Why “Salads” are more expensive than their (processed) Products?

I’m writing this in English because i believe this is not a local (Cluj-Napoca), regional, country, but maybe a cultural situation.

today, i had a feeling to go for something else to eat at lunch then my traditional salads and went for some zucchini cream soup, cabbage dumplings with coarsely ground maize/millet (sarmale cu păsat) x 4 ~ 214g and spinach puree ~ 230g .. total cost ~ 19 RON but during each spoon I was wondering… how is this possible?

19 RON for aprox. 750g of processed veggie food vs. 18 RON for aprox. 400g salad

so, since i had this meals both at the same place, and the raw materials are for sure bought with a common acquisition, i guess everything else is pure marketing.. so what does the marketing says? Salads are more healthy and they should be sold more expensive..

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what if we would only pay for what we eat (and the costs around it)… because i don’t see any value the added cost of the marketing, since the tail / crowd its always on the different part than the salads service place.. or is this a dark plan to keep world unhealthy?

be mindful on what you eat..