April 07, 2004
Exchanging Less Money for More Goods

It's amazing what I can buy at an Evil Grocery Chain Store for less than two hours' worth of pay:

  1. Frito Lay Baked Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream - $3.39
  2. Tostidos Bite Size Rounds - $1.99
  3. Hill Country Fare 100% Whole Wheat bread - $1.09
  4. Roman Meal hotdog buns - $1.69
  5. Zone Perfect Chocolate Mint nutrition bars 3 x $0.99 - $2.97
  6. HEB Hydrocortisone Cream w/ Aloe - $2.89
  7. 1/2lb deli Mickleberry Smoked Ham - $2.37
  8. 1/2lb deli Healthy Choice Golden Turkey - $2.59
  9. Butterball Bun Size turkey franks - $1.69
  10. Progresso Rich & Hearty Creamy Chicken Soup w/ Wild Rice - $1.26
  11. Minute Maid Fruit Punch frozen concentrate - $0.91
  12. Hill Country Fare Grape Cocktail frozen concentrate - $0.88
  13. Minute Maid Orange Tangerine frozen concentrate - $0.89
  14. Hill Country Fare Calcium-Fortified Orange Juice frozen concentrate - $0.88
  15. Progresso Rich & Hearty Steak & Potato soup - $1.26
  16. Wolfgang Puck's Hearty Vegetable Beef soup - $1.50

That came to $28.25 and with $0.08 in sales tax added, the total was $28.33 for 16 different items. My pay is roughly $14.50 per hour.

That list is a feast to a homeless man. Perhaps a minor blip in the mind of the grocery-buyer in a family of five. Still, I bought enough groceries to comfortably keep me out of hunger for more than a week (I don't eat breakfast, in case you didn't notice). Eating food of this nutritional quality allows me to continue working out and make gains in strength and endurance. All the food here can be prepared in short order and cleaned up with minimal fuss. And I was able to buy it all in almost perfect indirect exchange with two hours' work.

Pretty damn amazing.



Posted by Drizzten at April 07, 2004 08:20 AM

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