HT – Marion Nestle – https://www.foodpolitics.com/2026/03/weekend-reading-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-food/ Download the full report – https://yuka.io/en/report-food-price-composition-us/ Yikes.
Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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Participants with the highest intake averaged 9.3 servings of ultra-processed foods per day, while those with the lowest intake averaged 1.1 servings. Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest. […]
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Marine basic training did this also. They started out at the beginning with taking two weeks off and not starting any new recruits. During those two weeks the incoming new recruits were quarantined for two weeks prior to beginning their basic training. I don’t have the exact numbers. I didn’t save the link. This is just from my memory.
I see businesses with large numbers of employees eventually doing the same. But all measures will come at a cost and Big Business has gotten very good at cutting costs.
Where do you think consumers will do you effects of this cost cutting?
Believe it or not I’m still thinking about an answer to your question of what consumer reactions are forthcoming. Big question with so many different future scenarios. The answer might be a full post.
Thank you. There was a major typo in my question, but I’m glad that it was understandable. I have not yet figured out how to edit posts. So I’m trying to more carefully proofread prior to sending.