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.

’Grazing’ is bloody irritating too !!

Isn't that what pocket money is for?

Knock yourself out.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people on mumsnet make and talk about flap jacks. I had to google them the first time someone talked about them!

But OP I give you 5 stars for smugness.

In our weekly shop we buy snacks. For us it’s muffins, yoghurt topped rice crackers, popcorn and plain biscuits (this week). Devil’s food!!!! We also buy lots of fresh fruit and vegetables so maybe we get a star or two.

I would never judge someone as the reality is that when you are feeling low it’s easy to eat any old rubbish. Been there and got the t shirt.

However I do judge the food industry that is making people processed food junkies using science to encourage people to eat too much.

that's not a reasonable comparison though. A serving of carrots would be heavier than a serving of a biscuit. Mcvities Digestives, which we like in this house, range in price but work out to about £2 per packet so roughly £6/kg. But a portion is 1 (me) or 2 (everyone else) biscuits. So if there are roughly 25 biscuits in a packet, each "serving" costs something like 16p.

I’ll decide what I need to buy thanks.

70% of the UK population are overweight but everyone on mumsnet is ‘unclenched’ and healthy cooking from
scratch and also allowing themselves an occasional snack. Perfect harmony.

I agree had ppl say my food shop is really cheap, but we eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. People always question if it in includes cleaning products but never question if their shop contains loads of snacks, fizzy drinks , alcohol etc

What's an eyeballed recipe?

I buy processed snacks, but I don't use run-on sentences. Each to their own.

They're reading the sanctimony into it.

It's pretty obvious that your comment means that you think enjoying creative hobbies and country walks is morally better than enjoying cigarettes and fatty foods. It's hardly a riddle.

I did that when Tesco had soleros and twisters on offer! I do not have a big freezer, but managed to get them all in somehow. Bloody needed them too with the hot weather. Now I'm down to ice pops.

I have a strange "urgh" reaction when I read or hear sweet treat. My friend has a baking business and I had to block her page because of her use of sweet treats! Just say cake or biscuits or whatever the things are

Humble brag first post alert.

Yeah people probably do eat too many snacks, it's almost like there's a massive industry marketing snacks to them.

I can't imagine caring whatsoever what other people eat and I can't imagine watching this kind of crap either and caring

Ha ha- that’s me- even in Waitrose and M&S I see it and particularly with lots of the students here - What look like full shops crammed with such a lot of crap and not much that looks as if it would make actual meals - maybe they go to the farm shop or Cook or something as we have lots round here

I made the doctor laugh the other day, he asked if I eat enough fibre and I told him I exist mainly on Coca-Cola, haribos and bread. Its true but I also do a load of pilates and other exercise, dont drink alcohol and am happy. He said I look like I eat a lot of vegetables which I hope was a compliment 😀 we eat what we like, i cannot imagine twitching my bumhole over other people's trolleys. I think its even sadder than looking at the trolleys on Instagram.

All these posters saying "why do you care?". I care because I care about the general health of the population. It matters. And yes I know that you can be healthy and eat some processed snacks. But I think that in a significant number of cases people eat badly and it is a problem.

I couldn’t possibly say what other people’s weekly shopping contains as I don’t watch social media clips of it.

Mine probably does contain too many snacks but also lots of vegetables for the dinners I freshly prepare.

Why would anyone care what someone else’s shopping contains?

It’s truly shocking how much processed food the average Brit consumes and it’s reflected in the obesity epidemic and type 2 diabetes nightmare for the NHS. We are lining the pockets of Big Food Companies and destroying our own future health. It might be normal to buy loads of processed foods but it’s in no way good for health. Budget wise though it’s cheap whereas it ought to be heavily taxed. Government Fail.
Big Food and our government want to keep us all just about healthy enough to work whilst pumped up on long term expensive meds for blood pressure, diabetes etc. Big Food and Big Pharma
are the only winners here as the rich get so much richer.
Junk food is addictive, it’s chemically designed to manipulate us. As a nation we are papering over the problems of our lives by self soothing with junk food and alcohol. They are not the answer, they are part of the problem.

Maybe time to get off Instagram. Lentils to weave. Quinoa to knit.

Or start your own story showing everyone how to eat. There’s an Irish woman who comes up on my Facebook reels and she’s got smug down to a fine art. A bit of healthy competition for ye, so to speak.

Am Irish myself before I’m accused of xenophobia. Or something.

Not for my kids, no.

I’m judging you far more for watching videos of people unpacking food shopping than I am them for eating crisps and biscuits.

Instagram = upf for the brain

See I can judge too

If the shoppers are anything like me, 'proper' food comes from 1 shop (aldi/lidl/asda) and stuff like biscuits/drinks from another - Home bargains, where its generally cheaper (necessary, especially in schools holidays)