Not enough money or not enough time to satisfy the Thrifty Food Plan? A cost difference approach for estimating a money-time threshold

► Considering money in isolation, on average, households spend about 35% more than enough to reach the Thrifty Food Plan target. ► Considering money in isolation, about 62% of households spend enough to reach the Thrifty Food Plan target. ► Taking into account labor cost, on average, households spend about 40% less than enough to reach the Thrifty Food Plan target. ► Taking into account labor cost, only about 13% of households spend enough to reach the Thrifty Food Plan target.