Comments on: The High Cost of Eating Out? http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/ Helping you invest and prosper Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 20 Ways To Be A CheapAss In This Recession! | BargainMoose http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-179252 20 Ways To Be A CheapAss In This Recession! | BargainMoose Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:55:57 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-179252 [...] At Home. Sounds simple… but eating at home costs less than eating out at fancy-schmancy [...] [...] At Home. Sounds simple… but eating at home costs less than eating out at fancy-schmancy [...]

]]> By: Riscario Insider http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-134069 Riscario Insider Mon, 19 May 2008 04:21:58 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-134069 I'm often lunching with clients, which means cost isn't an issue but the calorie intake is. But you can't tell how many calories you're consuming even when making seemingly healthy choices. In the grocery store, you can read the food ingredients. For example, how much sodium are you getting? As a vegetarian, I hope my food is being prepared separately from nonveg choices but you never know ... I’m often lunching with clients, which means cost isn’t an issue but the calorie intake is. But you can’t tell how many calories you’re consuming even when making seemingly healthy choices.

In the grocery store, you can read the food ingredients. For example, how much sodium are you getting? As a vegetarian, I hope my food is being prepared separately from nonveg choices but you never know …

]]> By: Mrfroogle http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-134003 Mrfroogle Mon, 19 May 2008 00:14:23 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-134003 See my advice on eating out: http://mrfroogle.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/money-advice-2-eating-out/ See my advice on eating out:

http://mrfroogle.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/money-advice-2-eating-out/

]]> By: Ryan http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-133694 Ryan Sat, 17 May 2008 03:45:30 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-133694 Jim, I may have stretched it a bit because sometimes the kids do not care for the measl (either too spicy or too many veggies or whatever), so we end up making them something seperate. However, when this happens I usually take the extra's for lunch or we freeze it for later. Also, sometimes we will make a salad to go along with the meal depending on what it is so there are some minor additional expenses. Plus keep in mind this is all cash payment too. This is the best part, our friend the chef delivers the meals to our door. She will let us know which meal we should eat first as it is best fresh and which one we could freeze or leave in the fridge for a few days. Yes we love our arrangement and our friend is very happy too. Its a win/win, but we make sure we give her little bonuses here and there as we do not want to EVER lose her. :) Jim, I may have stretched it a bit because sometimes the kids do not care for the measl (either too spicy or too many veggies or whatever), so we end up making them something seperate. However, when this happens I usually take the extra’s for lunch or we freeze it for later. Also, sometimes we will make a salad to go along with the meal depending on what it is so there are some minor additional expenses. Plus keep in mind this is all cash payment too.

This is the best part, our friend the chef delivers the meals to our door. She will let us know which meal we should eat first as it is best fresh and which one we could freeze or leave in the fridge for a few days.

Yes we love our arrangement and our friend is very happy too. Its a win/win, but we make sure we give her little bonuses here and there as we do not want to EVER lose her. :)

]]> By: Experts on Credit http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-133564 Experts on Credit Fri, 16 May 2008 16:26:23 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-133564 I've been eating out less. But I have to say, and maybe it's because there are only two of us in the household, it seems like buying ingredients at the grocery store can cost about the same, and I still have to do a bunch of work. I’ve been eating out less. But I have to say, and maybe it’s because there are only two of us in the household, it seems like buying ingredients at the grocery store can cost about the same, and I still have to do a bunch of work.

]]> By: Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Long Weekend Random Thoughts http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-133554 Canadian Personal Finance Blog » Blog Archive » Long Weekend Random Thoughts Fri, 16 May 2008 11:19:43 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-133554 [...] Canadian Capitalist wrote about The High Price of Eating Out, but more importantly how more people are eating out. I remember when my parents took us out to [...] [...] Canadian Capitalist wrote about The High Price of Eating Out, but more importantly how more people are eating out. I remember when my parents took us out to [...]

]]> By: Jim Somerville http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-133505 Jim Somerville Fri, 16 May 2008 03:57:19 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-133505 Ryan, $320/20/4 = $4 per person per meal. That's pretty good. But are the meals always frozen or do you at least get some fresh meals? Ryan, $320/20/4 = $4 per person per meal. That’s pretty good. But are the meals always frozen or do you at least get some fresh meals?

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-133439 Canadian Capitalist Thu, 15 May 2008 21:03:29 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-133439 Ryan: Wow, $320 per month for supper every weekday is a wonderful arrangement. Wish we could find someone like that! :) Ryan: Wow, $320 per month for supper every weekday is a wonderful arrangement. Wish we could find someone like that! :)

]]> By: Ryan http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-133435 Ryan Thu, 15 May 2008 18:25:59 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-133435 We are a two-income, two-kids family and we never seemed to have enough time to prepare good healthy meals. As a result we were finding more and more that the quality of our meals were degrading. We did not want to keep ordering food in or preparing lousy meals. So we made a sacrifice and a reward for ourselves at the same time. The sacrifice was to stop eating out. We went from ordering takeout 4-5 times a month to just special occassions like birthdays. So far this year we have only ordered take out once and eaten at a restaurant once. The reward was to hire a personal chef. Luckily we have a friend who is a superb cook and lives for cooking. She was willing to work with our strict diet as we only eat organic and are vegetarians. Now we pay her $320 a month which feeds us supper nearly every single work week day of the month. The meals are super tasty and healthy at the same time. I have been tracking our spending for the past year and our monthly expenses for groceries and dining out before we hired the chef compared to our groceries and our bill from the personal chef after we hired her has kept our expenses virtually unchanged. Just thought I would throw this out there as another option. If you know of a stay at home parent who loves cooking...maybe approach them with the idea. You never know, it worked for us :) We are a two-income, two-kids family and we never seemed to have enough time to prepare good healthy meals. As a result we were finding more and more that the quality of our meals were degrading. We did not want to keep ordering food in or preparing lousy meals. So we made a sacrifice and a reward for ourselves at the same time.

The sacrifice was to stop eating out. We went from ordering takeout 4-5 times a month to just special occassions like birthdays. So far this year we have only ordered take out once and eaten at a restaurant once. The reward was to hire a personal chef. Luckily we have a friend who is a superb cook and lives for cooking. She was willing to work with our strict diet as we only eat organic and are vegetarians. Now we pay her $320 a month which feeds us supper nearly every single work week day of the month. The meals are super tasty and healthy at the same time.

I have been tracking our spending for the past year and our monthly expenses for groceries and dining out before we hired the chef compared to our groceries and our bill from the personal chef after we hired her has kept our expenses virtually unchanged.

Just thought I would throw this out there as another option. If you know of a stay at home parent who loves cooking…maybe approach them with the idea. You never know, it worked for us :)

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/the-high-cost-of-eating-out/#comment-133377 Canadian Capitalist Thu, 15 May 2008 14:42:54 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/?p=950#comment-133377 Mike: It's not hard to find 3 or 4 really good and relatively inexpensive eating places. My wife and I lunch out every other week or so at a Thai place nearby work. $25 for the two of us and yummy food. Phil: At my work, cafeteria food is cheap (it's partly subsidized by the employer and partly run as a loss leader for the coffee contract) and definitely far healthier than frozen food. Jim: Mid-week grocery shopping is a killer and one idea that really helped us in cutting it down a lot is keeping a magnetic board on the kitchen fridge and noting down staples that we are running out of. Also, we have a collection of quick recipes that takes less than 1/2 hour to whip up. Brad, Lisa, guinness416: I hear you on the time saving aspect of eating out as we are a two-income, two-kids family. Also, being vegetarian, food preparation takes longer. Fortunately, our work schedule is predictable enough to plan ahead. I can see how it's much easier to grab something to eat if you are working late and just plain tired. Mike: It’s not hard to find 3 or 4 really good and relatively inexpensive eating places. My wife and I lunch out every other week or so at a Thai place nearby work. $25 for the two of us and yummy food.

Phil: At my work, cafeteria food is cheap (it’s partly subsidized by the employer and partly run as a loss leader for the coffee contract) and definitely far healthier than frozen food.

Jim: Mid-week grocery shopping is a killer and one idea that really helped us in cutting it down a lot is keeping a magnetic board on the kitchen fridge and noting down staples that we are running out of. Also, we have a collection of quick recipes that takes less than 1/2 hour to whip up.

Brad, Lisa, guinness416: I hear you on the time saving aspect of eating out as we are a two-income, two-kids family. Also, being vegetarian, food preparation takes longer. Fortunately, our work schedule is predictable enough to plan ahead. I can see how it’s much easier to grab something to eat if you are working late and just plain tired.

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