FamilyEducation BlogsApril 14, 2009
Products shrink but prices skyrocketI am not a fan of grocery shopping, and I usually do this chore in a "Supermarket Sweep" style. You know, grab my cart and race through the aisles as fast as I can while loading up on everything I can get my hands on that will last for at least three months. But this last time, I decided to mosey, to supervise my spending and buy products I only needed, not wanted. As I was leaning on my cart, dragging my feet down the cookie aisle, I found a childhood favorite; Kudos. I wasn’t surprised when there was an open box on the shelf, so I took a peak and...my heart sunk. [more] February 17, 2009
A family’s food for a weekHave you ever thought about how much food your family consumes in a week? How about how much money you spend on that week’s worth of food? I recently came across this photo essay from Time on what families around the world eat. The families are photographed with their weekly consumption of food neatly arranged around them.
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