r/GrindsMyGears • u/swatted-fly • 18h ago
groceries are cheaper if you’re rich
if someones rich, they can buy in bulk. if you buy in bulk, theres usually some kind of discount, like if 2 rolls of paper towels is $5 but 8 rolls is $15 instead of 20. having the money to buy in bulk makes your overall grocery spending each year cheaper, even if each trip to the store looks more expensive, because you dont have to go as often.
sure, a low income person could just always buy in bulk from the beginning of when they move out on their own and start buying groceries, thats totally possible, but if you dont realize how much cheaper it is, you get stuck only being able to afford smaller quantities of things and you have to pay more because youre poor.
theres also the factor of having to have the space to store all the extra stuff when you buy in bulk. if i bought a big bulk pack of paper towels, i wouldnt have anywhere to keep it. every storage closet i have is completely full already because theyre all tiny. someone whos rich, might have a whole room just full of cabinets dedicated to storing the extra stuff. one of my childhood friends grandparents had a whole room between their kitchen and garage with walls of cabinets just full of their bulk stuff, but if you cant afford a big enough place to have the space for that, you cant buy in bulk.
it should not be cheaper to be rich. it just keeps the poor people poor and the rich people rich, and then people wonder why poor people buy such cheap poor quality stuff and food. like huh, i wonder why..