Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago

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Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago

As a proportion of our income, Americans spend a lot less money on groceries than we used to. But we’re buying crappier food — a greater proportion of our grocery spending goes to processed foods and sweets. NPR whipped up a handy chart to show how much this has changed in the past 30 years: The other big change is that we’re spending less on meat. Pork chops, chicken legs, steak, ground beef, bacon — it’s all cheaper (and NPR has another handy graph to illustrate that point). We’re spending about the same on vegetables, though some of those have also gotten cheaper: lettuce, bananas, and hard, disgusting tomatoes that really should not share a name with the red globes of perfection that you can buy from local farmers. (Peppers, on the other hand, have gotten 34 percent more expensive. WHY DO PEPPERS COST SO MUCH?) To ground all these statistics in reality, I took a look a...

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@kwerb » 27 Jun '12, 10pm
RT @adamwerbach: Americans spend twice as much on processed food [as % of income] as they did 30 years ago. [link]
@KarimGuessous » 26 Jun '12, 6pm
“@adamwerbach: Americans spend twice as much on processed food as they did 30 years ago. [link]” same % decrease as in meats-
@ken_homer » 26 Jun '12, 6pm
N our health suffers for it! RT @adamwerbach: Americans spend twice as much on processed food as they did 30 years ago. [link]
@adamwerbach » 26 Jun '12, 6pm
Americans spend twice as much on processed food as they did 30 years ago. [link]
@environmentaide » 18 Jun '12, 1am
The fast foods you take home! Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago .. [link]
@sheilaondra » 15 Jun '12, 2am
And we wonder why there's an obesity problem here? [link]
@achildgrows » 14 Jun '12, 8pm
RT @BKFoodCoalition: RT @gristlist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@ZijaLiesjeMarie » 14 Jun '12, 3pm
RT @campuskitchens: Americans are spending twice as much on processed #food than 30 years ago [link] #health #nutrition
@campuskitchens » 14 Jun '12, 3pm
Americans are spending twice as much on processed #food than 30 years ago [link] #health #nutrition
@NWFoodNews » 14 Jun '12, 1pm
Despite health concerns, we Americans love our processed food. [link]
@dougdalrymple » 14 Jun '12, 7am
"@grist: Americans spend a lot less money on groceries than we used to, but we’re buying crappier food: [link]" this true?
@cloudynatknit » 14 Jun '12, 4am
RT @ColorJoy: #health RT @grist: Americans spend a lot less money on #groceries than we used to, but we’re buying crappier #food: [link]
@LuckyLeilani » 14 Jun '12, 3am
RT @grist: Americans spend a lot less on groceries but we’re buying crappier food [link] // #Health #Food #USA
@SeptemberAcres » 14 Jun '12, 3am
RT @BeStrawesome: RT @grist: Americans spend a lot less money on groceries than we used to, but we’re buying crappier food: [link]
@grist » 14 Jun '12, 3am
Americans spend a lot less money on groceries than we used to, but we’re buying crappier food: [link]
@kalley9648 » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
RT @farmscape: Grow your own #organic food! Americans spend 2x as much on processed food as we did 30 years ago. [link]
@RakhiKumar » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
Raw food works for me :) RT @Durgamaa: Why do I cook so much? Processed foods are TAMASIC (toxic for your body & mind) [link]
@Durgamaa » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
Why do I cook so much? Processed foods are TAMASIC (toxic for your body & mind) AND toxic for the Earth (fuel... [link]
@colorfulcalm » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
ew but i'm not surprised RT: @grist: Americans spend 2x as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@TheBrianSmart » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
Yuck... "@grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]"
@spcochenour » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
RT @Ragan: RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@farmscape » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
Grow your own #organic food! Americans spend 2x as much on processed food as we did 30 years ago. [link]
@annabrones » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
ugh RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@poopaltar » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
"@drgrist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]" #fb
@EditorBobDavis » 13 Jun '12, 4pm
RT @drgrist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link] #ourbigproblem
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RT @drgrist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
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RT @gristlist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
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#GlobalProxy / @Grist // Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed #food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@travel_thoughts » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
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RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
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RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@DaniaKatz » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@SiouxCQ60 » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@rakesnroses » 13 Jun '12, 6pm
RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@torbjornRive » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
RT @grist Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@Ragan » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@SwansonJulia » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
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RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
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RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@papicek » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
RT @grist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@grist » 13 Jun '12, 5pm
Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@UrbanRedev » 13 Jun '12, 4pm
RT @drgrist Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@touchthaskye » 13 Jun '12, 4pm
RT @drgrist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@peterkohan » 13 Jun '12, 4pm
RT @drgrist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@drgrist » 13 Jun '12, 4pm
Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@GreenCupboards » 13 Jun '12, 4pm
@Grist Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@Veeergi » 13 Jun '12, 3pm
RT @gristlist: Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]
@gristlist » 13 Jun '12, 3pm
Americans spend twice as much of our budgets on processed food as we did 30 years ago [link]