Research from recent years shows that younger generations are less frugal when it comes to mundane matters. As we learn from the publication, as many as 90 percent Poles aged 18-35 spend the most money on food, clothes and cosmetics. We can observe a similar situation in the West. According to the study, generations Y and Z intend to spend most of their earnings on grocery shopping this year. The “Zets” are particularly lagging behind as they say they don’t want to save on high-quality snacks and drinks.
I decided to find out from the source what it looks like in practice. What food do younger generations buy? What do they pay attention to? Do they prefer more expensive/better quality products, or are they a waste of money? It turns out that many of them actually focus on higher quality, but these decisions depend on various factors. One, probably the most important, of them?
Depends on how far away from payday
– Ewelina laughed, rightly pointing out an important argument.
How do younger generations shop? “What? Sausages with 60 percent meat? Did you buy something again?!”
– Meat, cold cuts and fish must be of good quality – said Monika. – Vegetables… whatever they are, I take them. Unfortunately, I also like “expensive” cheeses and Italian products. That’s why I save on other things, e.g. chemicals are cheap, and I practically don’t buy clothes – I prefer to eat.
– Butter! Butter is the basis. No “spreadable mix”, no inventions. It should be made of cream and have a fat content of 82-83%. You don’t touch another with the tip of the stick, Kasia said.
– Team bread from the bakery! I love gluten, so if I do eat it, I prefer delicious rolls and bread, admitted Iza.
– I am an example of those texts about “Zets” who prefer expensive bread from a bakery to cheap bread from a discount store – added Kamil. – I never buy packaged meat, I always go to a supermarket where there is a counter. I don’t really read ingredients. Unless I’m buying something new.
How do younger generations shop? ‘What? Sausages with 60 percent meat? Have you bought something again?!’ photo: shutterstock / Tada Images
Some people don’t just look at price or appearance when shopping. To a large extent, the composition of products is the main reason why we buy a given thing. Kasia knows this very well:
My husband is a component “terrorist”. He reads the ingredients like a madman and now it has passed on to me. I just don’t want to hear again: “What’s up? Sausages with 60% meat? Did you buy something again?!” So I read these compositions like the best novel. Sausages and hot dogs with content below 90%. meat will not cross the threshold of our kitchen. There is no mention of MOM at all.
The situation is similar with Ola. Although she usually decides what she can save on to buy something else of better quality: – I (although an avid confectioner) sometimes find joy in eating lousy chocolate for PLN 2, but the sausages have to be from a higher shelf, 90%. meat, no preservatives.
Aneta also measures what she can spend more money on and what she can let go of. Much here depends on the issue mentioned at the beginning. It can be described jokingly: will we have enough money in a month?
I love Lidl during the week because they sell things on special offers and the deadline is short. Then I buy it in bulk and have plenty in the fridge for two days. I try not to eat cheese, but “Italian Week” verified this, because I was tempted to eat “wow” products. But that was also after the paycheck. However, I don’t eat yogurts, especially sweet ones, so that’s a bit off. I spend a lot on vegetables, and since they are still expensive, it hurts a bit. But I won’t give up. To sum up: I like food of good quality, not necessarily “eco-sweet”, but simply tasty.
Younger generations shopping: “You can’t buy him regular cheese, because it will be harmful to him”
Kasia also mentioned an issue that can change a lot in our attitude towards shopping and our food choices depend on it. We’re talking about additional family members. – Bailando starts when you have a kid and you are expanding his diet. You can’t buy him regular cheese because it will harm him. So you buy something four times more expensive, but adapted to the young digestive system. Fortunately, this period is short, phew.
– I don’t have a “bubble” yet. So I focus on quality, not quantity, added Klaudia.
– I’m a vegan, so I always check the ingredients for milk and eggs, and this is a priority for me. It doesn’t bother me if something has a lot of sugar, for example, because generally I hardly eat highly processed food and once in a while it won’t harm me. I buy vegetarian semi-finished products quite rarely, because my Biedronka has a poor selection, and Netto and Lidl are far away, so I eat mainly beans and tofu for protein. Of course, I prefer bread from the bakery, but sometimes I buy it in Biedra while doing other shopping.
If I want something, I usually don’t skimp on it. After my last paycheck, I bought three bottles of olive oil – regular, chili and truffle. I love food and this is the penultimate thing I would like to save on, because I also have a dog that I only feed with grain-free food for three hundred.
– Ewelina laughed.
Source: Gazeta
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