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I've been surprised at how much dining out has gone up over the last year or so, especially fast food. I went to Subway yesterday (had to go to Fedex Office and needed a quick lunch) and a foot long oven roasted chicken, chip, and drink was $10 and change. Places like McDonald's, Wendy's, and even White Castle are now getting expensive. It's actually cheaper for me to go to Chipotle, McAllister's, or most local lunch joints than to go to a fast food chain.
What's with all the proud "I don't cook" people out there nowadays? And the Foodies? If you are a Foodie who's focus is on eating healthy food, that's great but we seem to have a ton of Foodies who need to eat tasty stuff every meal, and usually that will be a very high calorie diet.
Saving Money 101 starts with food. Bring your lunch to work everyday and save $25-50 a week (a $grand or two a year). Eat dinner out just once or twice a week and save maybe $4,000 in a year (for a single).
I know too many people making good salaries who live paycheck to paycheck (hope they're at least putting away alot of 401K money); most of whom eat out constantly.
Ah Americans: lazy, undisciplined, don't delay gratification. A bunch of Homer Simpsons.
It's one of the downsides of a two-income household; nobody's home to cook. It's time-consuming to prepare meals at home, and the typical suburban family is already squeezed between long commutes and after-school activities. Who can blame them for grabbing Subway?
Over Lent this year, our family gave up all restaurant meals. I'm a SAHM, and although I thought I was a fairly regular home cook, I'll admit that the project was exhausting. In any case, we did save a lot of money!
It's one of the downsides of a two-income household; nobody's home to cook. It's time-consuming to prepare meals at home, and the typical suburban family is already squeezed between long commutes and after-school activities. Who can blame them for grabbing Subway?
Over Lent this year, our family gave up all restaurant meals. I'm a SAHM, and although I thought I was a fairly regular home cook, I'll admit that the project was exhausting. In any case, we did save a lot of money!
I know many families with both spouses working, including myself, who cooked dinner every night.
I think the "study" about broke Americans missed a little something called TAXES.
Pardon the pun but taxes takes a much bigger bite then restaurants.
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