Trump put a little orange thumb on the scale by choosing Walmart to be the winner on beef prices. Did they weigh for government interference?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/2026/07/08/walmart-ro...
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#22They should just lead with people don't have any money to buy things because wages aren't increasing to match living expenses. It cuts back some of the fig leaves
They should just lead with saying that obesity rates have tripled since the 1960s and maybe they will start declining a bit now.
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#23They should just lead with people don't have any money to buy things because wages aren't increasing to match living expenses. It cuts back some of the fig leaves
They should just lead with saying that obesity rates have tripled since the 1960s and maybe they will start declining a bit now.
Very well-supported argument by the fact that obesity tends to accumulate in the well-off who can afford lots of food, while poor folks tend to be slender. So yeah, clearly lower spending on food would reduce obesity.
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#24People underestimate the impact of glp1 drugs on this. They should also correlate with decline in fast food consumption.
I don't know how to estimate the impact tbh. The same article links to https://www.bain.com/insights/weight-loss-drug-users-spend-l...
How much does 7% of the population spending 4% less on groceries impact the numbers in the original article?
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#25Is delivery services accounted for? I buy 1/3 I did a year ago, as Amazon's services are so convenient, and not much more expensive. (Especially since I throw out less now)
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably cuts back on some of the epic waste on the consumer side. Hope that ripples to cutting down waste throughout the system. Paying for stuff that isn't consumed is by definition waste.
Consumers are the last group I would blame. https://www.usda.gov/about-food/food-safety/food-loss-and-wa... > food waste is estimated at ... 133 billion pounds ... in 2010. USA population in 2010 was 311M. 133B / 311M = 427 pounds per person. I sincerely doubt the average consumer throws away 427 pounds of fresh food in a year.
1.5lb / day? I'd wager it's quite equally in thirds, would love to see the data.
I'd believe 0.5lbs/day/person in my household - cook enough for everyone to have seconds, but most of the time it's tossed (sometimes after some time spent in the fridge/freezer hoping for a reheat); stuff bought but inedible (chicken bones, etc)..
I'd believe similar in the distribution pipeline (just look at how much stuff are in the discounted aisle just about to fall off sell-by date + obviously moldy goods), and I'd believe similar in the production pipeline.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
They should just lead with saying that obesity rates have tripled since the 1960s and maybe they will start declining a bit now.
Very well-supported argument by the fact that obesity tends to accumulate in the well-off who can afford lots of food, while poor folks tend to be slender. So yeah, clearly lower spending on food would reduce obesity.
Obesity is inversely correlated with income.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/237141/us-obesity-by-ann...
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very well-supported argument by the fact that obesity tends to accumulate in the well-off who can afford lots of food, while poor folks tend to be slender. So yeah, clearly lower spending on food would reduce obesity.
Obesity is inversely correlated with income. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237141/us-obesity-by-ann...
Correct.
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#29Shelves are fairly spotty in my town. Never saw that before, not in 50 years.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably cuts back on some of the epic waste on the consumer side. Hope that ripples to cutting down waste throughout the system. Paying for stuff that isn't consumed is by definition waste.
Consumers are the last group I would blame. https://www.usda.gov/about-food/food-safety/food-loss-and-wa... > food waste is estimated at ... 133 billion pounds ... in 2010. USA population in 2010 was 311M. 133B / 311M = 427 pounds per person. I sincerely doubt the average consumer throws away 427 pounds of fresh food in a year.
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