• blarghly@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      They are not. You’re thinking of staple foods, like rice and dry beans. Have you seen the cost of a bag of Doritos lately???

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      29 days ago

      Here in Canada, it’s half the cost for rice. I don’t imagine it’s that different in the US (at least, pre-tariffs). Assuming 2500Calories per day, I can get a year’s worth of Calories from rice for about 500CAD while it would cost me 1k CAD for the same on soda (calculated based on $1/2L of Crush cream soda).