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Blogwrap: Food and Money

A few notes from the intersection of spending and stomach-satiation this week:

The misers over at Wise Bread offer up a smart post on the economics of apple-picking – and why it’s so much better for the farmer than the picker. As with most things in life, there are savings in bulk-buying (or picking) here, but you’ll spend the least by simply going to the grocery store.

On the Money, Matter and More Musings blog, Golbguru (no names here alas) shares a chocolate-eating habit that I simply couldn’t hack: eating a single candy bar, nibble by nibble, over days or weeks even. Anyone with that amount of self-restraint probably doesn’t mind living paycheck to paycheck (or loan check to loan check; Golbguru is a graduate student).

Finally, under the heading “Xenophobia,” Consumerist notes that Trader Joe’s has up and rid its shelves of single-ingredient products made in China. Apparently, the company is worried that organic standards may not be up to snuff over there. Whole Foods Market, however, has no plans to make a similar move.

– Ron Lieber

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