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One Restaurant's Recipe For Social Good: Same Meals, Different Prices

Everytable opened its first location, in South Los Angeles, on July 30. Courtesy of Everytable hide caption

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One Restaurant's Recipe For Social Good: Same Meals, Different Prices

The founders of Everytable in LA have created identical grab-and-go restaurants full of healthful food options, but with different pricing structures depending on the communities they serve.

One Restaurant's Recipe For Social Good: Same Meals, Different Prices

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What Separates A Healthy And Unhealthy Diet? Just $1.50 Per Day

A Safeway customer browses in the fruit and vegetable section at Safeway in Livermore, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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What Separates A Healthy And Unhealthy Diet? Just $1.50 Per Day

That difference translates to about $550 a year, according to a new meta-analysis of studies evaluating the retail costs of food, grouped by healthfulness. It's chump change for middle-class eaters, but a big gap for low-income families. Researchers say that's a problem that can be solved.

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