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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

A daily habit isn’t a “treat.”

You are wasting money and consuming unnecessary calories to boot.

This. Bet OP is under 40.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

A daily habit isn’t a “treat.”

You are wasting money and consuming unnecessary calories to boot.

Of course it's a treat. Treat means it's not necessary. Every edible treat involves spending unnecessary money and eating unnecessary calories.

[Anonymous]

I don't usually eat breakfast (just coffee with half & half when I get to work) but once a week I'll get a latte and breakfast sandwich for $8-10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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

I agree with this poster. We eat breakfast at home (tea, granola, yogourt, fruit) which is probably $1-4/person (depends on if the fruit is like bananas or blueberries out of season ), but if I have to go into the office I skip the tea at home and stop at Starbucks which is probably $6 for whatever froofy drink I get. This doesn't break the bank for me and it does make me happy so I'm fine with. I don't eat lunch out and we almost never get takeout; fancy coffee drinks when I'm forced to be out of the house midmorning are how I choose to spend my prepared food budget.

As for total cost, our non-grocery food budget is $50/month, which includes take-out, lunch out, and impulse Starbucks. Family of three.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

A daily habit isn’t a “treat.”

You are wasting money and consuming unnecessary calories to boot.

Of course it's a treat. Treat means it's not necessary. Every edible treat involves spending unnecessary money and eating unnecessary calories.

Treat implies occasional

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

I agree with this poster. We eat breakfast at home (tea, granola, yogourt, fruit) which is probably $1-4/person (depends on if the fruit is like bananas or blueberries out of season ), but if I have to go into the office I skip the tea at home and stop at Starbucks which is probably $6 for whatever froofy drink I get. This doesn't break the bank for me and it does make me happy so I'm fine with. I don't eat lunch out and we almost never get takeout; fancy coffee drinks when I'm forced to be out of the house midmorning are how I choose to spend my prepared food budget.

As for total cost, our non-grocery food budget is $50/month, which includes take-out, lunch out, and impulse Starbucks. Family of three.

For my family of 4 to eat Panera or Cava for dinner one time costs more than $50.

[Anonymous]

Food you prepare at home is considerably cheaper than food that is prepared for you. We shop at Whole Foods and don't stint, yet since we mostly cook from scratch, our food bill is very reasonable compared to what it might be if we bought crap meals from coffee places and restaurants.

It's weird how people forget that.

[Anonymous]

Breakfast is the cheapest easiest meal to eat at home. I probably spend $2 on it? Normally I have a hard boiled egg and avocado toast with an apple.