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Re: Fast Food
These articles are so arbitrary.
If I want to make burgers my choice is make burger or buy 1.69 McDonalds hamburgers (which cost as much as 2.69 in my area but let's just go with the 1.69 floor cost).
Mcdonalds small hamburgers contain 1.6 ounces of meat.
So I want to make burger. I'll make 8 burgers since I have 8 buns.
I am lazy and only want to go to one store. Fair. I'll use Smiths. Also I won't save any leftover pickles, ketchup, or mustard.
Start with 8pk buns. Cost 1.99.
Buy enough meat to get 8 1.6oz burgers at 4.99 per pound. Cost 3.99.
1 onion. Cost .40.
Pickles cheapest full jar cost 2.29.
Ketchup cheapest container cost 1.25
Mustard cheapest container cost 0.89
Total 10.81
Buying 8 burgers at 1.69 would cost 13.52.
But turn this around and don't cost in the pickles, ketchup, or mustard which realistically you'd only use like 1/10 of the containers of to make 10 burgers and your cost to cook falls to 6.38.
It appears the problem isn't food cost as much as it is a laziness or perceived cost issue on the part of consumers to stock the ingredients needed to cook basic foods.
Grocery stores and CPGs to a lesser extent own this mess. For years they have pushed oversized containers in an effort to grow sales and cut out small containers. Now prices are up so much that customers are pushing back on even buying needed components.
If I want to make burgers my choice is make burger or buy 1.69 McDonalds hamburgers (which cost as much as 2.69 in my area but let's just go with the 1.69 floor cost).
Mcdonalds small hamburgers contain 1.6 ounces of meat.
So I want to make burger. I'll make 8 burgers since I have 8 buns.
I am lazy and only want to go to one store. Fair. I'll use Smiths. Also I won't save any leftover pickles, ketchup, or mustard.
Start with 8pk buns. Cost 1.99.
Buy enough meat to get 8 1.6oz burgers at 4.99 per pound. Cost 3.99.
1 onion. Cost .40.
Pickles cheapest full jar cost 2.29.
Ketchup cheapest container cost 1.25
Mustard cheapest container cost 0.89
Total 10.81
Buying 8 burgers at 1.69 would cost 13.52.
But turn this around and don't cost in the pickles, ketchup, or mustard which realistically you'd only use like 1/10 of the containers of to make 10 burgers and your cost to cook falls to 6.38.
It appears the problem isn't food cost as much as it is a laziness or perceived cost issue on the part of consumers to stock the ingredients needed to cook basic foods.
Grocery stores and CPGs to a lesser extent own this mess. For years they have pushed oversized containers in an effort to grow sales and cut out small containers. Now prices are up so much that customers are pushing back on even buying needed components.