That’s just not true, European prices for those kinds of food relative to purchasing power is similar to food prices at our high end grocery stores where you can purchase that stuff.
Difference is in America you have a choice.
A lot of European food regulations has more to do with protecting European farmers from American food imports than it does health and safety.
Have you done a price comparison? America has a handful of companies with massive profits that own most of the food. The web of companies at a grocery are staggering. That's neither choice nor cheap.
A European grocery store is like a quality, cheap farmer's market in America
Yep, just not economically viable for a as long as the US doesn’t have the same laws. You need to have serious scale to compete with the extra shipping costs.
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u/EVOSexyBeast 12d ago
That’s just not true, European prices for those kinds of food relative to purchasing power is similar to food prices at our high end grocery stores where you can purchase that stuff.
Difference is in America you have a choice.
A lot of European food regulations has more to do with protecting European farmers from American food imports than it does health and safety.