• @[email protected]
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      119 months ago

      Honestly, if food was as much as mortgage, that’s not too bad. It’s bad when those combined are more than 3/4 the average income.

      The real problem is pay is extremely low for the productivity.

      • @TubularTittyFrog
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        My total food bill is almost a $1000. I’m single and live in a city.

        65% of it is groceries. Nothing fancy. It costs me $150 a week for the basics. Veggies, few lbs of meat, dairy etc.

        Could I cut back and only eat rice and canned/frozen foods? Yes. But I want to eat good fresh food. I drop about $50 in produce a week alone.

        • @bhmnscmm
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          19 months ago

          So you spend $400/month on restaurants?

          $150 x 4 = $600/month.

          • @Threeme2189
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            69 months ago

            That lines up with the ‘65% of it is groceries’ part. 35% of almost $1000 is a bit shy of $350.

            That’s a lot of take out.

      • @[email protected]
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        69 months ago

        It’s crazy. I’m spending like 500-800 max and I’m not really tryharding. No idea how anybody can spend like 3k and complain about how the whole system is wrong.

      • @jaybone
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        59 months ago

        All that avocado toast shakes fist

    • @bhmnscmm
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      49 months ago

      Assuming you’re in the US, that’s either a really cheap mortgage or a huge family. Where are you seeing grocery expenses exceed mortgage payments?