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40. You don't have to handle it that way...kids eat chicken and pizza mostly and pretty easyt to make

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Thu May 5, 2022, 12:59 PM

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even in a small kitchen. The alternative is a lifetime of medical issues including type 2 diabetes.

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Inflation is hurting women at the grocery store. Some are eating less in order to feed their familie [View all] Tickle May 2022 OP

Okay, this is going to upset some, but FritoLay chips are hardly PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #1

Ridiculous. Buy real food. Stop buying the crap, prices will come down. Demsrule86 May 2022 #2

Right. Buy real food. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #3

Lots of people today don't comprehend basic food safety either Throck May 2022 #5

I know. My daughter was keeping food past the safe time and said 'well it smells OK. Demsrule86 May 2022 #28

I agree. My mother cooked out of a box as many women her generation did. Her mom- Demsrule86 May 2022 #16

+1 llmart May 2022 #6

+1. Take out / restaurant / fast food -- Very unhealthy, full of salt and fat. progree May 2022 #7

It's also much more expensive. llmart May 2022 #10

I'm going to say something off-topic here. Duncan Grant May 2022 #9

I'm hoping they'll look at my cart, see all the real food and maybe think twice. llmart May 2022 #11

Depends on how much contempt they have for you. (nt) Duncan Grant May 2022 #13

So, it is OK for them to have contempt for 'me' but I am supposed to have no opinion? Demsrule86 May 2022 #29

Listen when I see obviously obese kids with their moms...and a cart full of crap, I feel Demsrule86 May 2022 #27

I have to admit I found that interesting too. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #48

The only annoyance worth having at the market is with people who block the aisle. Duncan Grant May 2022 #50

Ha! BlackSkimmer May 2022 #59

Absolutely spot on Johnny2X2X May 2022 #12

Yep ck4829 May 2022 #36

No, it really is not hard to eat healthy. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #57

Thank you and I agree with you. My younger daughter lives on door dash food...which arrives Demsrule86 May 2022 #18

Agreed Zeitghost May 2022 #61

The article is about women, isn't it? Not Fritos. Duncan Grant May 2022 #8

+1 MrsCoffee May 2022 #23

It says she left the store without buying PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #56

I think it was just an example. And a serving of chips once in a while sin't going to totodeinhere May 2022 #51

We cook more from scratch and go out less or to cheaper places Throck May 2022 #4

This story sounds shady. Marius25 May 2022 #14

Well, it says a "variety pack of FritoLay chips" at Costco progree May 2022 #15

That would probably mean a big box of mixed frito-lay products in small bags...the most Demsrule86 May 2022 #22

It's how you buy it if you want to put it in bagged lunches. maxsolomon May 2022 #46

So don't buy them. I shop the sales always. But I wouldn't buy those anyway as buying things Demsrule86 May 2022 #24

In the big box stores they usually come in two's or even three's/. I buy them for holidays for Demsrule86 May 2022 #19

She buys in bulk at Costco Sympthsical May 2022 #25

A variety pack has a number of smaller packages of different flavours. niyad May 2022 #63

Oh, geez, the pantry purity police again. And I'm a home cook who works. haele May 2022 #17

You can make spaghetti from scratch and chicken nuggets too...and if you can afford Demsrule86 May 2022 #21

Again - if you can afford leftovers. If you can store the fixings. haele May 2022 #30

I have cooked in tiny apartment kitchens having only a tiny fridge and, two burners and a Demsrule86 May 2022 #39

Most people are not going to go to the time and trouble to make spaghetti from totodeinhere May 2022 #52

The kids will eat when they get hungry enough. BannonsLiver May 2022 #31

Try not giving them options to what they're provided for two days. haele May 2022 #38

You don't have to handle it that way...kids eat chicken and pizza mostly and pretty easyt to make Demsrule86 May 2022 #40

Try making homemade cookies which cost pennies...one I like that is easy is Peanut butter Demsrule86 May 2022 #42

When I can, I make breakfast cookies like that - haele May 2022 #55

Exactly, they're kids not little adults. Duncan Grant May 2022 #49

Frito Lays are not an essential food Calculating May 2022 #20

Exactly right... Demsrule86 May 2022 #41

FFS people, it's not about Fritos. MrsCoffee May 2022 #26

I get that, but Costco is expensive to begin with...I shop at Sam and BJ's for bulk purchases. Demsrule86 May 2022 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver May 2022 #32

packaged foods are really expensive. dsp3000 May 2022 #33

She'd save some money by laying off the Fritos. BannonsLiver May 2022 #34

Kick ck4829 May 2022 #35

Writers know how to get your attention sarisataka May 2022 #37

ITT: People who stand behind EBT users at check out and tut. Sympthsical May 2022 #43

People need to mind their own business. As a young mother I had food stamps for Demsrule86 May 2022 #45

That sounds like a pretty good diet to me. totodeinhere May 2022 #53

Please adopt me XanaDUer2 May 2022 #54

See my post on this. It more complicated than you think. nt Samrob May 2022 #47

Maybe if noncustodial parents were paying child support, this raccoon May 2022 #58

I think it hurts everyone... not just women. WarGamer May 2022 #60

Yes ck4829 May 2022 #67

Link is down Polybius May 2022 #62

What caught my attention was the part where women eat less so that their niyad May 2022 #64

Quite disturbing ck4829 May 2022 #66

Kick ck4829 May 2022 #65

I've been eating a lot of cheap foods that are unhealthy for me. I'm diabetic, but liberal_mama May 2022 #68