I feel your pain! I walked into Andronico's once and then promptly left when I realized I couldn't afford anything! Having left Berkeley for San Francisco, I can mercifully be free from food snobs and buy my regular old fruit and vegetables for cheap in Chinatown.
U must have more money than u do common sense! why would u wanna pay that? go to freaking a normal store! Are u so stupid or uppity that u cant eat regular food like everyone else u fucking cunt? U are a stupid plain white bread dumbass! Stop singing u are making my ears bleed!
LOL "...a little bit like whole foods, except more expensive, if you can imagine that" uuuuhm no! I cannot :-) Over here in Germany whole foods stores are probably the most expensive food-stores we have got. Sometimes I think: Well maybe the next time Mommy should go to a upper class restaurant, it will cost the same and she won't have to do the kitchen work and stuff... :-) (I personally don t buy in such expensive stores)
Thanks for sharing that tidbit of your life. We're all trying to eat as well as we can without paying an arm and a leg. Good luck in your quest for good food at a reasonable price. A discriminating palate can be a harsh master. LOL. It's good that you take care of yourself. Take care, sis.
The constant high cost of fuel is driving this. Fuel is used in most fertilizers, and prime movers (18 wheelers) get MAYBE 7-9 MPG and most things are not grown or raised locally but shipped hundreds of miles or more. Wanna save money? Raise your own veggies, chickens, cattle and make your own bread. Labor intensive so most will not but if you want to it can be done. Go to survivalblogdotcom and read up on people who do it.
But I get what you mean. Back in the days before I was born. In Belgium the costs of bread where monitored by the state and always costed the same amount of money. Then bread was privatised and now it's like €2 which is a shitload of money for bread.
PS. And THAT $10.00 doesn't include a share of the cost of seeds, land, equipment and faciliities! How can we produce anything for a dollar in this world if some people don't live in poverty ... and how can there not be poverty if bread is $10.00 a loaf? How long would it take you to make a loaf of bread and clean up the kitchen and what is your time worth? How much would that bread have to cost?
@nataly. Actually, the salad and cheese were free. You paid $40.00 for the assistance and the overhead costs for the building. As for bread, imagine a world where everyone gets a wage of $30.00 an hour. If the total time to grown the ingredients, refine the ingredients, make & package a loaf, ship all the ingredients to the bakery & ship the end product to the store, and stock & ring up the purchase at the store ... is 20 minutes ... you have a $10.00 loaf of bread. A $1.00 loaf = 2 mins.
As long as you got a 3 dollar salad, and 36 dollars worth of cheese, then its all right.... well I guess 26 dollars worth of cheese if you spent 10 dollars on bread.... you definitely need something to put the cheese in every once in a while... this is quite funny as I am eating a grilled cheese right now
Nataly....... Stay away from the Yuppie Stores. They play to the high income Yuppie Crowd that shops for image and rows of parked Mercedes and BMW's, rather reasonable prices on reasonable food. Learned my lesson. Their "Organic" and "Natural" is no different from what you buy at your local neighborhood grocery.
You are very charming and have a beautiful voice, but here is how economics works. People sell things for as much as they can get. There is no relationship to how much it cost to produce, or should cost, or cost in the past. They charge as much as they can get. That's pretty much it.
ChiroQuacker : I grew up with Joanie Mitchell too. So go listen to her songs. or ABBA or anyone else who is from long ago. Take your toxins elsewhere. I'm entertained and I like her. Take YOUR rant and rave and stuff it "dearie"...I just said MY piece. Peace out!
but we NEED to eat hot house food so the pollution in the air hasn't tainted our diet.
You can't grow it in dirt, because dirt is dirty. You have to grow it hydronically now. : ) and serve it on a marble floor.
give me dirt-grown food sold on a dusty wooden floor. I'll pay more; it tastes better. (We used to pooh-pooh hot house, because it was flavorless.) Now you have to be "certified organic" (another name for hot house). How funny is that.
Wooow lord , is bread really 10$ in the US? You should come live in Europe, in Holland it's only 2-3$ :P But I thought you'd be millionaires by now making all this superb music on Youtube and iTunes haha
Oh I feel just like you! We had to shop for cheap food at Walmart and Dollar General, and they had good food! :D People who spend all their money at Whole Foods and such are nutz! :O
consumer based economy... they don’t sell on price point they sell you an idea of healthy living and exclusivity. the market they're after requires more customer service, because just like you said $40 for salad and cheese?!?!? that being said i will trade you a game of twister for all the salad and cheese you want.
The free market system works wonders! Vote for Ron Paul - PS...gas was only 35 cents a gallon when I started driving - in the mid 70's! More "free market deregulation"
Give me a break. If Ron Paul is for free enterrpise why does he support subsidies for the oil companies? He has become just another politician being tickled behind the ear with donations and voting accordingly.
@VarinaFred - That was a pun - Ron Paul stands on the radical right-hand of the republican "tea" party and his politics - like Sarah Palin are dangerous for this nation.
there's a secret handshake getting into elite grocery dispensaries, it involves a wad of cash(actually that's about it)
WE don't want your "kind"(Minstrels au courant) to shop there anyway!
& Don't even get me started on the delivery charges I am captive to pay so I don't have to have my day soiled by persons of such low,low class/quality. (jk)
WOW! i was just reading the comments and there are FAR TOO MANY people out there taking it so seriously! It's called a rant for a reason! $10 bread is an exageration of the truth! She's making a point! most of the people that commented are either idiots or just a-holes! c'mon people! get with the program! life is to serious to be jerks to people you don't even know!
NATALY seriously try STERLING it is amazing and not too expensive (usually $12.99)
OMG! This is SO how i feel! I hate that even going to SAFEWAY you can spend $50 on virtually NOTHING! It is outragous! BTW a GREAT bottle of "cheap" wine is STERLING cab! THE BEST! it's the only wine i will drink for less than $15! It's amazing! hahaha!
There is an old grocery store that I shop at here in my home town that STILL has the 1970's retro grocery store decor.....makes me feel like im 8 all over again
Andronico's! Oh my God, how I remember the one south of UC Berkeley and me counting my money over and over because I just knew I wouldn't have enough.
wow...reading many of these comments makes me wonder how so many of you got sticks stuck up your rears at the same time. did you all synchronize your watches?
Hey! wow 40 dollars xD well i recommend you Ethics for Amador by Savater or Lucky man by the verve. The life is a joke, and all need find the punch line.
Then go shop Whole Foods and Trader Joes! Heres the thing,if you.actually BOUGHT $40 worth of groceries then COMPLAIN about it,THAT MAKES YOU A HYPOCRATE! As adorable as you are,this whole "indy hipster" angle you are going for is boring,its mainstream to not be mainstream. Nataly,good luck with your ecclectic brand of music,but PLEASE get off the indy hipster douche bandwagon!!
It actually depends on what you are getting with your salad and cheese. Is it fair trade? In that case, you are buying salad, cheese, and the chance to feel moral because you paid someone above the prevailing wage. Whatever it was that you got other than the salad and the cheese, its obvious that you found it of little value!
Nataly~I just fired my therapist who attempted to teach me ways to cope with the marketing wisdom and "normalcy" of the world and adopted you instead. No worries though . I can afford it. I just saved $40 dollars. Let's celebrate. Cheese anyone?
Hi Nataly. I hate to say it, girl, but I think if you are fool enough to pay $10 or a loaf of bread, or $40 for beard and salad - then the problem is probably you. The store can charge whatever they want - but if you decide to pay it, then you really have no right to complain. Nobody forced you to do it....? That's like buying a $3,500 Martin guitar and then complaining about the price... hmmm?
You don't have to shop there you know, there are cheaper places. Dumpster diving is always an option.Imagine all that lettuce in the bin behind the market maybe a couple tomatoes too....for free.
most of the time we get salads pre-made in a bag that can feed 2 people, and you have to buy the cucumbers and lil mini tomatos if you want them (if they aren't present in the salad bag) and get your salad dressing. and all that totalled at a normal food market would be anywheres like around 12-15 dollars. not counting the wine.
We have four basic grocery stores to pic from here. Starting at the least expensive Wal Mart, there's Shop And Save (not much difference) then there's Schnucks a higher market offering a better meat and bread etc. Then there is Dierbergs with high prices and not much else to offer and few exceptions. The only reason for this and it is obvious, is that there is a class of people see them selves as above us and they prefer not to shop with you, this is actually beyond stupid. Go Farmers Market!
I know how you feel, I hate shopping, it gets worse as the years go on. i use to grow my own but time is a problem now. use to make my own bread and stuff too. Im self employed now and seems i have no time!!!!!
When I was a kid My mom used to give me $5 and I used to come back with a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, some cheese and some meat. I cant do that anymore,,,,
Gotta come down here in Costa Rica...u'll find some cheap places were u can find a salad for $30 lol, hahaha i know it's crazy....keep on with the good music
Ask for the, "Ripple, vintage 2010". They should also have a veg. bed. That way you can pick what goes on your salad, and you know its fresh. Like lobster from the tank.
I would much rather old school it. For $40 I can grow all the stuff for a whole summer full of salads. Good bread costs but $10 is totally nuts, I don't think I would give more than $4 or $5 for a REALLY good loaf of bread to go with some cheese and salad.
I agree with the statement, but it seems you're more upset with yourself for spending this much in the first place. Just my impression, no ill will ;)
Actually it's a good thing that food is expensive. In fact it should be even more expensive. Because? The more expensive it is, the more likely people will control their consumption of it. We have a major problem in this country with obesity BECAUSE food is so cheap. Maybe that's why YOUR so trim Nataly. Ya think?
Wow. Stay real. Your Hyundai commercial led me to you guys. Looked like hipster doofuses that we have running around all over Chicago but yours is an undeniably insane voice and your arrangements are truly deep. Regarding expensive food- In Chicago, our "starving artists" aren't very talented and they are many trust fund babies who actually prefer to spend a lot of money on food.... because it's cool to do. I don't know you're background but stay unpretentious and stay happy.
No, that is not normal. Trader Joe's has that level of customer service, but the most you'd spend for salad & cheese is $20. Plus, they're real enough that you can say, "I just want a cheap bottle of wine that doesn't completely suck."
Oh, and their taco seasoning mix is A-mazing, just so you know.
I recently studied the French Revolution, so when you mentioned bread prices the first thought that popped into my head was, "Perhaps you should lead the peasant class in a costly Revolution that won't actually serve for any of said class's needs until another absolute ruler is put in place."
P.S. I'm French, so I don't mean any offense. I'm also probably an awful French person by French people's standards- I don't speak French and I prefer Italian food.
I totally agree. It used to be $150. would buy 4 to 6 bags of groceries. Now, you can only get three because everything cost so, so much more. Do you have an Aldi Food store where ever you are? They do a good job plus their foods are not so high in price.
I feel your pain, Nataly, but the "high end" food stores like Whole Foods and the one you mentioned (Andronikos?) are there to serve the fussy tastes of the rich and liberal. If they can succeed by serving that market well, then that's fine -- it is good old fashioned Capitalism -- which is a good thing. It is the thing that brought you pretty much everything you have around you. But go into those places with your eyes open!
GThis is what happens when your a hipster indie kid, I love you, but the hipster thing really bothers me. I would suggest go shopping at Walmart, but I have a feeling that you might think Walmart is beneath you. Stop all your hipster college friends from being douche bags and shopping for over priced organic foods at these supposed eco friendly grocery stores. Love ya.
I really love all the responses this has gotten haha. Everything from complaining that this is a rant, even though its titled "Rant 1", from deep explanations as to why food prices are expensive haha. Either way nice rant, glad you feel better :P
Things are expensive because the Federal Reserve keeps creating new 'money' out of thin air. This will continue until the people terminate the federal government's relationship with the banker owned Federal Reserve and return to honest silver and gold based money that doen't loose value.
In the supermarket a nice botle of red wine (not a superb one) is 3 €, a salad 1 €, tomatos for two 0,5 €, onion 0,5 €, cucumber 0,6 €, cheese 2,5 €, californian nuts for the salad 2,5 € so with about 10 € you can have a nice dinner for two in Spain (Europe). And ten years ago with 6 € you could even have that dinner in an ok restaurant, now forget about it :P
Contrary to belief, food does not come from the grocery store. I remember a hobo singing "This land is your land". Kids are still singing it today. Amazing how catchy a little song can be. Hang in there.
i like food 4 less because they don't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on marble floors or anything else that has to do with the aesthetics of the store. it's things like physical store improvements that jack up prices. besides, food4less isn't organic either.
sounds ridiculous. bread usually runs about $1.07.. the best part about ranting on the internet is people get to judge you and criticize you for it =D
You might spend some time learning about the politics of food. BTW it comes out of the dirt but it's made of the sun (i.e. this is what "photosynthesis" means).
@1chick1camera Organic things cost more because they ARE natural. Most food industries process their foods and add a lot of preservatives, hormones, and chemicals during the refining Process. It really is a governmental thing and the the government puts higher prices on organic because they want it to be harder for you to get.
yeah... that's just a bit expensive.... if you haven't already seen another comment of mine don't buy organic food, buy food that uses fertilizer but not pesticide, fertilizer preserves the soil and makes the food more plump and my opinion tastes better
@spade2heart Well, only certain foods are safe to buy that aren't organic. Meats. dairy are refined with chemicals and the animals they come from are given hormones which aren't completely removed after being refined. un-organic breads, pastas, and rice have bleach in them.
How can anything be more expensive than whole foods? lol I have to spend a fortune weekly ($45) for raw grass fed cheese and raw grass fed Milk grass dairy products I can digest, that is insane right? I mean seriously it's just food, who cares if it's was make this way or that way. in the end it all goes down the same way.
haha! It's not too hard to grow a salad :) I'll say this.. agriculture has caused this mess, it's an off shoot of a mining culture which promised short term gain and the crap end food was a product of that goal. We do need to transition to a food culture to protect our selves and let the dirt do what it does best. One day it will be common sense that we need everyone to eat natural food, bugs too. The bugs and fungus are agriculturist. all we've done is kill the soil and rip it apart..
ROFL! " I want a cheap bottle of wine!"...I agree, I want healthy food but not if it means my paycheck! And BTW I had laminate floors in the stores I grew up on...
And yet you saw the price, were shocked by it and still willingly walked up to the register and handed over your money. You are a genuinely well trained comsumer, just like the rest of us. On a funnier note, can you see the job skills part of one of the store attendents "What was your primary responsibility at your previous place of work?" Response: "I sold overpriced lettuce for designer salads. And people really bought them".
LMAO!! Too Funny - If it makes you feel better to rant (cuz we all know it helps) Go for it!! I got a kick out of it!! Also just like the supply and demand comment - If you dont like the rants - dont watch them! DER! Anyway As Long as Nataly is having fun! Koodos to HER!
LMAO!! Too Funny - If it makes you feel better to rant (cuz we all know it helps) Go for it!! I got a kick out of it!! Also just like the supply and demand comment - If you dont like the rants - dont watch them! DER! Anyway As Long as Nataly is having fun! Koodos to HER!
I'm not sure I could eat anything from a place named Andronicos, fortunately I live right down the street from the local co-op, which is is actually pretty reasonable. And having a garden always helps.
The beauty of free market capitalism is that you, the consumer, exert some control over prices by what you are willing to pay for an item. You paid $40 for your salad-n-cheese. If you are willing to pay it, why should the price be less? Supply & demand. You're free to buy or not buy it. You bought it; accept that responsibility. You say bread "should not cost $10." So, plant some wheat, water it, tend it, harvest it, mill it, knead it & bake it. Is your time worth more or less than $10?
Not to pick on you, Nataly, but why are you shopping at a posh, expensive store and complaining about the high prices?
Aldi is the cheapest grocery store in Minnesota. And for cheap wine, there's Charles Schiraz, also known as three buck chuck.
It's cheaper to buy separate veggies and make your own salad. I recommned your local farmers market! They're cool & local, the veggies are healthier, more minerals and no wax on your tomatoes and cucumbers!
i think i love you! loaf of bread in my hometown = 39 cents & the luxury of not having anyone else assist you in your choice of bread. you are far beyond awesome!
brahaha...i suppose i should've thought about the fact that i'm using my mother's mac to type this, so i was automatically logged into youtube under her name. apologies, mom! i don't want the entire world to think you're a lesbian. :)
@donnafoust Just the fact that you're boy, appearantly old enough to say you love Nataly, and yet you were using your MOM'S youtube account by accident says it all... >>
first off, i am a female. i happen to be a 27-year-old bisexual.
secondly, my mother and grandmother have both been diagnosed w/ early-onset alzheimer's disease; hence, my mother and i access the same computer (as i am the caregiver for both of them.) the computer happened to be logged-in under my mother's youtube account, which was set up so she could access video of her first grandchild...who happened to be born in april of this year.
in reference to your statement of "just the fact that you're boy": i have no phallic genitalia. thanks for the presumption, moronic guano. "appearantly" (as you typed), is properly spelled "apparently", you imbecile. your intellectual ability (including grammar, as well as spelling) is not even comparable to that of a vocational or remedial student. i greatly appreciate your idiotic assumptions, as they remind me of how magnificent i am.
brahaha...so you and i each understand mixed up accounts... :)
tell your sis to grow up and not pass such judgment...it'll just bite her in the arse later on...
on the same note, hope that i wasn't too offensive...i haven't a clue as to your age...nor do i have a clue to the age of your younger sister...
i have no interest in pursuing verbal assault; i was merely providing defense to my own personal territory. i found your sister to be rather insulting.
Dear Lady. Shut up. If you didn't want to pay 40 bucks for a salad and cheese...you didn't have to. Go to fucking Kroger. Are you that weak willed? If that's the case, give me a grand....now.
yeah... the problem is if you go in walmart to do your shopping you have to battle crowds of idiots standing around blocking your every move. and there will be 3 lines open out of the available 50 and those will have lines with a 40 minute wait. it's not worth the savings. i have other things to do with my day.
@Firefly804 i highly doubt it. if your bill is full of over priced food at the level of natalys bill for a salad than i think an unlikely 40 min. wait is worth it. thats damn near $150 savings or more if you shop for a weeks worth.the only reason you would have a 40 min wait anywhere is if your dumb enough to shop during the weekend and there is an infinite amount of navigational possibillities especially if you can speak the words ''excuse me''. now you can manage your time and money. retard.
it's sad that for a buck you can get a greasy cheeseburger, but if you want fresh produce you'll have to spend big... it's sad really... and to think why we have so many public health issues..
I feel your pain! I walked into Andronico's once and then promptly left when I realized I couldn't afford anything! Having left Berkeley for San Francisco, I can mercifully be free from food snobs and buy my regular old fruit and vegetables for cheap in Chinatown.
TottinghamHotpants 5 months ago
It's the cost of shopping in Berkley.
revo8778 5 months ago
U must have more money than u do common sense! why would u wanna pay that? go to freaking a normal store! Are u so stupid or uppity that u cant eat regular food like everyone else u fucking cunt? U are a stupid plain white bread dumbass! Stop singing u are making my ears bleed!
takeashitandjumpinit 5 months ago
feh. Grow your own. Only way to go!
CeeKayz0rz 5 months ago
No, no marble floors. Grocery stores did used to have asbestos tile floors though.
MrSteveParr 6 months ago
LOL "...a little bit like whole foods, except more expensive, if you can imagine that" uuuuhm no! I cannot :-) Over here in Germany whole foods stores are probably the most expensive food-stores we have got. Sometimes I think: Well maybe the next time Mommy should go to a upper class restaurant, it will cost the same and she won't have to do the kitchen work and stuff... :-) (I personally don t buy in such expensive stores)
PointOfLight1 6 months ago
Switch to Lunardi's they are still high end but cheaper.
liquidinsanitie 6 months ago
Andronico's? I had no idea you were from the bay area!
liquidinsanitie 6 months ago
Thanks for sharing that tidbit of your life. We're all trying to eat as well as we can without paying an arm and a leg. Good luck in your quest for good food at a reasonable price. A discriminating palate can be a harsh master. LOL. It's good that you take care of yourself. Take care, sis.
jcchandley 6 months ago
The constant high cost of fuel is driving this. Fuel is used in most fertilizers, and prime movers (18 wheelers) get MAYBE 7-9 MPG and most things are not grown or raised locally but shipped hundreds of miles or more. Wanna save money? Raise your own veggies, chickens, cattle and make your own bread. Labor intensive so most will not but if you want to it can be done. Go to survivalblogdotcom and read up on people who do it.
cdamauser1963 6 months ago
Does bread cost $10 in America? O_O
But I get what you mean. Back in the days before I was born. In Belgium the costs of bread where monitored by the state and always costed the same amount of money. Then bread was privatised and now it's like €2 which is a shitload of money for bread.
senman6 6 months ago
PS. And THAT $10.00 doesn't include a share of the cost of seeds, land, equipment and faciliities! How can we produce anything for a dollar in this world if some people don't live in poverty ... and how can there not be poverty if bread is $10.00 a loaf? How long would it take you to make a loaf of bread and clean up the kitchen and what is your time worth? How much would that bread have to cost?
DavidHayes56 6 months ago
@nataly. Actually, the salad and cheese were free. You paid $40.00 for the assistance and the overhead costs for the building. As for bread, imagine a world where everyone gets a wage of $30.00 an hour. If the total time to grown the ingredients, refine the ingredients, make & package a loaf, ship all the ingredients to the bakery & ship the end product to the store, and stock & ring up the purchase at the store ... is 20 minutes ... you have a $10.00 loaf of bread. A $1.00 loaf = 2 mins.
DavidHayes56 6 months ago
As long as you got a 3 dollar salad, and 36 dollars worth of cheese, then its all right.... well I guess 26 dollars worth of cheese if you spent 10 dollars on bread.... you definitely need something to put the cheese in every once in a while... this is quite funny as I am eating a grilled cheese right now
HOWARDdlx 6 months ago
Nataly....... Stay away from the Yuppie Stores. They play to the high income Yuppie Crowd that shops for image and rows of parked Mercedes and BMW's, rather reasonable prices on reasonable food. Learned my lesson. Their "Organic" and "Natural" is no different from what you buy at your local neighborhood grocery.
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Musta been some REALLY good cheese.
frogsoda 6 months ago
You are very charming and have a beautiful voice, but here is how economics works. People sell things for as much as they can get. There is no relationship to how much it cost to produce, or should cost, or cost in the past. They charge as much as they can get. That's pretty much it.
avisitorhere 6 months ago
... How much cheese?
ChickenVendetta 6 months ago
ChiroQuacker : I grew up with Joanie Mitchell too. So go listen to her songs. or ABBA or anyone else who is from long ago. Take your toxins elsewhere. I'm entertained and I like her. Take YOUR rant and rave and stuff it "dearie"...I just said MY piece. Peace out!
Guttersnipeful 6 months ago
but we NEED to eat hot house food so the pollution in the air hasn't tainted our diet.
You can't grow it in dirt, because dirt is dirty. You have to grow it hydronically now. : ) and serve it on a marble floor.
give me dirt-grown food sold on a dusty wooden floor. I'll pay more; it tastes better. (We used to pooh-pooh hot house, because it was flavorless.) Now you have to be "certified organic" (another name for hot house). How funny is that.
Guttersnipeful 6 months ago
shes complaining about the culture...food costs...well i grew up with joanie mitchell..real talented artists...
and this chick here is a zero...songs suck, singing sucks,,,back in the 60' and 70's she could never get a record deal
and if she did her work would bomb cause she'd be competing against great music and musicians...
so go rant and rave dearie...i just said my piece
ChiroQuacker 6 months ago
I feel your pain, but on the other hand, I'm stuck with Walmart here in Pennsyltucky. I drive north to NY state to find good food at Wegmans!
We're lucky, I've plowed up several acres and hope to put in LARGE gardens to get good food and share some. (Almost 100 fruit trees!)
Yeah, food is getting crazy...
ayelvington 7 months ago
I'll bet you can afford to shop there now! Good for you! Enjoy that top shelf salad! You deserve it.
atheistveganheathan 7 months ago
We have to stop buying into the food-as-status-symbol culture. Next time someone asks me what sort of wine I want, I'll say, "red and effective".
Clarkcarrie 7 months ago
Easy solution: Don't shop there! :D
undergroundo 7 months ago
out of all of that i liked the cheep bottle of wine part
justingoth 7 months ago
Wooow lord , is bread really 10$ in the US? You should come live in Europe, in Holland it's only 2-3$ :P But I thought you'd be millionaires by now making all this superb music on Youtube and iTunes haha
marcelvossen 7 months ago
@marcelvossen well) no offense man, but it's 50cents in Russia (or even less)
Laughingloud 7 months ago
Oh I feel just like you! We had to shop for cheap food at Walmart and Dollar General, and they had good food! :D People who spend all their money at Whole Foods and such are nutz! :O
redneon06 8 months ago
hahahaha! So cute to see you all aggrieved!
MrJeanleno 8 months ago
consumer based economy... they don’t sell on price point they sell you an idea of healthy living and exclusivity. the market they're after requires more customer service, because just like you said $40 for salad and cheese?!?!? that being said i will trade you a game of twister for all the salad and cheese you want.
brusterj881 8 months ago
I wish I could put into works all my thoughts regarding your rant. Coming from my back ground, and watching where we as a nation are moving towards.
AngelM158 8 months ago
Yes. Back to your co-op food store.
VarinaFred 8 months ago
The free market system works wonders! Vote for Ron Paul - PS...gas was only 35 cents a gallon when I started driving - in the mid 70's! More "free market deregulation"
rmjii 8 months ago
Give me a break. If Ron Paul is for free enterrpise why does he support subsidies for the oil companies? He has become just another politician being tickled behind the ear with donations and voting accordingly.
VarinaFred 8 months ago
@VarinaFred - That was a pun - Ron Paul stands on the radical right-hand of the republican "tea" party and his politics - like Sarah Palin are dangerous for this nation.
rmjii 8 months ago
Um... perhaps you should try a cheaper store? Just a thought. Didn't take too much brain power to come up with.
MissLeigh78 8 months ago
Degradation of the dollar,. Our prices aren't going up our dollar worth is going down.
Youngie761 8 months ago
there's a secret handshake getting into elite grocery dispensaries, it involves a wad of cash(actually that's about it)
WE don't want your "kind"(Minstrels au courant) to shop there anyway!
& Don't even get me started on the delivery charges I am captive to pay so I don't have to have my day soiled by persons of such low,low class/quality. (jk)
Saltyember 8 months ago
Hi Nat. I'm a big fan of yours. You're beautiful and have a wonderful voice.
astropeck123 8 months ago
WOW! i was just reading the comments and there are FAR TOO MANY people out there taking it so seriously! It's called a rant for a reason! $10 bread is an exageration of the truth! She's making a point! most of the people that commented are either idiots or just a-holes! c'mon people! get with the program! life is to serious to be jerks to people you don't even know!
NATALY seriously try STERLING it is amazing and not too expensive (usually $12.99)
theonlykilechick 8 months ago
OMG! This is SO how i feel! I hate that even going to SAFEWAY you can spend $50 on virtually NOTHING! It is outragous! BTW a GREAT bottle of "cheap" wine is STERLING cab! THE BEST! it's the only wine i will drink for less than $15! It's amazing! hahaha!
theonlykilechick 8 months ago
There is an old grocery store that I shop at here in my home town that STILL has the 1970's retro grocery store decor.....makes me feel like im 8 all over again
apsdh340 8 months ago
forty dollars!!! how much salad and cheese can I get for a dollar? (Im gonna get you sucka reference)
faustwasfine 8 months ago
Andronico's! Oh my God, how I remember the one south of UC Berkeley and me counting my money over and over because I just knew I wouldn't have enough.
Yes, there are too many food snobs in this world.
rr7firefly1 8 months ago
*sniff* i miss Ralph's....
disneyfreak478 9 months ago
i like how its titled rant 1: there will be more!
critchlowfchc 9 months ago
depends on the kind of cheese...i love cheese
skaguitarist628 9 months ago
welcome to inflation.
UAEDisaster 9 months ago
You can't be an indie and also a foodie. Oh well.
hymnofashes 9 months ago
wow...reading many of these comments makes me wonder how so many of you got sticks stuck up your rears at the same time. did you all synchronize your watches?
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elmondo033057 10 months ago
Hey! wow 40 dollars xD well i recommend you Ethics for Amador by Savater or Lucky man by the verve. The life is a joke, and all need find the punch line.
larmekh 10 months ago
Feel free to enjoy this video:
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number7ministries 10 months ago
First world problems. And I'm sure your Hyundai paycheck can help you out, "friend".
devoette 10 months ago
Go shop at Gelsons(Valley Village/NoHo),they're pretty good with their prices...
JayBro1974 10 months ago
Then go shop Whole Foods and Trader Joes! Heres the thing,if you.actually BOUGHT $40 worth of groceries then COMPLAIN about it,THAT MAKES YOU A HYPOCRATE! As adorable as you are,this whole "indy hipster" angle you are going for is boring,its mainstream to not be mainstream. Nataly,good luck with your ecclectic brand of music,but PLEASE get off the indy hipster douche bandwagon!!
JayBro1974 10 months ago
@JayBro1974 you are a total douche! she's just sharing her feelings you dick!
theonlykilechick 8 months ago
Nataly...you should live a couple of weeks in Argentine...we lost 13 zeros in the last 40 years because of devaluations....ahaaha
At 1970, a bottle of wine costed 40
at 2011 the same bottle should cost 400.000.000.000.000 of THAT money
11tube11 10 months ago
IM NOT YOUR FRIEND
graciestar0 11 months ago
I watched this 2 time's because your so damn cute at the end when you ask .....$ 40.00 ????
gleefinstoffer 11 months ago
Don't shop there?
ackbarmorran 11 months ago
It actually depends on what you are getting with your salad and cheese. Is it fair trade? In that case, you are buying salad, cheese, and the chance to feel moral because you paid someone above the prevailing wage. Whatever it was that you got other than the salad and the cheese, its obvious that you found it of little value!
mguice 11 months ago
Nataly~I just fired my therapist who attempted to teach me ways to cope with the marketing wisdom and "normalcy" of the world and adopted you instead. No worries though . I can afford it. I just saved $40 dollars. Let's celebrate. Cheese anyone?
darwineann 11 months ago
I love you
xDroflmao1337 11 months ago
Hi Nataly. I hate to say it, girl, but I think if you are fool enough to pay $10 or a loaf of bread, or $40 for beard and salad - then the problem is probably you. The store can charge whatever they want - but if you decide to pay it, then you really have no right to complain. Nobody forced you to do it....? That's like buying a $3,500 Martin guitar and then complaining about the price... hmmm?
jimk518 1 year ago
You don't have to shop there you know, there are cheaper places. Dumpster diving is always an option.Imagine all that lettuce in the bin behind the market maybe a couple tomatoes too....for free.
HollywoodGraham 1 year ago
most of the time we get salads pre-made in a bag that can feed 2 people, and you have to buy the cucumbers and lil mini tomatos if you want them (if they aren't present in the salad bag) and get your salad dressing. and all that totalled at a normal food market would be anywheres like around 12-15 dollars. not counting the wine.
thats bag of salad, 5-7 dollars
cucumbers - 1.37-2.00 per lb.
mini-tomatos - 1.50-2.00
salad dressing... 2.50-3.50
TimNP61278 1 year ago
We have four basic grocery stores to pic from here. Starting at the least expensive Wal Mart, there's Shop And Save (not much difference) then there's Schnucks a higher market offering a better meat and bread etc. Then there is Dierbergs with high prices and not much else to offer and few exceptions. The only reason for this and it is obvious, is that there is a class of people see them selves as above us and they prefer not to shop with you, this is actually beyond stupid. Go Farmers Market!
stevenmiles 1 year ago
you rock girl,i like you,about the wine try -Charles Shaw- California wine it's called 2BuckChuck Cabernet Savignon
deckov 1 year ago
I know how you feel, I hate shopping, it gets worse as the years go on. i use to grow my own but time is a problem now. use to make my own bread and stuff too. Im self employed now and seems i have no time!!!!!
erinexpress64 1 year ago
"Most of it comes from dirt" lol.
Because food and water is a necessity, I don't think we should have to pay for it.
Faiyuki 1 year ago
SO TRUE
NadiaBKat167 1 year ago
When I was a kid My mom used to give me $5 and I used to come back with a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, some cheese and some meat. I cant do that anymore,,,,
TOoo many cameras now!!!
Jamadrien 1 year ago 41
@Jamadrien Oh, my ! That was brilliant !!
dovermoreno 6 months ago
winco ftw
oogrooq 1 year ago
Gotta come down here in Costa Rica...u'll find some cheap places were u can find a salad for $30 lol, hahaha i know it's crazy....keep on with the good music
TheGaoshastudio 1 year ago
Hey Nataly... Trader Joe's is what you are looking for... right down to the 2 Buck Chuck! :)
TocMcaan 1 year ago
If my Mom only had a grocery assistant, I may have never had to endure Tuna Helper! I like my salad from a bag and my wine from a box!
kelleragent 1 year ago
Well, pretentiousness is big businness!
TheRumJumbie 1 year ago
next time go slumming and find a normal store
cashmonkey9 1 year ago
I LOVE YOU ......
stack220 1 year ago 3
I LOVE YOU .........
stack220 1 year ago 2
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NJLov5 1 year ago
@NJLov5 u r a dick!
theonlykilechick 8 months ago
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I want to fart in your face.
NomadRepublic 1 year ago
You must have bought some fancy cheese. I bet it was stinky; maybe Limburger.
TheCrimper 1 year ago
Ask for the, "Ripple, vintage 2010". They should also have a veg. bed. That way you can pick what goes on your salad, and you know its fresh. Like lobster from the tank.
watchnovru 1 year ago
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watchnovru 1 year ago
i want to marry you.
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Longhammer37214 1 year ago
I would much rather old school it. For $40 I can grow all the stuff for a whole summer full of salads. Good bread costs but $10 is totally nuts, I don't think I would give more than $4 or $5 for a REALLY good loaf of bread to go with some cheese and salad.
joecichlid 1 year ago
just discovered this band! love it!
timkinsey2000 1 year ago
I agree with the statement, but it seems you're more upset with yourself for spending this much in the first place. Just my impression, no ill will ;)
german719 1 year ago
Actually it's a good thing that food is expensive. In fact it should be even more expensive. Because? The more expensive it is, the more likely people will control their consumption of it. We have a major problem in this country with obesity BECAUSE food is so cheap. Maybe that's why YOUR so trim Nataly. Ya think?
spactick 1 year ago
I love how this video rant was posted over two years ago, and people are still replying to it as if this just happened yesterday.
DrStinkbomb 1 year ago
Wow. Stay real. Your Hyundai commercial led me to you guys. Looked like hipster doofuses that we have running around all over Chicago but yours is an undeniably insane voice and your arrangements are truly deep. Regarding expensive food- In Chicago, our "starving artists" aren't very talented and they are many trust fund babies who actually prefer to spend a lot of money on food.... because it's cool to do. I don't know you're background but stay unpretentious and stay happy.
tonemachine11 1 year ago
No, that is not normal. Trader Joe's has that level of customer service, but the most you'd spend for salad & cheese is $20. Plus, they're real enough that you can say, "I just want a cheap bottle of wine that doesn't completely suck."
Oh, and their taco seasoning mix is A-mazing, just so you know.
CarlGorn 1 year ago
No, that is not normal.
CarlGorn 1 year ago
I recently studied the French Revolution, so when you mentioned bread prices the first thought that popped into my head was, "Perhaps you should lead the peasant class in a costly Revolution that won't actually serve for any of said class's needs until another absolute ruler is put in place."
P.S. I'm French, so I don't mean any offense. I'm also probably an awful French person by French people's standards- I don't speak French and I prefer Italian food.
MrEdLoop 1 year ago 22
@MrEdLoop lol 4 the P.S. XD
rip5m 8 months ago
I totally agree. It used to be $150. would buy 4 to 6 bags of groceries. Now, you can only get three because everything cost so, so much more. Do you have an Aldi Food store where ever you are? They do a good job plus their foods are not so high in price.
Sniderman2955 1 year ago
I feel your pain, Nataly, but the "high end" food stores like Whole Foods and the one you mentioned (Andronikos?) are there to serve the fussy tastes of the rich and liberal. If they can succeed by serving that market well, then that's fine -- it is good old fashioned Capitalism -- which is a good thing. It is the thing that brought you pretty much everything you have around you. But go into those places with your eyes open!
yodoc200 1 year ago
dude goto walmart or any mart with vinyl floors and no customer service
lf99able 1 year ago
GThis is what happens when your a hipster indie kid, I love you, but the hipster thing really bothers me. I would suggest go shopping at Walmart, but I have a feeling that you might think Walmart is beneath you. Stop all your hipster college friends from being douche bags and shopping for over priced organic foods at these supposed eco friendly grocery stores. Love ya.
kinghlg 1 year ago
You're dumb. Holy shit. stop talking.
luckytommy7777 1 year ago
I really love all the responses this has gotten haha. Everything from complaining that this is a rant, even though its titled "Rant 1", from deep explanations as to why food prices are expensive haha. Either way nice rant, glad you feel better :P
x02xGTxPROJECTx 1 year ago
it's really better when you do cover songs.
FUArock 1 year ago
Things are expensive because the Federal Reserve keeps creating new 'money' out of thin air. This will continue until the people terminate the federal government's relationship with the banker owned Federal Reserve and return to honest silver and gold based money that doen't loose value.
LibertarianBiker 1 year ago
Can I have the last two minutes of my life back. Unbelievably beyond stupid. You are actually talking into a camera saying this stuff. really?
dolphinron 1 year ago
Saw you on T.V.!
LadyZeppelin1960 1 year ago
In the supermarket a nice botle of red wine (not a superb one) is 3 €, a salad 1 €, tomatos for two 0,5 €, onion 0,5 €, cucumber 0,6 €, cheese 2,5 €, californian nuts for the salad 2,5 € so with about 10 € you can have a nice dinner for two in Spain (Europe). And ten years ago with 6 € you could even have that dinner in an ok restaurant, now forget about it :P
So Nataly, move to Spain (Europe). ;)
amrtz1 1 year ago
Just Thank you.
danieldecabo 1 year ago
Move to NYC its actually cheaper and NYC isnt cheap but still cheaper then most high end places in CA
MrRedbaron72 1 year ago
When I was a kid, $40 could buy a week's groceries for a family of three. Then again, I'm old. :-\
halberthawkins 1 year ago
You crack me up
uoregon4life 1 year ago
Contrary to belief, food does not come from the grocery store. I remember a hobo singing "This land is your land". Kids are still singing it today. Amazing how catchy a little song can be. Hang in there.
hydrogenauto 1 year ago
40 dollers? ridiculous!
mjhenderson0 1 year ago
i like food 4 less because they don't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on marble floors or anything else that has to do with the aesthetics of the store. it's things like physical store improvements that jack up prices. besides, food4less isn't organic either.
brendoncardinal 1 year ago
"There are things in this world that just shouldn't happen, and that is one of them." This is adorable. :')
yourereallylovely 1 year ago
@brom24 how do you figure that? They look nothing alike
engrey 1 year ago
Thats so cal for you. But yeah if the dollar crashes the bread can cost 10 bucks.
mrmilleniumproof 1 year ago
"There are things in this world that just shouldn't happen, and that is one of them."
TheGnomeTree 1 year ago
You look a LOT like Maggie Gyllenhaal. I could never put my finger on it, but now I'm sure that's who you remind me of.
Brom24 1 year ago
Natalie Dawn, you rock! Preach, sister!
JoshuahEk 1 year ago
jeezus, I'm apparently under her spell. Even her "rants" have me riveted to the PC screen....
Giantrobokc 1 year ago
"It's food people...It's just food."
littlebigplanetgame2 1 year ago
checking the prize before buying stuff would help
ollekbollek1 1 year ago
sounds ridiculous. bread usually runs about $1.07.. the best part about ranting on the internet is people get to judge you and criticize you for it =D
Samitch04 1 year ago
albertsons???
8386sweetguy 1 year ago
You might spend some time learning about the politics of food. BTW it comes out of the dirt but it's made of the sun (i.e. this is what "photosynthesis" means).
tomplunket 1 year ago
Hahaha. Your right. Calm down.@tomplunket
rtgerwaski 1 year ago
THANK YOU! Shouldn't it like....cost LESS since it's all....ORGANIC??...and "comes from the dirt"...all summed up..i agree :]
1chick1camera 1 year ago
@1chick1camera Organic things cost more because they ARE natural. Most food industries process their foods and add a lot of preservatives, hormones, and chemicals during the refining Process. It really is a governmental thing and the the government puts higher prices on organic because they want it to be harder for you to get.
LadyZeppelin1960 1 year ago
@LadyZeppelin1960 eh....never did agree with the government anyway ;]
1chick1camera 1 year ago
And video game CDs costing 60 doll hairs, or American dollars is bullshit, but you don't have a Y chromosome so you wouldn't know
Remyriz014 1 year ago
yeah... that's just a bit expensive.... if you haven't already seen another comment of mine don't buy organic food, buy food that uses fertilizer but not pesticide, fertilizer preserves the soil and makes the food more plump and my opinion tastes better
spade2heart 1 year ago
@spade2heart Well, only certain foods are safe to buy that aren't organic. Meats. dairy are refined with chemicals and the animals they come from are given hormones which aren't completely removed after being refined. un-organic breads, pastas, and rice have bleach in them.
LadyZeppelin1960 1 year ago
"I want a cheap bottle of wine." - LOL. How many of us have waited to hear a girl say that to us lol.
Kickingit06 1 year ago 42
How can anything be more expensive than whole foods? lol I have to spend a fortune weekly ($45) for raw grass fed cheese and raw grass fed Milk grass dairy products I can digest, that is insane right? I mean seriously it's just food, who cares if it's was make this way or that way. in the end it all goes down the same way.
ChucksandTogs 1 year ago
yeahhhhh you must live upp north
IntoxicatedKid 1 year ago
What kind of wine? Red...lol
codematrix 1 year ago
haha! It's not too hard to grow a salad :) I'll say this.. agriculture has caused this mess, it's an off shoot of a mining culture which promised short term gain and the crap end food was a product of that goal. We do need to transition to a food culture to protect our selves and let the dirt do what it does best. One day it will be common sense that we need everyone to eat natural food, bugs too. The bugs and fungus are agriculturist. all we've done is kill the soil and rip it apart..
GoldenFinchFellow 1 year ago
ROFL! " I want a cheap bottle of wine!"...I agree, I want healthy food but not if it means my paycheck! And BTW I had laminate floors in the stores I grew up on...
neurozool 1 year ago
it aint 10 bucks at the winco...or the 99 cent store..biatch
0001kd 1 year ago
And yet you saw the price, were shocked by it and still willingly walked up to the register and handed over your money. You are a genuinely well trained comsumer, just like the rest of us. On a funnier note, can you see the job skills part of one of the store attendents "What was your primary responsibility at your previous place of work?" Response: "I sold overpriced lettuce for designer salads. And people really bought them".
rivynaussies 1 year ago
you look like taylor swift but with short hair ha ha
mindyjo77 1 year ago
@mindyjo77 Actually, I think she looks more like a young Kate Gosselin!
scruffymeigs 1 year ago
Sue Em................
i8uwithalime 1 year ago
Nice lol
FalloutRogue 1 year ago
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LMAO!! Too Funny - If it makes you feel better to rant (cuz we all know it helps) Go for it!! I got a kick out of it!! Also just like the supply and demand comment - If you dont like the rants - dont watch them! DER! Anyway As Long as Nataly is having fun! Koodos to HER!
Jenbrovitch 1 year ago
LMAO!! Too Funny - If it makes you feel better to rant (cuz we all know it helps) Go for it!! I got a kick out of it!! Also just like the supply and demand comment - If you dont like the rants - dont watch them! DER! Anyway As Long as Nataly is having fun! Koodos to HER!
Jenbrovitch 1 year ago
Next time would you please make a video about a medieval war lord?
Ashleeeyism 1 year ago
hahaha
moecasey 1 year ago
I'm not sure I could eat anything from a place named Andronicos, fortunately I live right down the street from the local co-op, which is is actually pretty reasonable. And having a garden always helps.
BadTomorrow 1 year ago
The beauty of free market capitalism is that you, the consumer, exert some control over prices by what you are willing to pay for an item. You paid $40 for your salad-n-cheese. If you are willing to pay it, why should the price be less? Supply & demand. You're free to buy or not buy it. You bought it; accept that responsibility. You say bread "should not cost $10." So, plant some wheat, water it, tend it, harvest it, mill it, knead it & bake it. Is your time worth more or less than $10?
MagicalMysteryTube 1 year ago
AMEN
donseagrave 1 year ago
eventually the government will controll all food and you will be scarfing kraft dinner..thats all you will be able to afford. yer cute. i have spoken
699backstab 1 year ago
I'm training to be a Condiment Technician.
Truthzilla 1 year ago
Not to be rude, but did you not check the price tag before you bought it?
blustardust89 1 year ago
i love you
MrAndibrook 1 year ago
i love ur rants. Make more !
mrjuly 1 year ago
That is why I shop at Trader Joes, Salad 2.99, Block a Cheese 2.71 YAY!!!
GameAvatar 1 year ago
Not to pick on you, Nataly, but why are you shopping at a posh, expensive store and complaining about the high prices?
Aldi is the cheapest grocery store in Minnesota. And for cheap wine, there's Charles Schiraz, also known as three buck chuck.
It's cheaper to buy separate veggies and make your own salad. I recommned your local farmers market! They're cool & local, the veggies are healthier, more minerals and no wax on your tomatoes and cucumbers!
Much more fun than a grocery store.
AppleSouffle 1 year ago
i think i love you! loaf of bread in my hometown = 39 cents & the luxury of not having anyone else assist you in your choice of bread. you are far beyond awesome!
donnafoust 1 year ago
brahaha...i suppose i should've thought about the fact that i'm using my mother's mac to type this, so i was automatically logged into youtube under her name. apologies, mom! i don't want the entire world to think you're a lesbian. :)
donnafoust 1 year ago
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donnafoust 1 year ago
@donnafoust Just the fact that you're boy, appearantly old enough to say you love Nataly, and yet you were using your MOM'S youtube account by accident says it all... >>
AquiloTheTiger 1 year ago
@AquiloTheTiger
first off, i am a female. i happen to be a 27-year-old bisexual.
secondly, my mother and grandmother have both been diagnosed w/ early-onset alzheimer's disease; hence, my mother and i access the same computer (as i am the caregiver for both of them.) the computer happened to be logged-in under my mother's youtube account, which was set up so she could access video of her first grandchild...who happened to be born in april of this year.
donnafoust 1 year ago
@AquiloTheTiger
in reference to your statement of "just the fact that you're boy": i have no phallic genitalia. thanks for the presumption, moronic guano. "appearantly" (as you typed), is properly spelled "apparently", you imbecile. your intellectual ability (including grammar, as well as spelling) is not even comparable to that of a vocational or remedial student. i greatly appreciate your idiotic assumptions, as they remind me of how magnificent i am.
donnafoust 1 year ago
@donnafoust Oi, sorry. x3 That was meh sister. :3 We used to share a youtube account, and I am yet to change meh password. T^T
She's two years younger than me, sooooo... Yeah. And bratty. e.e
I got on to her for using my account. >:C Not going to happen again. >>
Sorry.
((if ya want to realy get mad at her, her account is o0TerraFan0o. Lol.))
AquiloTheTiger 1 year ago
@AquiloTheTiger
brahaha...so you and i each understand mixed up accounts... :)
tell your sis to grow up and not pass such judgment...it'll just bite her in the arse later on...
on the same note, hope that i wasn't too offensive...i haven't a clue as to your age...nor do i have a clue to the age of your younger sister...
i have no interest in pursuing verbal assault; i was merely providing defense to my own personal territory. i found your sister to be rather insulting.
donnafoust 1 year ago
Dear Lady. Shut up. If you didn't want to pay 40 bucks for a salad and cheese...you didn't have to. Go to fucking Kroger. Are you that weak willed? If that's the case, give me a grand....now.
TheLastReplicant 1 year ago
yeah... the problem is if you go in walmart to do your shopping you have to battle crowds of idiots standing around blocking your every move. and there will be 3 lines open out of the available 50 and those will have lines with a 40 minute wait. it's not worth the savings. i have other things to do with my day.
Firefly804 1 year ago
@Firefly804 i highly doubt it. if your bill is full of over priced food at the level of natalys bill for a salad than i think an unlikely 40 min. wait is worth it. thats damn near $150 savings or more if you shop for a weeks worth.the only reason you would have a 40 min wait anywhere is if your dumb enough to shop during the weekend and there is an infinite amount of navigational possibillities especially if you can speak the words ''excuse me''. now you can manage your time and money. retard.
hopefulmiracle01 1 year ago
"most of it comes from dirt"- I love it.
JckJessica 1 year ago 46
it's sad that for a buck you can get a greasy cheeseburger, but if you want fresh produce you'll have to spend big... it's sad really... and to think why we have so many public health issues..
kutthroat84 1 year ago