Walmart makes women, poor people and country bumpkins fat

[alienlovechild 75]

“It’s not just about Walmart underselling the competitor. It’s about the competitors cutting their prices in response to competition from Walmart. Someone might never step foot in a Walmart but they still might pay less for their food.”

Women, low-income families and people living in less densely populated areas are those most likely to put on weight after the arrival of a supercentre, according to Courtemanche and his co-author, Art Carden at Rhodes College.

Lower prices for consumers is an outrage. I demand people, especially women and low-income families, pay more for food to fix the problem.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Retail meat prices in December climb by most in seven years

By Bruce Blythe, Drovers Business Editor | Friday, January 14, 2011

Retail meat prices in December posted the biggest increase in seven years, with pork jumping the most in 14 years, contributing to accelerating food inflation that’s expected to take a larger chunk out of consumers’ pocketbooks this year.

A meat price index tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics rose 7.2 percent last month compared to December 2009, the largest year-over-year gain for that month since 2003, according to a report released today. Pork prices last month were up 11.2 percent from year-earlier levels, the largest increase for December since 1996, while beef rose 6.1 percent.

Rising meat prices reflect smaller cattle and hog herds, which forced meat processors to bid more aggressively for slaughter-ready animals. Livestock feeders cut herds starting in 2008 after the recession and a spike in corn prices above $7 a bushel led to deep losses. In mid-2010, the nation’s cattle herd shrank to a record low.

Prices for some cuts, such as bacon, reached record highs last year, and many analysts expect beef and pork to become even more expensive this year as high grain prices discourage adding animals to herds.

http://www.drovers.com/news_editorial.asp?pgID=675&ed_id=8418

Now you will not have to worry about poor fat people anymore

[SuperDuper! 230]

It's so terrible that (unhealthy) food is cheap and plentiful.

fixxored

[Nagishkaw 510]

the nation’s cattle herd shrank to a record low.

Good.

[misterbigtoe 45]

Good.

Thats a good thing, the reduction in bovine flatulence might well save the Greenland ice sheet and prevent the certain inundation of the eastern seaboard......

[luckytxn 2,265]

As long we don't have to blame people for stuffing themselves until they explode then we are good. Blame everyone but themselves.

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

Thats a good thing, the reduction in bovine flatulence might well save the Greenland ice sheet and prevent the certain inundation of the eastern seaboard......

What about human flatulence? I propose a ban on beans and hot pockets.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Good.

Americans have spent less than 10 percent of their disposable income on food for many years now. That’s about to change.

So why is it good that cattle,hog,chicken numbers shrink?

[Nagishkaw 510]

So why is it good that cattle,hog,chicken numbers shrink?

It saves lives. The animals themselves and the people who eat too much saturated fat.

[The_Dude 1,142]

It saves lives. The animals themselves and the people who eat too much saturated fat.

It's only the industrial agri-business farms that produce meat this way. I'm having conejo paella this weekend, that is quite good for you, and tastes good. Eating meat is an instinct, not eating meat is a choice. Don't make baby jesus cry.

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Eating meat is an instinct, not eating meat is a choice.

A stupid choice, at that.

[The_Dude 1,142]

A stupid choice, at that.

Mmmmmm delicious meat. I'm having a Homer Simpson moment.

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Mmmmmm delicious meat. I'm having a Homer Simpson moment.

Vegetarian is no way to go through life.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Vegetarian is no way to go through life.

Vegetarian is ok. It's the vegan nazis who are the real problem. Nothing like being lectured about your meal choices by someone named Moonbeam wearing birkenstocks. They don't even get the irony of it either. Quite sad.

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Vegans are just ex-vegetarians who decided vegetarianism wasn't radical enough.