Food in Canada much more expensive.
On a recent holiday to the U.S I was floored to see how inexpensive the food is in the states. A 2 L of pepsi up here is like $3 vs $.99 bannanas here .99 lb there .33 Dollar menus? What is that for real? not to mention our dollar is almost at parity so why? Supplements, vitamins and healthy eats are out of the question for some folks here. I don't mean to be rude but I was thinking wow no wonder they've got a bad rap. I was reading a forum post saying the average household spends about $120 week on food. We are an average household and our bill is around &850-1000 month. I do buy healthy foods and nobody in my family is overweight so it's not like we eat too much. I think part of the problem is how do you stay away from all the junk when it's so dirt cheap. Not to mention if all your friends are getting fat too, what the hell go for it. Then there's the booze. Do we really need cheap beer in every 7-11? 12 pack of beer in Canada $25.00 no joke. ( I do live in B.C.) so a little pricier but again it's all about convienance and price they WANT you to buy this s... So It was a little shocking for me to see. I was in awe thinking damn I would save so much money living down here but I would probably be 20 lbs larger too. I dont want to offend anyone, Im just saying what I saw.