopping trip and at the end of that drive thru

will be a big difference. When you are “dirt poor” or near “dirt poor” you count every penny you

may or may not have and looking at the big picture the drive thru looks cheaper and easier.

I think that there are many different viewpoints to this subject, you spend a lot now on

groceries but you have food to last you for two weeks or even more, then spending $10 or $15

every day for one or maybe even more meals in just one day. Also one other point is junk food,

chips, cookies, brownies and etc.; seem to be so much cheape...

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