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?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday September 27 2017, @02:45AM
From casually reading the story, it may well be that Mr. Treehugger doesn't have access to a nice enough kitchen along with his other, many tribulations, though he apparently does store cooking ingredients long enough for them to spoil or become bug-ridden. I certainly would hope that should he go this route, he learns about proper canning (and cooking in general) before risking food poisoning.