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SHIFTHEADS: Food Prep vs Groceries: The Math Works Until You Open the Fridge
Meal kit delivery versus groceries is a math problem until you go back through the weeks and find the ordering-in receipts. Three meals plus lunch supplies for $200 at the grocery store. Every ingredient used. Zero delivery orders that week. Clean. Then the honest comparison: on meal kit weeks, once or twice a week, about $30 each time, because the food was wrapped in paper bags and somehow invisible.
What does it feel like to realize the service you thought was saving you money was quietly adding $60 a week you were not counting? The portions were uneven. The Spanish stew stretched two days…
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