Grocery Store and Habitual Food

It is usually me who goes to the grocery store every week, therefore there is no variety of perceptions regarding the groceries in my family. Every week i purchase fruit and vegetables the most. I do not do thing because my health is priority but because i like consuming these. These are also economic so there is no reason for me not to buy these. Considering that the world is running out of resources I think that consuming organic solids would actually have a much more positive impact on the world than the actual production of other edible solids that come in wraps or cans.


Grocery stores usually have a fairly large section of fruits and vegetables, but not for other stuff such as nuts. I think that whatever is displayed the most in a supermarket or store is the one that influences the costumers more to purchase that item. I think our daily consumption has to do with the amount of publicity that food has. For most people it is more comfortable to have pork, chicken or beef for dinner rather than a tuna salad. This is because there is a high amount of publicity suggesting that the American way is actually eating these instead of anything else. I think this has to do with the amount of money that is invested into fruits and vegetables' publicity. It is communicated that it is healthy but not that it tastes good. A housewife would rather buy the ingredients that would satisfy the rest of the family rather that healthy feeding them.

When I go to the grocery store I focus on buying what i need for the seven days a week. Although I am highly tempted on buying the outstanding snacks not only in price but in color I still manage to stick up to my original plan. I assume that many people restrain due to the economy right now. Supposing that America is not in a economy crisis I think that people who eat at home would actually gain weight because families tend to buy the "extra" thing that would "balance"the rest of the food that was just bought. This would be the purchase of snacks or fats that would satisfy the taste of the rest of the family. However,there is an economy prices and it seems that it is rather cheap to buy McDonald's or White Castle for dinner rather than going to the supermarket. This economy issue is affecting many families in terms of health.
I do think that grocery store enforce some ideas into us.The way things are located or shown. The design of the wraps. The prices. It is all anticipated by a group of people who think what is best for the company rather than what is best for the costumer. This would suggest that people "in power" of our grocery choice values money more than our health.


Despite all these intention I have managed to believe this ideal therefore I decided to focus more on my own judgement of what to buy and what to ignore. My habitual patters of eating as previously mentioned contains a lot of greens and also wheat and fish. Although i buy a large amount of these I still rather purchasing g these than any other product of the store.It might be a trust issue but I am careful on always reading the amount of sodium and the condition of the container when I am buying frozen food. I personally do not like buying these, however I too think about what will taste better. Although it might be a variety of meals each day it is not a variety of meals each week. My family tends to get tired of eating homemade food time to time. Therefore, they decide to go out and eat somewhere else. Their first option is usually the one seen in T.V. commercials the most.