Tuesday, January 29, 2008

They sure don't make it easy...

So I was shopping at my local Ralph's grocery store on Mira Mesa Blvd. here is San Diego when I turned the corner into aisle 11 and I noticed this sign.
So you might be saying gee, that's nice, that looks like a normal grocery store sign to me, so why are you bothering to post this on the internet??!!! Well, look again more closely....Wow, I think that is kinda messed up. The diet food is all on the right side of the aisle, and right behind you the candy is on the left side of the aisle.... I would really think that the grocery store would be more considerate than that. Then I started to wonder, ok was this just a complete oversight on their part? Or are they doing this on purpose to try to 'tempt' the poor dieting customers? Either way it does make me a bit mad... I am not on a 'diet,' but I am a rather, hmm.... let's just say 'curvy' girl, so I do totally try to make good decisions about the food I eat. When I grocery shop I very carefully turn over every item I buy to read the nutrition facts and I don't count carbs, but if something has an obscene number like 40 carbs then yes I put it back. I have made some interesting discoveries this way. For instance a rice crispy treat is actual healthier than a Quaker granola bar! The rice crispy treat has less fat, less calories, and the same amount of sugar.... I find this funny because rice crispy treats are marketed as a bad for you snack and granola bars are supposedly 'healthy.' What a sneaky world we live in!

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