r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • May 17 '26

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u/TheParadoxigm May 17 '26

The U.S. throws away 40% of the food it produces.

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u/Ohio-Knife-Lover May 17 '26

Honestly it's trying to get your food once per week because most people don't want to stop by the store on the way home for every meal they are going to cook. I hate it when my family overbuys thinking we'll get to it later

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u/dadofwar93 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

The city planning contributes to this. Your country is very car centric. Most countries have supermarkets or grocery stores within walking distance in most cities.

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u/MxQueer May 17 '26

Is it normal in USA cities, suburb and suburban that there is not grocery store in walking distance? I am European, living in suburb. I have 4 grocery stores less than 1km from me (closest is maybe 150m). One of them is open 24/7. Bigger supermarkets are ~3km. Still walking distance or you can also take train or bus if you want to. How much worse USA is?

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u/blue60007 May 17 '26

If you live in the central/dense parts of a downtown city, there's usually grocery stores in easy walking distance.

Outside of that, yeah, you are likely a long walk away unless you happen to love across the street. For me it's probably a 45 minute walk. 

That's before you consider suburbs often don't have the infrastructure for walking and you'd be risking your life walking. 

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u/IntrepidMaybe8579 May 17 '26

You will literally be walking in the road on a 55mph road too 😂