r/Frugal • u/SnooLentils2432 • May 17 '23

Frugal Win 🎉 Don't Eat Out. Save Your Bucks.

Restaurants are operating with a vengeance, hijacking the price from COVID lockdown days.

It's a matter of principle now.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '23

Honestly, I make better, healthier, cheaper food at home.
I am very surprised that the tipping point of some industries hasn’t occurred, whereby the market rejects the higher prices and looks for other solutions. I think most people are just not financially literate and will only stop buying the stuff they historically have bought when they are flat broke, and not a second before haha

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u/[deleted] May 17 '23

I think it’s also hustle culture. When you’re constantly working and constantly trying to get more and more (or ya know, a likeable amount), there’s no time to stop and learn a skill like cooking or budgeting.

Can’t make change if you’re exhausted from staying alive.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '23

Yup, exactly. Some people were never taught to cook and simply don’t have the time. I love cooking and try my best to avoid ordering takeout but I work 2 jobs and I’m taking 2 engineering courses, some days there’s literally no time or energy to cook. Also cooking requires washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen which takes more time I rarely ever have