Friday, February 18, 2011

The Tough Cost of Being Organic

So in our attempt to be organic, a large problem is the food industry’s ability to provide much cheaper food.  An average family (let’s assume of four members father, son, daughter and mother) goes to Mc. Donald’s once a week for dinner the father and son get an angus deluxe ($7) with the included fries and drink, the mother and daughter get the Big N’ Tasty with cheese ($5), with the included fries and drink, this averages $25 a night. This same family goes to Farm Burger in Decatur and creates 4 burgers. The father and son get burgers with pepper jack cheese and bacon ($9) the mother and daughter get a burger with cheese ($7) plus the fries with the burger ($1.50 ea.) and four drinks (also $1.50 ea.), This totals to $44 a night plus tip, which finals out to about $50. Double the cost, so, once a week multiplied by 52 weeks is $1,300 a year for Mc. Donald’s and $2,600 for Farm Burger. Now with these tough economic times, it’s becoming increasingly tougher for families to eat organic.
--Chris

2 comments:

  1. However, I go to Farmburger and get a $6 burger, which has about 12 available FREE toppings. I do get a small fry sometimes. I drink water, and there is no tip! So, I think, with a few concessions, a family can do quite well there. It's all in the choices...

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  2. Oh, and of those 12 or so free toppings, you can have as many as you want. So, your burger can look super tall!

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