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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX
aka_monet, that is true. people arent as inventive as before. hell, i can make 10 different dishes with a pack of ramen noodles lol!
i did a paper for an african-american studies class, and took trips to different Wal-marts in my area. the paper was on the differences in lifestyle/health habits between african americans and other cultures.
so in your "nicer" areas of town (the houses in the surrounding neighborhoods run around 300k+), the food selection was better. you know how they smack big displays in the middle of the aisles? there was wine, nice organic cereals, those chips made from sweet potatoes, etc.
travel about 35 minutes away to the "not so nice" part of town, where there are no houses, just section 8 apartment complexes. their center aisle was AWFUL...those little "hug" juices in the 24 packs, store brand chips, snack cakes...
my conclusion was that stores dont waste the time or money even supplying lower income areas with the same options as the higher class. i cant say i dont agree, who lives in the ghetto and buys organic cereal??
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SBX....not sure if anyone knew this but I found out a few years ago...that most of those stores in low income areas generally get products that are items that couldn't be sold in the 'better' markets...
Like for instance, if you go to a dollar store and u see a 24oz bottle of Hawaiian Punch, it's because it didn't sell in the market in another neighborhood so when it came time for that store to restock they take the 'old' products off teh shelf and ship it to the lwo income areas....
Same goes for most of the produce...whatever doesn't make it 'up to snuff' or doesn't sell in time but still considered 'fresh' gets shipped elsewhere.
I also seem to remember hearing an incident a while back where some of these stores were changing the freshness dates on meats and chicken sold in low income earea in order to get rid of meat to unsuspecting buyers.
It made news when someone bought some already spoiled (yet frozen) meat and got food poisoning from it.
I need to see if I can find that article.