Has the escalating food price change your eating habit?

I'm using my resources more carefully on things that promote health. Getting the best quality foods is not an area that I like to cut back on. I'd rather cut back in other areas.

My answer to this question is NO, i still can eat my favorite foods even prices go up most of the time. The reason is because my favorite foods are just the basic stuff, i dont eat that much fancy foods. I eat vegetables fruits and some meat and poultry products. Im not into junk foods and other fast foods. So im not affected at all and I still enjoy eating my favorite foods and at the same time stay as healthy as can be. :)

I read somewhere that during the World War 2 people got much healthier when they had to cut down on sugar and many other unhealthy foods. Many were growing their own food - even lawns became potato fields. Sugar is like poison for our body, so better not buy it at all, at least not the white sort. Fruits have sugar in a healthy form together with other nourishment like flavonoids, vitamins and fibers. I am used to cut down on food costs already and the healthiest food is not always the most expensive. I wish I had a place to grow my own food. Then I would know what I eat, no GMO. Junk food is far too expensive, as we may risk to get sick and then have to pay for a doctor and medicines. Wish you a good health

The higher food prices has changed my shopping habit. Nowadays, I compare prices and shop at Value$or other cheaper alternatives. I'm also careful not to buy unnecessary stuff that may add to extra calories and concentrate on necessities.

Hi Scheng1, i planned very well the items which i wanted to buy whenever i go shopping. Most of the time, i only shop in malls that provide discount like, weekly promotion or special promotion in order to save my money. Although everything are getting expensive, they don't really changed our eating habit. Because we still need to eat almost the same food, to keep our body healthy and fine. For me, health comes first...

I have learned how to cook with less meat (and anyway it is a lot more healthy) and I started a vegetabl garden last Spring. I have learned a lot from mistakes and from reading online so that now I´m going to have some crops in spite of it being almost Winter in my country. We have a mild Winter so I´ll have enough lettuces to eat every day and even some to give away. Eggs have gone up, but they are still unexpensive and if you make vegetable puddings it´s very unexpensive. I don´t buy cookies or cakes but make them from scratch onc in a while.

hi! even with the price increase in food, i haven't felt that we had to cut down on portions or quality or even frequency of meals outside of the home. based on our family's consumption and of course the costs, it is still increasing by the day. perhaps because financially, we are better off at present than the previous year/s. food is like a daily intake. we try to eat better and healthier too by taking food supplements and healthier choices in beverages and dishes. but we are not extravagant in any way. we still try cost-effective spending. since we can't cut down on food, we sometimes tighten our belts on other stuff like buying toys or clothes/shoes on a whim or gadgets etc. hagd!

hi scheng, yes we are minimising our expenses to a lesser value,instead of eating with two or three items in food,now a days we make either one or two for food and the curd rise is common,previous we are making dhal and rasam regualarly,now a days either dall or rasam any one for food,what to do with the escalating prices of food and food grains, have a nice day

Yes of course. Inflation is damaging the economy of mine and I am really afraid of this. I have reduced my food and nowadays I am not taking junk foods too. But still I am unable to cope up with this increase in price rate. Someone have to help me in getting out of this kind of trouble. Let us see what is it in store for us

We haven't really felt the slight increase here but I guess we'll change our eating habits if it gets really pricey. That's unfair especially to those family who doesn't really eat 3 times a day.

Oh this is really terrible if it continues to rise... Not only the quantity will decrease but also the quality of food we're going to but. The effect will be worst because if and if people look for less quality foods and less quantity... malnourish country is almost at hand. :(

I would say it has. But I think it's sort of in a good way. Nowadays, we only buy and consume what we really need. The escalating food prices has made me think twice in making my grocery list. Less junk, less sugar, less soda, more veggies, etc.

Increase in prices has made me cautious in buying things.But regarding eating..no way.Whatever the cost maybe,I dont give up that easily on food items.I do feel the prices are high.But what to do.We have to cope up with the prices and go on.It will go on increasing day by day.Daily food habits haven't changed a bit inspite of the raises in their cost.But the so called junk food has decreased in consumptions.This in not only due to increase in the cost but also due to healt reasons.

Hmm... you are talking mostly about the prices of cooked food. So I suppose you are talking about eating habits with regard to eating out in restaurants and fast food chains, etc. Am I correct? In that sense, I suppose yes, the escalating food prices has an effect on my eating/buying habits - I eat out less now. However, at the present time, there is actually another factor that influences this change in habit more, and that is the fact that I have no regular source of income right now. =P

I would say that the food prices are escalating indeed but it has not really changed my food habit. We always maintain the same simple style of living,--basic , proper three time meal cooked well , with plenty of vegetables etc..,Vegetables have become very expensive but luckily after my recent shift of residence I am at a place where I get some cheap vegetables [relatively].Otherwise, we do not keep buying readymade food or fast food frequently.It is quite rare , perhaps just twice a month or so. I try and see that I do not overshoot expenditure on food.But otherwise, I do not see any change.THankfully we can afford whatever we have always maintained.

I've always been frugal but now I'm downright miserly. Unfortunately, there aren't many coupons I can use--I don't buy name brand personal items and don't buy cereal, name brand snacks or other coupon items. I rarely find coupons for meat and when I do they are for big name brands, usually chicken, and even with the coupon the store brand is cheaper. I've started baking a lot of my own bread, it's cheaper and better for me than store-bought bread. I rarely buy name brands anymore. I no longer buy extras like the occasional bag of potato chips or marked down bakery items. I'm eating more homemade soups and try to avoid frozen foods. I don't eat at restaurants anymore nor do I go to movies anymore. They say inflation here in the U.S. is only about 3% but they are using new ways to figure it that makes it less. If they would use the same calculations they used to use, our inflation would be 10% or more, which is more realistic and what the average person's pocketbook is feeling.

I think that the higher the price of food goes, the more it has ti change our eating habits, if we can't afford the lifestyle of how we are eating, compromise and challenges must be faced.

The escalating food price would obviously change the eating habits of the people. But another thing which is also a key factor in causing a change in the eating habits of the people is the modern way of leading life.

I wish I could say "Time to diet." but "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." On second thoughts, the prices might not come down, so "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we shall.." reconsider dieting? He he. Hard facts of life. Good thing there is still a job to sustain the makan needs.

No, I just watch for sales and use coupons. I plan out my meals for the two weeks, which I have always done anyway. PLan on which will be left overs or what I can freeze. I prefer to eat healthy and when we do eat out I always think the price is rediculous.