Every week Americans head to the grocery store knowing what should fill their carts — fruits, vegetables and unprocessed foods packed with whole grains. Yet many end up walking out with bags full of sugary cookies, a couple of frozen meat lovers' pizzas and liters of soda. Are you like that too? Hopefully not.. This happens most in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area, where shoppers spend 11.47 percent of their yearly grocery bill on unhealthy items (the national average is 8.5 percent). In second-place Richmond, Va., that number drops slightly, to 11.45 percent, and in Indianapolis and Carmel, Ind., No. 3 on our list, unhealthy items eat up 11.33 percent of a typical grocery shopper's bill. It is too bad to be that kind of shopper. As human we know what's good and what's not for ourselves. So, be wise when spending your money. Be a good consumer...
Source: Yahoo News, By Allison Van Dusen, Forbes.com
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