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Today*s Woman
Judy Burtner
Extension Agent,
Home Economics
The story is told of a homemaker who was unloading her grocery cart at the checkout counter in a supermarket. She had a package of light bulbs, after shave lotion, roll-on deodorant, 2 pairs of stockings, soap, tissues, baking dishes, 2 packages of cigarettes, strainer, paper napkins. , 2 magazines, a plant, dozen eggs, carton of milk, one cut-up fryer and a box of cereal. As she paid her bill, she remarked, “Oh. food is so expensive"; a comment that is heard quite often by checkout clerks.
Generally, out of every supermarket dollar, .20 is spent for non-food items and this is where the supermarket dollar can mount up in a hurry.
Where does the food dollar go2 It could be our food habits are changing. If there are one or more teen-agers in the family, it will cost more in the supermarket because they generally eat 1/3 to 1/2 more than the average adult.
People eat better than they like to in that many people eat meat 10-14 times a week rather than seven.
People buy morp “fancy” food items such as party foods and TV snacks. There is more outdoor cookery which often demands more expensive foods.
Homemakers use more ready-to-serve foods to save time. Not all ready-to-serve foods cost more than “unserviced” foods, but many do.
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