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That is quite a cut in our relative eating cost-from one-fourth to one-fifth of our spending.
The picture actually is even brighter. That one-fifth-those 20 pennies out of every dollar-buys so much more than did the 25 just ten years ago.
Compare the foods you buy now with the foods on the market ten years ago and you will see what I mean. You will find you are buying time, energy and higher quality.
You are buying time! How long would it take you to match a T. V. dinner from scratch? I am not much of a cook but I am willing to bet it would take pretty close to an hour. Compare this with the minute or two it takes to pop the T. V. dinner in the oven and the 20 to 25 minutes to cook it. This is perhaps an exaggerated case but our food dollars can buy time and lots of it. Then, these 20 pennies buy
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