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Table 13 Spontaneous strategies

From: Identification of food insecurity factors in French-speaking Belgium: a qualitative study

“- The fact that we buy for two and divide the shopping into two. Well, for one, it’s cheaper, huh, when you buy it. For example, we have two plus a free one, good, well, that’s a question about purchasing, organization too.” (Interview n°9)

“-Well, I prefer to pay all my bills and really stock the house with food, so after that, we can do what we want with the money.” (Interview n°3)

“So, thus, it happened that I, yes, I stole; now, I ... I avoid, but, well, when I have no choice, I do it. That’s, that’s survival for me, so, therefore, it’s not like someone who steals for pleasure. I steal in order to eat, huh. (Interview n°6)

“- I go crazy, I say to myself: ‘How am I going to feed my children tonight? I have nothing, I have nothing. They will go to school without any sandwiches tomorrow.’ So what do we do? We beg. (Interview n°10)