CMV: we are “incentivized” to buy bigger quantities of food to save on prices, thus rationalizing that it’s cheaper to eat more than we probably should.

I’ll give an example make above statement more clear:

I eat Swedish cheese on top of my sandwich. The cheese is not like Philadelphia but rather cheese that you can slice of the top and save and then slice of more if you want more. Make sense? Think of it like a block of hard 🧀. Like the image.

Ok, so… here is the problem.

I am a single male, and have a girlfriend. Now, when I am in the store, there is usually only one big block of cheese that weighs say 1 kilo ~2pounds (there are smaller choices as well but ill get into that in a minute.)

So basically all I can buy is that big piece of cheese. This makes my consumption of cheese go through the roof, since I have to eat that everyday. I don’t want to eat that cheese every day and until the time comes I finish that cheese, it will not be in a good/fresh state and I’ll have to throw it away. This cheese makes sense for a family who can reasonably eat it within the week.

The model that I want doesn’t have smaller cheese. But let’s say there is, the price of a small batch can cost up to say ~30-40% more per/kilo than the regular one. That makes a 400g cheese almost 40% more expensive than a “large” cheese (per/kilo 🤯😖)

What this does is enable me to eat more cheese than I have to, cause I don’t want to throw it away. This I get fatter and bigger.

Yes, I can use the cheese to make lasagne for example(which I do) since I don’t want it to go to waste.

But the problem I have is that the food industry is basically enabling us to eat more to save more.

Again the cheese example:

A while ago I found the cheese they had a promotion on it, and for some reason there were some that weighed 300grams blocks for the same usual price. I bought 3 of those cheeses (since unopened cheese can hold for months in a fridge.) and that was great. I didn’t have to force myself eating up all cheese at once, I could proportion it as I saw fit.

So the discussion is: why do we have to buy more to save more and that in itself enables to over eat when there are simple solution to this.

Also, this would lead to way less waste from food which is a huge problem in western world where I’m at, and that’s a shame.

I hope my point came across well enough. I’m interested in others opinions on why it has to be this way.

This I guess mostly counts towards fresh produce and obviously not macaroni/pasta/rice/shampoo etc which have a long shelf life.

Edit: thank you for your inputs. I’m trying to find alternative views and I know I am not totally clear. But your answers are partial deltas. Maybe because I’m a bit vague it makes it harder to award. But I love the feedback. 🙏🏽💪🏾