Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:44
Subject: Re:how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Family of 6 (2 adults 4 kids between 6-12)
Each week, while my kids are at an activity, Dh and I go out to a local pizza place/casual Italian and spend about $30...so $120
Once a month date night approx. $100 (usually a bit less)
Maybe once a month we'll do take out from somewhere, so about $30
About once a month we'll go out to eat as a family...around $120....
So...I'm estimating we spend around $350-400 per month eating out.
Each week, while my kids are at an activity, Dh and I go out to a local pizza place/casual Italian and spend about $30...so $120
Once a month date night approx. $100 (usually a bit less)
Maybe once a month we'll do take out from somewhere, so about $30
About once a month we'll go out to eat as a family...around $120....
So...I'm estimating we spend around $350-400 per month eating out.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:40
Subject: Re:how much do you spend each month on eating out?
OP - It doesn't matter what other people spend. What is the norm for other people, might be excessive for your family. If you can't afford it (or don't want to afford it), stop eating out. Yes, eating out adds up quickly and making your own food is a great way to save money quickly.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:37
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
We probably spend about $50 a week on lunch for 2 working parents, and about $100 a week on dinners (pizza once a week, and then 1-2 other meals, which might be cheap takeout or a casual neighborhood restaurant). A little more when the weather's nice 
So about $600 a month. It's a luxury, but it's in our budget.
So about $600 a month. It's a luxury, but it's in our budget.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:34
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Anonymous wrote:$300-$400 a month just on lunch and dinner for my family of 3 (toddler/DH and I). That includes maybe one restaurant meal and lots fast food (i.e. CHIPOTLE--we should own stock, pizza, McDonalds…) It's ridiculous, unhealthy and blows our budget but I just don't have the energy to cook everyday.
Why would you cook every day? I cook our proteins on Sundays. That lasts four nights. Then salad or a veggie and a starch for the kids and dinner is ready.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:32
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Anonymous wrote:I think some people are underestimating. Like $10 for a pizza. I can't find a pizza for $10. Everyime we order it is probably almost double that with tax, tip, delivery. Plus more if we get wings.
I spend $75 on coffee/breakfast, probably $100 for lunch, dinner out with fam once or twice a week for $80. (?). Some weeks that includes a pizza night for $30. Some weeks that is on top of that amount.
We are not wealthy but this is an area of convenience and we roll with it. We do not do fancy just go for ease. Especially with the 4year old and 2year old.
How are doing on saving for college for the 4 and 2 year olds? Are you one of those families who say that they'll start saving for college once the daycare bills stop? LOL.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:31
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
$300-$400 a month just on lunch and dinner for my family of 3 (toddler/DH and I). That includes maybe one restaurant meal and lots fast food (i.e. CHIPOTLE--we should own stock, pizza, McDonalds…) It's ridiculous, unhealthy and blows our budget but I just don't have the energy to cook everyday.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:31
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Anonymous wrote:PP who spends $700 here. I can't imagine just ordering pizza and Chinese ad nauseum. Doesn't anyone else crave Indian some nights? Or Ethiopian? Or pho? Or Greek/Mediterranean? Or, hell, just "new American" that you don't know how to emulate at home? I'd be so depressed if my meals were limited to the tacos/spaghetti/chili/casseroles/stirfry I know how to make. Eating at home seems so limiting and boring.
Do you have a lot of time to ponder your cuisine? Being bored by what we eat is the last thing on my mind. I work full time, have two older children in activities and go to school part time.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:30
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$1800/ month. No joke. Don't ask.
I'm the 1k pp. I honestly don't know anyone who spends as little as the other posters on this thread. Maybe if they were in college...?
We save 50% of our income. Couldn't do that if we spent more than a thousand dollars a month eating out. We're planning to retire at 62.
Anonymous
10/23/2012 08:18
Subject: Re:how much do you spend each month on eating out?
We rarely eat out but we buy dinner for almost every Saturday night at Whole Foods, at a cost of about $60.
Anonymous
10/22/2012 21:40
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$1800/ month. No joke. Don't ask.
I'm the 1k pp. I honestly don't know anyone who spends as little as the other posters on this thread. Maybe if they were in college...?
Or maybe we enjoy cooking at home? And prefer saving some money? We spend 1k on food, total, in a month, including groceries. And that's not that far off from the national average of about 10% of income.
Anonymous
10/22/2012 21:38
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
$300-350 month lunch out during the week
$200-250 dinners out with family
So $500-600. Sometimes another $100 for just the two of us.
$200-250 dinners out with family
So $500-600. Sometimes another $100 for just the two of us.
Anonymous
10/22/2012 21:36
Subject: Re:how much do you spend each month on eating out?
My husband probably spends $50 week on lunch, probably about the same for me. No breakfast or coffee, but dinner out about once a week, so another $50 there. So $600 month? Family of four.
Anonymous
10/22/2012 21:32
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:$1800/ month. No joke. Don't ask.
I'm the 1k pp. I honestly don't know anyone who spends as little as the other posters on this thread. Maybe if they were in college...?
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Anonymous
10/22/2012 21:30
Subject: how much do you spend each month on eating out?
Anonymous wrote:PP who spends $700 here. I can't imagine just ordering pizza and Chinese ad nauseum. Doesn't anyone else crave Indian some nights? Or Ethiopian? Or pho? Or Greek/Mediterranean? Or, hell, just "new American" that you don't know how to emulate at home? I'd be so depressed if my meals were limited to the tacos/spaghetti/chili/casseroles/stirfry I know how to make. Eating at home seems so limiting and boring.
I guess it depends on if you can cook and if you enjoy cooking. We make everything from baked mac and cheese to curry to soups to homemade spring rolls. Having Celiacs and assorted food allergies really limits our ability to eat out too, as well as our budget. We can't afford to buy lunch and dinner out all the time. We eat out once, maybe twice, a month (if at all). We bring leftovers or sandwiches for lunch, and if in a pinch we'll pack a frozen meal rather then eating out.
Its also less calories and less salt to cook at home.
Anonymous
10/22/2012 21:26
Subject: Re:how much do you spend each month on eating out?
We eat out about once a month and get pizza maybe twice a month, so less than $100 total.