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The entire big box economy is a big honking subsidy to people with cars living in the suburbs by the poor, the singles, the seniors, the urban, the cyclists.
It only works because of the highways and the parking lots and the infrastructure paid for by everyone (road taxes do not cover the cost of the roads) and enjoyed by the drivers. The companies charge twice as much for small packages as big ones because they can; the purchasers without cars and access to the big boxes, the ability to drive between the Walmart and the Costco and the Price Club, don't have a choice.
Read on for Treehugger's reasons. Is bulk buying bad after all?
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Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy?
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @11:10AM (2 children)
Not quite true. Canning vegetables yourself preserves a lot more of the nutrition than buying canned vegetables because those are subject to much more intensive preservation. Also, canning makes sense with store-bought if you buy the vegetables in season when they're cheapest. It's also a factor if you care about zero-impact, low carbon footprint living. Canned vegetables produce a measurable waste stream, but with canning you use the vessels over and over for generations.
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(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Tuesday September 26 2017, @12:54PM (1 child)
Only if you're buying locally produced vegetables. Most of the stuff I see in shops has come several hundred miles to get to my shelves. The extra fuel burned to move it loose at high speeds (before it goes off) rather than densely packed at slow speeds in a tin is likely to offset any energy or carbon savings.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @01:21PM
I was mostly thinking of the packaging, but the carbon to move your veg from Chile to America is about the same if you move a lot or a little, so better a lot, once, for what you need, than a little, many times, on demand.
You are right that locally grown is still better that way.
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