_number8_@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMaybe this isn't proper shopping but $18.50 for four veggie burgers, buns, and danish seems like a lotlemmy.worldimagemessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down1113
arrow-up1266arrow-down1imageMaybe this isn't proper shopping but $18.50 for four veggie burgers, buns, and danish seems like a lotlemmy.world_number8_@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down3·1 year agoArtisan brioche buns. Plant based burgers are more expensive then the real thing for some reason (and full of salt). That Danish is a ripoff.
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThe reason is that the US spends a ton of money subsidizing the beef industry. Beef would be a hell of a lot more expensive if they didn’t.
minus-squarebl4ckblooc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoSeeing as how most farmers don’t make much at all for their products, I wonder who those subsidies actually go to.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoas always: big corporations headed by extremely rich people
Artisan brioche buns. Plant based burgers are more expensive then the real thing for some reason (and full of salt). That Danish is a ripoff.
The reason is that the US spends a ton of money subsidizing the beef industry. Beef would be a hell of a lot more expensive if they didn’t.
Seeing as how most farmers don’t make much at all for their products, I wonder who those subsidies actually go to.
as always: big corporations headed by extremely rich people
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