Is Food Worth It's Price?

[CMH]

I mean, if you go out to eat. Even if it's just to pick up a sandwich at a local deli.

Personally, I think it's not and the reason why is because I'm the type of person that is almost always hungry.

I'll eat a large meal and want more food within two hours. So going to a restaurant and paying top dollar always feels like a waste to me. It bothers me to even order a $9 plate of pasta at a pizza restaurant because I know that in two hours I'll want more food.

It makes me feel like I should just get that $5 sandwich because I'll satisfy my hunger for the time-being and still have another $5 dollars to get another sandwich in two hours(if I have that extra single laying around).

I'm not sure if it's just me. I'm very healthy and also very thin. 6 feet, 160 pounds. Not much meat here. My body fat percentage is hovering just above 9%. Yet, I can eat. It's not so much large meals at one time but many meals over the course of the day. Typically, I just eat a lot of small meals during the day and even then it's not that many. I refuse to eat like an animal so I don't eat every two-three hours like my body desires. Also, I simply don't have the money to even afford eating at that rate. I'd go poor.

Anyway, that's just to understand my body. With all that, I never feel like food is worth it's price. I always overpay because I just want more later.

[GeePee20]

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Well if all you care is about quantity, then getting all your food at the grocery store is the way to go.

Eating out is more about quality. I go out to eat when I want something I can't easily make at home such as sushi, perfectly cooked steak, ethnic food, etc. I certainly believe it is worth paying more for high quality ingredients and preparation.

[stewaat]

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As a whole? Yes, food is too expensive, especially when paying for other people to make it for you.

Personally, due to my diet, my grocery bills are very cheap. I hardly eat out because it just doesn't make sense for me to do so.

[TMagic]

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Kind of on the line of what he was saying, food should definitely be bought at the grocery store.

I've just realized how much more food you can get for the same price of eating out.

And I'm not just talking about nice restaurants either. I'm talking about cheap fast food joints.

So say you buy a double cheeseburger from McDonalds. About a $1.25 w/ tax. Do you realize that you could buy a whole loaf of bread for that amount? That could probably feed you for about a good week, as opposed to 1 meal of the day. Not only that, but you could buy a box of 6 Bubba Burgers for $6. That comes to a dollar a burger which is the same price you'd pay for a less tasty, less filling, more unhealthy burger from McDonalds.

Recently, my chick, another couple, and I went to Cheesecake Factory. They all bought Cheesecake, which is about $8. While they were sitting there eating, I said, "You know for the price you payed for that single slice of cheesecake, you probably could have bought A WHOLE cheesecake from publix. That could have also been a pound of ground beef, hamburger helper, and a side that could have fed you for a couple of days. But, no. You spent that money on a SLICE of cheesecake."

They were pissed after I brought them to realize that...Lol

Now I apply that to WHENEVER I think about buying anything thats not from the grocery store. More times that not, you're going to get more bang for your buck at the grocery store.

[ehh]

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My gf and I have really cut back on going out to eat in the last six months since were saving up to buy a place in the next 9-12 months. We go to Trader Joe's for just about everything, it saves a ton of $ even over a regular grocery store.

A lb of turkey at a Stop & Shop deli is around $7.30 near me, at TJ's it's barely over $5.

When you sit down and look at the cost of going to places like Quizno's, D'Angelos, etc it's a good way to blow a lot of money. You can get one meal (a foot-long, soda, chips) for around $10 at those places. You can get a lb of cold cuts at a deli for $5-8 which usually make four sandwiches for me and the chips and soda (if you get them) are insanely hiked up in price too.

One lb of cold cuts = $7
One generic 2 liter of soda = $.75
One bag of chips at market = $1.99

That gets you around four lunches for less than $10, or you can get one meal at Quizno's for that cost. But it all boils down to laziness for most people, they don't want to pre-pack lunches.

If you're talking about nice resturants than I understand the aspect of getting quality food for a higher price. But I never go to sandwich shops like I mentioned above or places like Chili's/Friday's/Applebee's etc anymore. No way it's worth the money.

[ehh]

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Personally, due to my diet, my grocery bills are very cheap. I hardly eat out because it just doesn't make sense for me to do so.

I never eat out either but my grocery bill is still through the roof, close to $500 most months. Even most healthy stuff is expensive and I need to eat a lot of it but you know all about that since you're into exercising/liftng/eating right etc like myself.

Eating a ton of cals a day makes that grocery bill skyrocket.

[CMH]

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All good points.

I go grocery shopping. It's where I eat most of my breakfast and dinner.

Lunch is what hurts my pockets and I end up getting bored of simple sandwiches. The only cold cuts I buy are turkey and cheese. It's the only ones I enjoy eating. Everything else is teh suk.

But I do need to start making more lunches and bring that to work. It's just that, for me, a sandwich from home is like a snack. It really doesn't fill me up.

I don't understand how I'm so thin. Well, I mean, I do. But, it just doesn't seem right.

[dkgojackets]

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I eat all the time and have completely given up on gaining any weight. It just isnt possible for me.

I just enjoy eating because the food tastes good I guess. Not really something I feel like I have to do.

[MachoMyers]

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I am a pretty thrifty (ie: cheap) guy but I spare no expense when it comes to food. Shopping for groceries (especially with the amount I eat) is always expensive but I don't even flinch. Buying a $20 shirt will drive me mental though, I am weird that way.

[Blzer]

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A 20 oz Porterhouse steak for $25 at Outback is way too much for a meal, but I buy it anyway. So yes, it's worth it, but it's still way overpriced.

[Pared]

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Every restaurant has raised their prices. I have cut back in going out to eat and my g/f and I actually find the recipes to our favorite dishes and spend time together making them.

Touching, I know.

[fistofrage]

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Everyday for lunch I pack an apple, a sandwich, and a yogurt. For breakfast I eat 1 granola bar and a banana.

For Dinner I will make on most nights a grilled piece of meat or fish along with a couple baked potatoes and a side vegetable. Some Watermelon or a scoop of lowfat frozen yogurt for desert.

My total for the day:

Breakfast: 80 cents
Lunch: $3
Dinner: $5 for nice cut of meat or fish, potatoes, 60cents, side vegetable 75 cents, watermelon or scoop of ice cream $1 tops.

Total for an entire day: $11.15

You do the math.....Thats about the same as a large quiznos combo.

[Flyboy]

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I love eating out. Then again, I'm a fat kid.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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WALMART DELI

Everyone should come to love this. Today I got a pound of chicken tenders, which is about 9 fairly sized tenders. A long with a VitaminWater and it was $6.45 with tax.

They are better than any restaraunt tenders I have had.

The drink aisle of walmart is awesome

[superjames1992]

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Food is worth it's price because without it...YOU DIE!!!

About eating out, though... I don't really think it is worth it a lot of the time, but I still like to go out to eat every now and then. I have to get my fast food filling, plus I love Taste of Thai Restaurant! Yummy!!! Too bad it's like $12.00 per dish, but it is too good to resist!