AIBU to think some weekly shops contain far too many snacks?and this is not grocery shopping!?

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AIBU to think that the amount of processed snacks people buy in their grocery shopping is getting ridiculous? Watching people share their grocery shop on instagram etc and I can’t see what meals they can even make as it’s all snacks?? And then they say oh grocery shopping is so expensive!Do people really do this? I don’t buy any biscuits, fizzy drinks (18-20 pack slabs) or crisps as a part of me weekly family shop. I buy the meat, veg and pantry items. That is my weekly shopping. I buy one packet of oat bars for my DCs lunches. If my dc want a snack they have fruit, yogurt, homemade flapjacks etc.

"Why can’t people who are broadly healthy have the occasional unhealthy snack or meal?!"
They'd be healthier still if they didn't have the occasional unhealthy snack or meal. And the unhealthy people would be much more healthy if they could only eat healthy food. It would be better for society as a whole, and that is what is important.

Do you have a good nose into other peoples trolleys in the supermarket?

Nah, that's overkill. Life is for living. Is your own diet 100% healthy at all times?

@SquirrelGG , They'd burn.

@Lmnop22 , Teaching everything in moderation is a far more effective long term strategy than cancelling all junk food companies because some people overindulge!
It's not the over-indulging that's the problem. It's the people eating little else.
The occasional item probably won't harm someone.

You can try to educate people but some won't be receptive. I've heard plenty of people say that '5 a day' is ridiculously high.

And if not, why not? I do. 😆

So how exactly has McDonalds become so very successful if people just have “one cheeseburger” very occasionally?

@SquirrelGG so you having a McMuffin is linked to memories? We have kids that completely link junk food to being a normal treat. Same as any other treat that has no health benefits - smoking and drinking. Except that food is essential to your body.. Crap food as a treat is fine. The whole point is that people increasingly have seen it as a meal, not a treat. Make the burger chips (or McMuffin) from scratch if that’s what you fancy.
Except it tastes completely different doesn’t it.