What’s a Girl to do?

As my shifts at work seem to be getting shorter and shorter, with less and less tables a night, my pocket book is getting smaller as well. I went shopping for groceries on Monday and bought just two bags of food and spent $47.15. I’m trying to eat healthy and try to buy organic, but when organic eggs ring up at $5.39. I am at a lost. The restaurant I work at is higher end and we don’t run a  nightly special, so I believe people are eating at fast food joints instead of buying higher quality food at a restaurant. Value meals sound a lot better then a $20.00 plate of food at a nice restaurant, specially to larger families.
The New York Magazine wrote a article titled “Money Is Tight, and Junk Food Beckons” published on November 3, 2008. the article is very insightful in to middle-class families trying to eat healthy. “ Studies show that junk foods tend to cost less than fruits, vegetables and other healthful foods, whose prices continue to rise”. I believe that middle-class families in Alaska are feeling the recession even more then families in the lower 48. Alaskans’ produce is two times more expensive then that of the rest of the country. When Alaskans’ have to eat on a budget it seems like fast food would be cheaper then a bag of apples.
A study found in The New York Time found “Last year, Dr. Drewnowski led a study, published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, comparing the prices of 370 foods sold at supermarkets in the Seattle area. The study showed that “energy dense” junk foods, which pack the most calories and fewest nutrients per gram, were far less expensive than nutrient-rich, lower-calorie foods like fruits and vegetables. The prices of the most healthful foods surged 19.5 percent over the two-year study period, while the junk food prices dropped 1.8 percent”. As a consumer and server, I’m walking into the unknown. As society we are walking into the unknown. May I take your order?