return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 months ago54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their financeswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1662arrow-down19cross-posted to: misleadingthumbnails@lemmy.caaboringdystopia@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netusa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·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-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoSo you spend $400/month on restaurants? $150 x 4 = $600/month.
minus-squareThreeme2189@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 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-squarekalpol@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThat’s eating out like every other day. I eat out maybe every other week.
minus-squareinsetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoIt’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.
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agothey have kids and/or buying prepared foods/takeout
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoAll that avocado toast shakes fist
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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.
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.
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.
Maybe op has 16 kids?
they have kids and/or buying prepared foods/takeout
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