How Much Do You Spend on Breakfast (Just Yourself Not Whole Family)?

[Anonymous]

Don't know which forum this belongs, Food or Money and Finances, so posting here. I start my day early so as a 'treat' to myself I always pick up breakfast at this place across street from my office. I think I average ~ $6 every day (used to be $4.5-$5 but now with inflations it's gone up quite a bit), and on it's own it's not much but I also just realized by looking at my credit card summary I spent over $1,500 at this place this last year, and the majority of that was for breakfast. So now all of a sudden it sounded like a lot of money spent on breakfast... or is it?

[Anonymous]

If you eat at home, breakfast is probably the cheapest meal. I usually eat oatmeal or eggs. Oatmeal is about $3 for a big tub of oats, so mere cents for a nice bowl, plus some fruit on top. Eggs are about $4 a dozen, so again, me scrambling two and putting them on toast is about a $2 breakfast.

If you want to cut back, you could try treating yourself twice a week and eating at home the other days. But if it's not a big problem, then keep enjoying your breakfast!

[Anonymous]

We never eat breakfast out at our house. My wife skips breakfast most days, I eat oatmeal at home. The kids eat some mix of eggs, bacon, fruit, cereal, toast and other normal breakfast stuff.

[Anonymous]

I would never buy breakfast daily for that price, just not worth it to me since I typically think of weekday breakfast as simply fuel to get me through the morning. The only time I bought breakfast frequently was when I worked near a food truck that did two eggs and toast for $3. I was much younger and didn’t keep much food in my house and that was often my most nutritious meal of the day haha.

However there have been periods where I spent $6-$10 on lunch every day which I looked forward to every day so I don’t find it an unreasonable amount to spend per day necessarily. If you like it and it makes your day better I say it’s worth it.

[Anonymous]

Breakfast is the last thing I would spend $ on and we have a very HHI. So, yeah $1500 sounds like a lot. But, can you afford it? Does it make you happy? If so: YOLO

[Anonymous]

Do you eat lunch out too? If not then enjoy your breakfast. Lunch would be double that.

[Anonymous]

I used to eat breakfast at 9 or 10am, for $5-6 2-3 times a week. I looked forward to it too, I totally understand, it made my day. It was worth it.

I would skip lunch though or just have a piece of fruit, not financial but because if I eat 3 full meals a day, I gain a lot of weight.

[Anonymous]

This morning I had instant oatmeal with a banana, at home. Less than a dollar. Yesterday I had scrambled eggs and sourdough toast and cantaloupe. Maybe $1?

[Anonymous]

Anything adds up to a lot of money over the course of a year. If you enjoy it- why not? Are you also buying lunch and coffee?

To answer the question I can’t remember the last time I ate breakfast. I just can’t eat in the morning and it makes me feel ill. Intermittent fasting before it was a thing I guess

[Anonymous]

Whatever a granola bar and coffee costs. I have to be at work by 7:30 and nothing will make me wake up earlier than 5:45 so breakfast on the way to work is what I do.

[Anonymous]

This is a version of the person who pays for a Starbucks latte every day. They add up. The question is can you afford it? Are you meeting your financial goals? If yes to both of those, then I wouldn't worry too much about $1500 over an entire year. That isn't going to make or break you. It is if you are sort of 6 dollar-ing yourself several times a day.

[Anonymous]

I tend to eat breakfast at home but often buy coffee

$2-3 coffee

Supplies for breakfast sandwich:
$5/dozen eggs = .41 or .82 (1 or 2 eggs)
Hunk of Cabot cheddar = .10-.15
TJ hash brown = .20-.30
Ketchup/cholula = .05
Bit of ham or some veg = .10
English muffin = .50
= $1.50-1.95 per sandwich

Total = $3.50-4.00

Not terrible I guess. I should start making my own coffee though.

[Anonymous]

Bacon and egg sandwich from the local bagel place plus a drink. Costs $13/day x 200. It adds up.

[Anonymous]

I have toast with PB, so probably 25 cents? But we order a lot of takeout for dinner at about $100 a night for the 5 of us. It really doesn’t matter how much you spend if you can afford it.

[Anonymous]

$45 for daily brunch with a mimosa.