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Would You Give Up Eating At Restaurants To Save $7,000?
Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:48 pm
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Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:53 pm to pioneerbasketball
quote:jeez
$400 a month eating out
Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:53 pm to pioneerbasketball
I really have a hard time paying for alcohol at bars and restaurants nowadays. I mean with food, i get it, you had to buy the ingredients, put them together, deal with food having a shelf life etc.
I mean, you had to pull a cork and charge me for a glass what i can get a bottle for. Or lord forbid, pour beer from a can to a glass.
I mean, you had to pull a cork and charge me for a glass what i can get a bottle for. Or lord forbid, pour beer from a can to a glass.
This post was edited on 3/15/17 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:54 pm to castorinho
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jeez
My family of four we spend 600-700 easily. Granted i have two kids, but they are only 30%
Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:56 pm to pioneerbasketball
It would of been better to say $3500/ year.
If you have a family eating out adds up much quicker. As a family of 4 we have a weekly budget of $125 at the grocery store and then $100/ month for booze and extras. That's not easy but my wife plans it weekly and we eat very very well. I can easily spend $125 for the 4 of us to eat one dinner out. It's almost impossible for a family of 4 to eat out with a tip for under $75. We'll if you don't drink I guess not.
If you have a family eating out adds up much quicker. As a family of 4 we have a weekly budget of $125 at the grocery store and then $100/ month for booze and extras. That's not easy but my wife plans it weekly and we eat very very well. I can easily spend $125 for the 4 of us to eat one dinner out. It's almost impossible for a family of 4 to eat out with a tip for under $75. We'll if you don't drink I guess not.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:56 pm to barry
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My family of four we spend 600-700 easily
Family of 5 here and we spend around $500 a month. Local spots have happy hour wine, so I don't feel like I am getting screwed terribly bad.
It adds up to a lot of money a year but it is something that we enjoy and have several places within walking distance to our house.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 12:56 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Cathy Erway gave up eating at restaurants for two years and saved more than $7,000
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spending $400 a month eating out
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:00 pm to barry
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Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:01 pm to pioneerbasketball
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$400 a month eating out
Was her idea of eating out TGI Friday's and chick fil a? $100/week is hardly "eating out"
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:02 pm to pioneerbasketball
Nope
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:03 pm to dabigfella
Do people still use the "cooking at home is cheaper than eating out" theory? I find that when I cook the darn ingredients are more expensive than splitting a combo plate dinner at a local restaurant 
This post was edited on 3/15/17 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:20 pm to Paul Allen
I dunno cooking at home is alot cheaper I'd say if you're doing fish and meats bc I buy 6 oz salmon steaks at whole foods for $6.95/piece and then (2) 8 oz grass fed filets are $16/piece vs $45-50 at a nice restaurant. You can definitely eat at home all week and well for under $150/week for 2 people vs 1 good meal out. I'm just saying this lady is eating out everyday, every meal for $100/week? Highly unlikely its anything good.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:21 pm to pioneerbasketball
I couldn't, but we don't eat out much anymore anyway.
We did an accounting of how much we spent eating out before we had kids, and it was jaw dropping. We only looked at 3 months, but it averaged around $1000 per month.
We eat out maybe twice a month now, unless I'm on the road for work.
We did an accounting of how much we spent eating out before we had kids, and it was jaw dropping. We only looked at 3 months, but it averaged around $1000 per month.
We eat out maybe twice a month now, unless I'm on the road for work.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:27 pm to Paul Allen
Paul,get an anova, it changed my life. It cooks the greatest chicken,fish,steak you've ever had. It's saved me a fortune. I used to eat out everyday bc I hated cooking chicken breast at home bc it was so dry. The anova, its like $130 on amazon, you download the app, you pick how you want your meat cooked, with the chicken you just put the soft and juicy setting, and 2 hours later you have the juiciest chicken breast you've ever had. It's completely changed my life in terms of eating healthy and saves me a fortune too. We cook so much fish and chicken at home now its unbelievable.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:29 pm to dabigfella
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Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:37 pm to pioneerbasketball
I'd hate to know how much my family spends eating out. I rarely bring my lunch to work and neither does my wife. Between the two of us that's probably $100/week on lunch. I take my kids (5 and 2) out to breakfast every Saturday. That's about another $25-$30/week. Then we usually go out to eat as a family about once a weekend for usually another roughly $80-100. A couple of times a month we get a babysitter and go somewhere nice and spend $200. Then there is a couple times a month going out after work for dinner/drinks, etc.
All together it is easily over $1000/month. Probably closer to $1500. That's probably way too much.
All together it is easily over $1000/month. Probably closer to $1500. That's probably way too much.
This post was edited on 3/15/17 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:39 pm to Paul Allen
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Do people still use the "cooking at home is cheaper than eating out" theory?
It easily is for us. Our weekly grocery bill for a family of four is around $175. One night out for us at a decent restaurant is close to $100. Wife and I bring our lunch to work almost every day.
We don't cook every night though. Probably 3 or 4 nights a week.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:39 pm to barry
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I really have a hard time paying for alcohol at bars and restaurants nowadays. I mean with food, i get it, you had to buy the ingredients, put them together, deal with food having a shelf life etc.
I'm the same way. I spend a shite ton of money eating out, and have no problem doing so or intend to cease.
However, I rarely drink at a restaurant or bar. frick paying $14 for a glas of wine, or $7 for a bottled beer. I'll usually only drink if there's a drink special/happy hour or if I'm at something very formal and I'm obligated to have something in my hand.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:41 pm to pioneerbasketball
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spending $400 a month eating out
Holy shite. My wife and I have $250/month budgeted. We can either do five Casa Garcia trips or one big blowout somewhere nice like G W Fins. We usually opt for something nicer.
This post was edited on 3/15/17 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 3/15/17 at 1:41 pm to dabigfella
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Paul,get an anova, it changed my life. It cooks the greatest chicken,fish,steak you've ever had. It's saved me a fortune. I used to eat out everyday bc I hated cooking chicken breast at home bc it was so dry. The anova, its like $130 on amazon, you download the app, you pick how you want your meat cooked, with the chicken you just put the soft and juicy setting, and 2 hours later you have the juiciest chicken breast you've ever had. It's completely changed my life in terms of eating healthy and saves me a fortune too. We cook so much fish and chicken at home now its unbelievable.
Dude this looks amazing. I could prep a bunch of protein on Sunday and vacuum seal it and throw it in fridge and be good to go for the entire week.
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