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October 31, 2007...12:13 pm
Weekly Groceries from Around the World
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October 31, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I am shocked at how many of the families have soda, Coke to be specific.
Look at how some of the families are smiling even though they don’t have a lot of food.
October 31, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Wow!
October 31, 2007 at 8:21 pm
wow. that is quite an eye-opener. very cool photos. where did you find this?
November 1, 2007 at 2:58 am
[...] Michelle Stern added an interesting post on Weekly Groceries from Around the World.Here’s a small excerpt:Food expenditure for one week: $341.98 Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca Food expenditure for one week: 1862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09 Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 … [...]
November 1, 2007 at 12:23 pm
[...] Chad - weekly groceries culture relates to the development of picky eaters, and the ingredients of our food. Much of what… expenditure for one week: $341.98 Mexico : The Casales family of Cuernavaca Food expenditure [...]
November 6, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Thanks for the heads up. I had read the article in Time magazine awhile back, but didn’t know there was a book associated with (apparently I skimmed the article!). Ordering now.
November 11, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Wow! that is such and eye opener! I am so interested in this that i have posted a photo challenge on my website about this.. asking my members to do the same thing! they have a week to buy a week’s worth of groceries and then they have to take a photo and post it. I have memebers from all over the world and I want to see the differences!
Thanks for posting this!!
November 13, 2007 at 9:51 pm
What a great, thought-provoking post. Happy thanksgiving.
November 18, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Two observations: 1. It looks like everybody eats bananas….except Chad, anyway….and they probably can’t get any. 2. This must be dated information….the exchange rate with the Polish zloty has not been that high in several years.
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