Most people are not interested in how their food has been produced. They only care about how much it costs. How true is this statement? What influences people when they buy food? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

The prices of the
food
were the most important factor
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that influenced
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influenced
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influencing
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some
people
while
choosing their meals.
However
, other groups were interested in different parts of the
food produced
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food-produced
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process.
While
choosing
food
, some
people
cared about how much it cost more than how it had been produced. For those
people
who were busy,
such
as office workers and students,
they
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apply
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had no time to pay attention to the information
of
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about
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their
food
. Their main purpose
were
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was
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getting
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to get
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their stomachs full
instead
of
enjoy
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enjoying
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the
flavor
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flavour
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of their meals.
Thus
,
to select
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selecting
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the
food
by its price was the fastest way for them to decide what to eat. Parents cared about prices as well since they had to take care of family members but the budget was limited. They needed to balance every
expenses
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expense
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and spend money wisely.
Thus
, they tend to buy discounted
food
to cut down on spending.
Besides
the price, there were other factors that influenced
people
when they purchased
food
. Environmentalists preferred to choose fruits and vegetables which were less wrapped and near to the place of origin. It was more eco-friendly since it reduced the amount of garbage and carbon footprint. For the group who cares about their health, they would like to pick the
food
which did not add plenty of chemical ingredients in order to reduce the burden on
body
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the body
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. For those
people
who enjoy eating, they knew that weather, altitude,
quality
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and quality
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of soil and water,..., affected the taste of
agriculture
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agricultural
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products.
Therefore
, the places where
those
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that food
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food
were grown were important to them. In conclusion, busy
people
and
family
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families
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cared more about the prices of
the
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apply
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food
.
Nevertheless
, others
also
focused on the process of
the
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food
production, whether it is harmful to
people
's health or our
environments
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environment
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. Since it was essential to protect our
environments
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environment
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for the next
generatoin
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generation
, it was a good idea to pick
those
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that food
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food
which had been produced more eco-friendly.
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