Why is food so expensive if it’s a basic human necessity?

[Badtobad]

It's a necessity for humans yet it's the most expensive thing we need.

Humans are doomed.

[Shiprex]

Because massive supermarket chains are run by rich fukers who tell farmers they need to make food extra cheap so they can pay less to them for the products and the shareholders have a massive greed to get even richer and the only way that can happen is by forcing people to pay through the nose for life essentials. I recall a Nestle board member saying that WATER should be market drive by them instead of states. AND I believe there are some parts of the world where you are not allowed to collect the water that falls on your property to use for anything like growing plants or store for other purposes.

[Shiprex]

@badtobad
Thanks for the MHO

[Likes2drive]

Healthy food is expensive but you can get cheap food that’s bad for you anywhere like pasta and bread

[Badtobad]

Yeah

[ohsheeT]

You have to understand first of all that there's a blueprint on how to be in life and who we are truly Who We Are and the elite the rich people have found all these answers and they don't want us to know about them

Because from our jobs to everything we do we are making them money lots of money and we're doing it for free in a roundabout way

We were to learn the secrets about human life and Who We Are then they would not make any money because we would have the same power that they have the truths are all coming out faster and faster because there are good people in the world and they were finding out the information that we need to know to be just as smart and just as good as the elite but once they lose their power we take over and that's what they're afraid of they're greedy greedy people

It's kind of like you and your dad fighting that is one of the things that this is society wants you to do because if you do that you cannot go to the level that you need to go to to be one of the elite they want chaos in your life at all times they want drama in your life at all times and the moment you have this you lose you stay Way Out Of Reach to becoming who you need to become there's so much to it it's unreal but anyway food gas everything it's all a way to make all of us to stay in the world to keep us broke to keep us fighting so we never have the freedom and the knowledge to take over it's going to happen we will have a revolution because more and more of us are finding out the truth

That's why I say the stuff to you that I say in your questions about your dad you can't go there he's one of those people that have been trained through Society to create chaos to keep everybody down including you

[Jersey2]

Peanut butter and bread, pasta and sauce that you make, pizza, beans, homemade soups, lots of other stuff and homemade items.

Food can be inexpensive. Peanut butter is cheap and good protein. Home made bread is so tasty and cheap as can be. Homemade pizza is amazing and very cheap even with high quality ingredients I was making a whole pizza for less than a dollar and without meat, about 50 cents.

Growing food in the spring and summer and even into fall a bit is cheap… eggplants, peppers (hot and sweet), cucumbers, zucchini and much more. A 10 foot by 20 foot plot gave me so much food that I was giving it away in baskets and then those people had too much and couldn't take anymore.

Start by making bread and pizza. So good and so fun. Or is this just a rant ti get free food? Premade foods, expensive meats, snacks and packaged food and prepared foods.

[Badtobad]

Peanut butter is not healthy and disgusting. I never seen anyone make such a cheap pizza. It's just not possible in the UK. You can eat like that to survive but if you want to eat healthy or enjoy life, then you have no chance

[Jersey2]

Pizza is cheap. You don’t know anyone who can make a pizza that cheap because you never really asked someone who broke down the cost per pizza. I did. You are just putting up walls. Take them down and see what you can really do. But it takes a bit of effort and time… and there’s the rub.

[Badtobad]

Having a diet out of cheap pizzas is terrible. You barely get any vitamins and nutrients. You are a joke

[Iron_Man]

Buy spinach and take animal Pak vitamin it is top of the line

[Jersey2]

So you do just want the government to pay for your food huh. You have “standards”. Lol. I used the best ingredients and the cost was shockingly low. So your standards say no.

Ok, what about vegetable soup? Eggplant parm? Fresh zucchini? Tomato soup? All made from your garden vegetables? Ok, ok, I know… that somehow won’t work for you either, the key word is work.

All your ancestors ate lots of things they grew and made. Trillions of peanut butter sandwiches have been eaten by school children and everyone else and no problems. Homemade pizza is made by many people including very wealthy people… a billionaire published a $400 book of making it the way professionals do… and I bought the book but still do it my way anyway. Oh no, you live in the UK and somehow things are different. No they aren’t. Make a victory garden, you can even rent the space or use a public one or buy from people who do.

[ChiTown33]

Actually peanut buter is VERY HEALTHY (provided you don't have a peanut allergy).

[Jersey2]

@ChiTown33 I have made my own peanut butter with a Vitamix 750. It is easy and good. Swap to another nut like almonds if peanuts aren’t a favorite. She makes it sound like that is all she will have to eat. Of course not, it is one item to reduce costs. So is homemade bread, rolls and pizza. So are fresh vegetables from a garden. There are tons of things to do to reduce costs but she wants to do what she currently does but have it magically cheaper.

[ChiTown33]

Yeah, she sounds "hella picky". I'll admit i don't eat as healthy as i should. But you can still eat pretty healthy. I spend about 50 bucks a week on groceries. I think that's really good. The avg. Single person spends about 2500 to 5000 annually on groceries and i'm on the low end of that. As far as budgets go i don't think that's the killer. Healthcare is! I spend about 15k for that

[Finchie40]

Because this society is all about making money and taking peoples’ money , why money is the root to all Evil. Most people just want want want , without really giving in return. Why this world is going to Hell in a hand basket. It’s just going to keep getting worse not better whatsoever. This world is based off of Greed and Power , if humans were wise , we would all work together and turn this shit around , but people are too greedy and selfish for that to ever happen.

[sage2021]

You're so right! 👍🏼

I had a friend of mine go to an old coffee shop in town that was kind of a dive but the food was good.

I just wanted a bowl of soup.🍲 He ordered one as well.

For 2 bowls of soup the bill was $45.00!

That's ridiculous!

[Badtobad]

Wtf? Pure madness

[Miristheiss]

Necessity?

Yes. What does that have to do with cost? Men have to go grow it, prepare it, transport it, package it to be sold.

Unless you grow your own food people are working and making their living off of growing and making the food.

What does necessity mean? It is still a commodity, a good and serving that people work to do.

[DonaldDarko]

Food is around if you know where to look. Im learning foraging. I had salad from dandelion greens and percilin that was just growing along a trail. It was actually reasonably good. I'm finding out all kinds of things about local plants. There are tons of things around that no one eats that are perfectly fine.

[strateguy632]

only in restaurant. BASIC foods including health vegetables cost 42$ a week for one person.

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[strateguy632]

Now in Sep 14, 2026 despite war economy.
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[strateguy632]

Fruits and vegetables are just $0.50 each serving the problem is not HEALTH
the problem is luxury for that you pay to "enjoy life" but dont pretend it is about "basic human necessity". Or "healthy".
People want cake and fancy "health" milkshakes that is not basic.

[Badtobad]

That's a lot

[Jackblue]

Prices come from necessity and the difficulty of obtaining things. Find a way to produce enough food for the whole world without people having to toil and struggle and you'll be the savior of humanity. Every city will have a statue of you. Until that time however, not really a lot anyone can do.

[MrChinaski]

I dunno. You can live on rice for $1 a day. The rest is more expensive.

If you are eating out, then a rough rule of thumb is that no more than 30% of the price is the cost of the food. 70%+ of the cost is service.

[Laulenke]

The sad part is your can’t grow some of it yourself any cheaper because everything you need to grow some of your food isn’t cheap and if you try to raise your protein isn’t cheap to keep alive so we can’t win for loosing

[ChiTown33]

The most expensive? What are you eating?🤣 In my world it's Healthcare. Healthcare is more expensive than all other expenses combined almost.

[slatyb]

The most expensive? That´s housing in most developed countries. In the US it´s medical care.

[msc545]

Well, because it takes labor and materials to create food, and people need to make money by selling it, just like anything else. It's the same reason that water is expensive.

[msc545]

Also, don't forget that you live in essentially an economic casino called capitalism, where everything becomes a zero-sum game.

[Just_Ken]

Because food has to be produced.

[Cidknee]

Its a dog eat dog world.

[Staximus]

It is by far not the most expensive thing.

[AgentG111]

Depends on the food and location.

[Iron_Man]

USA versus Iran that’s why

[wkhan_87]

Currept society made it expensive

[FunkyMonkee]

Greed!!

[jahaims]

Bad economy

[crazyengineer]

Corruption