• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    $35 is a lot of oatmeal, bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, beans, and frozen veg. Maybe some raisins for fruit. No, it’s not fun, but you eat miserable food when you live in a food desert and have no money. Also, the passage says at least, not only. She’s probably spending more.

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      She’s probably spending more

      that’s my point, spending $35 to avoid the extra fee is not really a problem, because one can easily do that with everyday food for one person per week. In fact it’d be really hard to spend less than that on food.

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        spending $35 to avoid the extra fee is not really a problem

        If it’s making it so that she can only order groceries every 2 weeks, I’d consider that a problem. The fee itself isn’t the root cause, but it’s another barrier. I don’t believe for a second that your quality of life wouldn’t be impacted if you only ordered groceries every 2 weeks.