Didn't say you were. I was just commenting on your fessin' up there, Addie. Nothing at all of how you run your business.
However, if you're finding it hard to justify buying a jar of peanut butter or some meat....... perhaps you're going to the wrong stores for your groceries.
For what it's worth, we grow a lot of food on our own land and can for the most part control what's going in it. At the end of the season, the Goddess will can and cook things off and freeze much of it for use all winter long. We are now just using up the ends of most of last year's harvest. We buy much of our meats from local butchers, fish from a well trusted guy and about the only thing we buy at a regular grocery store is popsicles, paper products and some odds & ends. After that, we occasionally eat something out, but we’re very careful of where and how the place prepares the food. I don’t think we eat at a fast food place more than 4 times a year….. if that. 
It’s all how you prioritize. Don’t let your kids dictate what they want to eat…. Feed them healthy food and you control what goes into their mouths instead of buying based on sugar content or price.
Try watching Dr Oz a time or two and catch up on how you can help your family eat…. And eat well, instead of complaining about it.
I feed them very health foods. They get the best foods I can find available. Lots of fresh fruits vegetables and frozen veggies vs. canned for times when certain veggies are out of season. Better cuts of meat etc. I strive to make sure the salts & sugars are kept to a minimum. They don't get much candy or cookies from me. Grandma supplies that garbage so its inside tolerable levels for kids.
I honestly wish we could grow our own food here. However, being in a city especially in Florida its a bit more difficult. Not enough land or decent soil.
I actually envy you having the land to be able to grow on. As a kid growing up we raised chickens, pigs, cows, goats, geese, turkeys, ducks you just about name it we had it. Along with good vegetables. Grew up eating all that fresh food. Now, well just not available as an option.
I do the best I can with what I can lay my hands on. Just sucks when you have to cut out a trip to the movies just to compensate for the rise in prices lately. While everyone demands I lower my prices. I really just get annoyed with it all some days. This thread just let me vent some frustration off.
