Saving money eating
No its not about eating to save money. Its about where do you go to eat to save money. I heard on the news the other day McDonalds profits were up. Its no wonder – a lot of people eat there. The best place to eat though, to save money, is: (it’s a big secret) HOME.
I was at McDonalds the other day. I personally don’t eat there, but I really like their coffee, and if I’m going to meet somebody that’s where I go. They also have Wi-Fi. I looked at the meal prices and they didn’t look too bad. They ran from$4.48 – $5.89. Now I expect these prices are representative of most fast(?) food places. The average price then was about $5.00 per mea. You can also super-size. More fries and soda pop. I’m ot going to talk about that now.
Well the average family has two – three kids and two adults. Now that’s about $20 – $25 for a meal! Once in a while I guess that’s OK. But from what I’m observing and hearing people do this two – three times a week. Hmmm – $40 to $75 to eat out each week?
Now, what you could do with just $40 shopping for food for home? As Sam’s Club you can get get a whole pork loin – no fat & no bones – for around $25. That’s about eight pounds of meat. How many meals could you get out of that for 4- 5 people?
Potatoes are $1.99 for five pounds at Aldi foods. Cans of vegetables are 79 cents to 1.45. Figure it out. Now I realize people are busy – but not 2-3 nights a week. Lazy, OK. Broke, OK. But not busy. And guess what – leftovers really cut down the price of the food. Not to say the price of the gas to cook the food if you microwave it.
Put a little more eating at home in your budget and see how much farther the money goes. In today’s ecomomy you may be forced to do a little more of that anyway. Try it – you might like saving.
November 24 2008 09:51 pm | Money Saving Tips
December 5th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
You can do pretty well with the “dollar” menus and “value” items in many food places today.
All the best.
December 5th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Agreed. However from what I’m seeing, most people won’t go for them. They need the fat calories!!