Itās a multifaceted problem, and you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.
Buying in bulk is expensive upfront. If you are squeezing pennies, it is probably not an option for you.
Eggs have different nutrients that beans donāt have. One of them being fat for example. If you canāt get it from eggs anymore, you need to add that cost as well to your expenses.
People that lives day to day with a squeezed budget have to pivot right now, as in today, to different sources of food. I can afford to phase out expensive food from my diet, but for many people itās the difference between starving or not today. If you already donāt have much options, switching on a dime isnāt realistic.
you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.
Iām not, actually. When I say āin bulkā I donāt mean a 20kg sack. 500g of rice or dry legumes goes a long way for a low price.
When we were starving we mostly got whatever was on sale or short-dated, so we ate different things all the time out of necessity, but dry goods were always reliable, which is why I asked about them.
Dry goods are still reliable, but the issue at hand is that a dozen eggs are now 8-9 dollars, and that rise was pretty fast.
People relying on eggs for survival and not part as a diversified diet need to switch to other sources right now which they might not have available. You wonāt survive on rice only. Beans should definitely be added to your diet for their health benefits and as a way to be less insecure with food. However, eggs were also playing that part and now itās not reliable anymore.
In a vacuum, it isnāt that big of a deal, but in reality, already strained people are even more strained right now and the egg prices exploding is just another kick in the guts.
Itās a multifaceted problem, and you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.
Buying in bulk is expensive upfront. If you are squeezing pennies, it is probably not an option for you.
Eggs have different nutrients that beans donāt have. One of them being fat for example. If you canāt get it from eggs anymore, you need to add that cost as well to your expenses.
People that lives day to day with a squeezed budget have to pivot right now, as in today, to different sources of food. I can afford to phase out expensive food from my diet, but for many people itās the difference between starving or not today. If you already donāt have much options, switching on a dime isnāt realistic.
Iām not, actually. When I say āin bulkā I donāt mean a 20kg sack. 500g of rice or dry legumes goes a long way for a low price.
When we were starving we mostly got whatever was on sale or short-dated, so we ate different things all the time out of necessity, but dry goods were always reliable, which is why I asked about them.
Dry goods are still reliable, but the issue at hand is that a dozen eggs are now 8-9 dollars, and that rise was pretty fast.
People relying on eggs for survival and not part as a diversified diet need to switch to other sources right now which they might not have available. You wonāt survive on rice only. Beans should definitely be added to your diet for their health benefits and as a way to be less insecure with food. However, eggs were also playing that part and now itās not reliable anymore.
In a vacuum, it isnāt that big of a deal, but in reality, already strained people are even more strained right now and the egg prices exploding is just another kick in the guts.