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Maybe I'm being judgmental but...
So I went to the drug store earlier. They must have just started taking EBT (food stamps) because there was a HUGE sign on the door about it... but what irritated me was the easter candy aisle ads:
Yes, candy = food, and therefore is allowed to be purchased with EBT. but the whole candy aisle was plastered with tags that they take EBT. I also saw them at the chips section but not in the fridge area (yes, I went to go look). It would make more sense to advertise by the milk & eggs then to plaster the candy and chips aisles telling people what they can buy.
I don't have anything against people that qualify using food stamps. I much prefer programs like WIC that tell you exactly what you can get (with approved foods).
I'm just irritated that the drug store didn't advertise in the healthy foods that they take EBT. of course when people are obese/dealing with malnutrition it's more a profit for them when people need drugs for weight-related conditions or supplements.
but seriously, maybe I'm being totally judgmental but I just don't like the idea that they chose to advertise this way and that someone could blow EBT on filling easter baskets when their kid may end up going without healthy food because mom spent it all on candy for them.... 
Anyone else find this stores EBT advertising odd??? 
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Re: Maybe I'm being judgmental but...
I would have to agree with OP. Tax dollars go to those programs, and I'm sure most of those people are on government health programs, too. That means tax payers are getting a double-whammy when people can buy all that junk food.
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Oh give me a break. Poor people can't get away with anything. They buy candy, omg wtf you're buying candy buy something healthy!
They buy something healthy, omg wtf how come they can afford healthy food and I'm living on mac & cheese!
They buy mac & cheese, omg wtf why are they buying junk? Eat better!
You know what? Keep your mind on your own grocery carts, and the world would be a much better place.
(1) Why can't poor people give their kids a nice Easter. It's not like Candy is expensive
(2) For those irritated by the poor buying junk food with Food Stamps,EBT,etc. , you do know this is an education and accessibility issue right? For the most part unhealthy food is cheaper and more accessible to the poor. Since poverty tends to be a generation thing, these people you see buying unhealthy foods, with public funds, were most likely raised being taught those habits.
(3) I personally buy as much Organic as possible and am able to do so , without breaking the bank, thanks to a Farmers Market. My Farmers Market does indeed take EBT, however its not easily accessible by public transportation.
Are we seriously saying that sometimes, chocolate isn't a need?
Seriously?
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I don't blame someone for wanting to get their kids candy for easter, but as a kid I might have just gotten a chocolate bunny and/or jelly beans. I never got an entire basket and I don't think it's necessary. The person in front of me spent $47 on easter candy for TWO kids. That seems excessive.
I used to see people hosting barbeques or those that only buy junk on food stamps. It never bothered me to see a childs birthday cake on them since its a once-a-year thing and I think every kid should have a cake, yanno? but when you are clearly throwing parties and paying by foodstamps or only buying junk food with nothing of real nutritional value thats what irritates me.
I wish the food stamps program had mandatory nutrition counseling for anyone receiving benefits and that they'd send out tips for healthy eating (cheap!) when they send reminders for appointments or something.
of course you can't judge a families eating habits by one grocery trip - for all you know a parent could be getting snacks for a bday or school party, but when you see the same customers buying the same junk month after month that makes me go hmmmm...
it's the lack of EBT ads by the milk & eggs and cereal that really makes me go hmmmm.... otherwise I wouldn't care so much. what if a customer didn't know she could pay alternatively for milk for her kids and they went without because mom had no extra cash when she went to pick up the meds???
Please tell me more about this?
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Whatevs. Cadbury Creme eggs are made with real milk. I'd get the real fruit Starburst Jelly beans too, but I don't want them spilling and falling into my Escalade's leather seats cuz then you will all be hating on me for using my welfare check to get it cleaned.
I am pretty sure...maybe I am wrong...that she is upset with the stores choice of advertising EBT by the candy and not the milk, bread, ect. Not that people buy some candy with EBT. I could be wrong. That is just what I took from it.
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ETA: and taking a picture of it?
I too worked at a grocery store in HS and I don't really judge people eating unhealthy stuff. I judge more for when they're buying expensive stuff ie lobster, crabs, etc. Growing up we rarely ate that stuff because it was just too expensive. We weren't poor or anything but we were thrifty shoppers.
It just seemed wrong to me when I would see people buying that stuff. Although I may judge, I'm not sure there really is a solution.
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I agree with you.
if you can't afford to feed your own family, i don't think you should be buying crapola. i think you should buy effing necessities.
i'm not saying the poor can't buy skittles. i'm saying they need to budget for it like the rest of us do with our wants. effers.
they have the help of the government for REAL food, shouldnt they use their own money for candy?
just sayin'
my issue is with the STORE choosing to advertise ONLY by the "junk" food that EBT was accepted. milk, eggs, and cereal did not have these same EBT notices...
Stores that choose to advertise only by these products seem to encourage unhealthy choices.
I love my farmers markets! MA takes EBT at farmers markets and several of the markets double your food stamps value - if you use $10 of EBT to buy the vouchers to pay vendors with, they give you $20 in vouchers. I think thats awesome!!!
Wow.
Psh, ESF, priorities, please! You gotta pay off the rims, first!
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I'm wondering as well. She may have had two with her and 10 other nieces and nephews to make baskets for Easter. Don't assume.
I think the original idea that the store should mark all eligible EBT foods and not just the crap ones makes sense.
I think you should learn to use REAL words in your post. It is the least you could do after the government provided you with an education. Just sayin'
This was my issue: the store's advertising. sorry for the confusion...
I don't think that poor people shouldn't enjoy candy and such. I do worry when stores over-emphasize (as part of marketing or whatever) that they take EBT for the unhealthy products. I could have cared less if they advertised by the milk, eggs, cereal too....
If I photographed the whole section you'd have seen a TON of these tags every few feet in the easter candy.
Hold up - my easter basket has hard boiled eggs, homemade cookies and breads in it. I buy a bag of peanut butter cups in easter colors and call it done. I don't use the whole bag of sugar, flour, or any of the other ingredients. With the purchase of eggs, I spend maybe $15-20. So $47 for candy does seem excessive to me. There are lots of ways to give a child Easter without being unhealthy or wasting tax dollars on junk.
ETA: and to her original point - yes it is sad that the store doesn't advertise in the healthier sections. What does that say about our society in general?
How can you not even have the least bit of concern when YOUR tax dollars are helping people pay for what's in that grocery cart? I don't think anyone thinks poor families don't deserve candy once in a while, but it's the fact that the store is encouraging them to spend their limited benefits on items that are not nutritious, plus WAY higher profit margin for the store.
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That is what I was wondering. I bought Easter stuff yesterday with my 2 year old and it came to about $45. I am sure people would wonder why spend all that on one kid. But it was for him and his three friends that are coming over on Saturday to do an egg hunt, dye eggs and have cake.
Lmao.
To get back to the original point...
I'm sure people know they can buy regular food with their EBT, not all poor people are stupid. They might not know they can buy candy, which is what the store is pushing now. From an advertising standpoint it makes sense.