yes, but it's faster - meaningful if you're working extra shifts. spending more cash because you can't afford to take the cheaper option is always the burden of the immiserated. idk though, the study didn't probe further.
In the long run, yeah, it is more expensive. But a "meal" that costs a few bucks and only needs to be microwaved does "look" cheaper than buying a pound of meat, an onion, a few potatoes, and a bag of frozen peas.
And we can't forget that if all I have is a few bucks, I can only afford to buy the 2 dollar frozen dinner even if buying raw meat, an onion, a few potatoes, and a bag of frozen peas would make multiple meals at less than 2 dollars a meal.
tv dinners and the like, I'm guessing, as they try to take extra jobs to cover their short-fall.
Eating TV dinners is far more expensive than buying vegetables. This doesn’t really make sense
yes, but it's faster - meaningful if you're working extra shifts. spending more cash because you can't afford to take the cheaper option is always the burden of the immiserated. idk though, the study didn't probe further.
Faster and lower effort, some people are too tired to cook their own meals
In the long run, yeah, it is more expensive. But a "meal" that costs a few bucks and only needs to be microwaved does "look" cheaper than buying a pound of meat, an onion, a few potatoes, and a bag of frozen peas.
And we can't forget that if all I have is a few bucks, I can only afford to buy the 2 dollar frozen dinner even if buying raw meat, an onion, a few potatoes, and a bag of frozen peas would make multiple meals at less than 2 dollars a meal.