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Why don’t Supermarkets help promote healthy living?

Hi,I did the following:
Question: Why don’t Supermarkets help promote healthy living?

By putting your cakes, ice creams, pies etc. in aisles that are too narrow for fat people to fit down?

The following is the answer:

Answer by Toffy
what a jerk……

Answer by NewBerlin
The supermarkets are not twisting your arm to make you buy certain items.

We are all responsibile for what we purchase.

I’m going to go out and buy some donuts…..bon appetit !!!

Answer by Princess
They want to make money, they could give 2 craps about your health. Money is THE driving force.
Why try advertising the healthy and discouraging people from the unhealthy when the junk food is so much more plentiful, cheaper to buy and looks nice on the shelf. Have u noticed that a lot of certain junk food companies have dramtically reduced prices on their products. America want to eat healthy, is trying to eat healthy, but why would they? They go to the store, the budget is tight, that healthy meal you want to buy to help lose weight is 2x the price of the prepackaged, preservative loaded one. It looks pleasing to the eye and wallet. Like I said, the junk food companies and stores don’t give a hoot about us and our health, just how much money they are getting in their wallet cause of us. How sad huh? We are almost destined to fail if u are on a diet or just want to eat healthier. Who can resist the deals? For those who try hard and succeed, or shop at the organic/health food stores and change their lives for the better, Hoorah!!! May the Healthfood stores prevail and overcome the regular grocery store and become as big as that grocery store. Then, How great would that be and how easy would that be to eat healthy! Wishful thinking…..It’s late and I am rambling on….I’ve been on diets and experienced this situation too often.

Answer by Butterfly2Kiss
Only shop on the 4 outside isles.

Answer by Brian
they do sugar free pepsi

Answer by Cupcake’s Princess
They’re in business to sell whatever people buy. Period. They’re not responsible for their customers’ choices. We are each responsible for our own decisions, food or otherwise.

Answer by Robert S
The food industry profits from sales of cheap addictive foods.
The biggest sellers are soft-drinks & packaged processed foods.

Answer by chloe
Wegmans food chain promotes healthy living.They promote Strive for Five. Their fruit and vegetable sections are superior to any I have ever seen both in freshness and selection. They have information posted and healthy recipes. If you’ve never shopped at Wegmans, you are missing an incredible experience. They are mostly in the North East. I hope they find their way to Florida!

Answer by gasman1259
You really think that would stop the fatties? I was once guarding the cookie aisle so that paramedics could work on a man who had collapsed. He was in fact dead on the aisle. So this woman comes over and tells me if I could move out of the way so she can get some Oreo cookies. These cookies are right behind the dead guy where the paramedics are working. I tell her no the aisle is closed until the paramedics are finished. Like the medics need her walking all over the dead guy. She calls me a f&^%ing a^%hole and starts to walk away. Then this big broad tries to bull rush the aisle to get her cookies. So one of the medics shove her out and threatens to arrest her. Long story short this lady complains to my corporate office and they send her a 0 gift card. Sure enough her large ass comes in and buy her cookies and a bunch of crap.

So don’t put it on the markets put it on the fatties.

Answer by All that Glitters
They’re in it for the $. It’s up to you to make a healthy list and stick to it!

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