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> Cooking is more expensive because food delivery is expensive

No, eating out is more expensive. Cooking is just as cheap as before.

Depends on where you are. I've got to pay an extra 8 to 18 bucks a shipment to get things shipped via instacart or whatever, and nothing is ever in stock. Things I stocked up on are cheaper, otherwise I'm overpaying for all delivered groceries here in New York. Parts of the country hit by the pandemic are not having a fun time. Everything is more expensive

If you or people in your household aren't immunocompromised or in high-risk groups, you can still put your gloves and mask on and go get groceries. I live in NYC and can assure you that that is still an option. It's not totally risk-free, but the fact that stores are letting fewer people in at a time definitely helps mitigate the risk a lot.

If you are at-risk, there are huge groups doing mutual aid all across the city on a volunteer basis that are more than happy to do grocery runs for you. I'm in a slack group for Bed Stuy and I am seeing requests come in and get delivered all day long.

The idea that you need to rely on SV companies like Amazon or Instacart to bring you groceries is madness.

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