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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Tue Dec 16, 2014, 09:20 PM Dec 2014

How the other half lives - Spending $11,000/yr on takeout

http://nypost.com/2014/12/16/new-yorkers-addicted-to-delivery-food/

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A few months ago, Kris Ruby lost her credit card and briefly had to borrow her dad’s while waiting for the replacement.

When her dad saw the bill, it wasn’t clothes, cabs or nightclub charges that gave him a fright — it was sushi.

“Dad was like, ‘What are all these charges for Seamless?’?” Ruby, 27, recalls.
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How the other half lives - Spending $11,000/yr on takeout (Original Post) LiberalElite Dec 2014 OP

National average of meals eaten in restaurants or takeout 47%? frazzled Dec 2014 #1

I'm in NYC - I haven't added up LiberalElite Dec 2014 #2

I believe it. My son and DIL eat out all the time. nt Nay Dec 2014 #3

jeez. i am saving lot of money cooking. pansypoo53219 Dec 2014 #4

This is why Americans have no savings. Rozlee Dec 2014 #5

Other than while travelling, I've spent about $25 this year. postulater Dec 2014 #6

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. National average of meals eaten in restaurants or takeout 47%?

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 09:34 PM

Dec 2014

Whoa. I'd say we do no more than around 20%. Of course, I am a freelancer who works from home, so I rarely go out for lunch.

It's not that we're poor: I just prefer to make our own meals most of the time. We just returned from a four-day trip where we ate out all the time (really nice food!), and all I wanted was a simple home cooked meal after that. Getting 47%--nearly half--of one's meals from restaurants or takeout seems really high to me.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

2. I'm in NYC - I haven't added up

Reply to frazzled (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 09:39 PM

Dec 2014

what I spend but I get takeout twice a day 5 days a week. (It's waaaay less than $11,000 I'm sure) From time to time I try to brownbag it but it doesn't last.

Nay

(12,051 posts)

3. I believe it. My son and DIL eat out all the time. nt

Reply to frazzled (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 11:23 PM

Dec 2014

pansypoo53219

(20,976 posts)

4. jeez. i am saving lot of money cooking.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2014, 11:24 PM

Dec 2014

Rozlee

(2,529 posts)

5. This is why Americans have no savings.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 01:11 AM

Dec 2014

My brothers and sister never threw away leftovers and I remember my sister always eating a small can of tuna for lunch every day so that she could afford to buy her own beauty shop. She did. And my brothers bought their own businesses too. Not that I'm anything like them. Which is why I don't own a business because I eat out all the time.

postulater

(5,075 posts)

6. Other than while travelling, I've spent about $25 this year.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 01:36 AM

Dec 2014

I make my own breakfast, take a thermos of coffee, pack a lunch and have dinner at home.

I had a sandwich from the restaurant next door when my office flooded last spring, and bought a burrito to take to the ballgame last summer.

The food I make is just more nutritious than carry-out. Plus I trust the ingredients more.

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