On 31/05/2010 10:40 PM, Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> "Steve > wrote:
>
>> and fresh food is expensive
>> compared to the alternatives.
>
> Actually, I've found just the opposite to be true...
> Pre-prepped food drives the grocery bill up considerably.

In reality, the greatest users of pre-prepped foods are the people who
are time poor rather than cash poor. These could be people from families
where both husband and wife work leaving little time to prepare meals
from fresh ingredients. These could also be DINKs, couples with "dual
income, no kids" who spend all their time either working or partying.
My wife and I, up until we began to wind our working careers back a
decade ago, were very much like that. Now we rarely used pre-prepped
food at all.

Krypsis