@return2ozma to News • 9 months ago54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their financeswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square170arrow-up1662arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]aboringdystopia
arrow-up1653arrow-down1external-link54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their financeswww.cnbc.com@return2ozma to News • 9 months agomessage-square170cross-posted to: [email protected]aboringdystopia
minus-square@TubularTittyFroglink8•edit-29 months agoMy 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.
minus-square@bhmnscmmlink1•9 months agoSo you spend $400/month on restaurants? $150 x 4 = $600/month.
minus-square@Threeme2189link6•9 months agoThat 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 months agoThat’s eating out like every other day. I eat out maybe every other week.
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.
So you spend $400/month on restaurants?
$150 x 4 = $600/month.
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.
That’s eating out like every other day. I eat out maybe every other week.