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History Made: For The First Time Ever, US Consumers Spent More On Food In Restaurants Than In Grocery Stores
Over the weekend, we mocked the WSJ for glorifying the US "wage recovery" by focusing on the "scarcity" of waiter and bartender jobs ("there is fierce competition" for restaurant workers the WSJ said), a concept well-explored on these pages: we have shown repeatedly that soaring number of waiters and bartenders have been the "backbone", so to say, of the US job recovery in recent years (alongside energy workers but that ship has now sailed). As it turns out the joke's on us.
As Mark Perry of the AEI shows, for the first time ever, the spending patterns of US consumers are so skewed, that Americans, or at least a small fraction of them, spent more on restaurants and bars, than what Americans, the much larger fraction, spent on grocery stores to prepare food for themselves.
In other words, when it comes to food, either the bulk of Americans have forgotten how to cook and are hemmorghaning money to overpay for restaurant prepared dinners, or a small fraction of society - i.e., the 1% leisure class - now outspends the majority of the nation, those who can't afford to eat out no matter the amount of subsidies or handouts by the government, on food.
What is casuing this historic inversion is unclear, but what is clear is that it is full steam ahead fo the "waiter and bartender recovery" until all those Ivy League grads who can no longer finds a job on Wall Street are serving you a burger at your favorite fast food, and recently IPOed, burger place.
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RECOVERY v8.0 !!!
BOGO BK Whoppers, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Trucks & Shake Shacks (Shits).
"McDonald's now accepts EBT, bitchez ."
You want fries with that?
Half of US adults are single, right?
So bar biz is up, no surprise.
Long Tip Calculators!
Not just the rich. Trying not to know such people, I know one (over weight) family that orders pizza for dinner, almost every night.
Two single guys I know have not cooked a meal in years.
There's nothing difficult about cooking, except spending the time to plan and execute. Oh, wait, that isn't instant like netflix... yeah, that wont work in America.
Know why this is true?
It's a sign of bad incomes and instability.
Seriously
The average consumer is so squeezed right now that almost all free disposable income is accounted for with insurance, doctors, etc., that literally, Instead of Vacations, etc., eating out is the last refuge besides drunk in front of the TV
"and bars" is the key part.
A bartender once told me, "When times are bad, the bars are packed. When times are good, the bars are packed.
Always tip big, ZH'ers!
Sometimes I just put the tip in, to see how it feels.
Actually, its a clear sign that the last thing the dual-income-by-necessity, prozac'd nation wants to do is shop/cook/wash-dishes. The sheeple are buried by regulation/complication and reporting obligations, crashing real incomes, soaring expenses that are blatantly and fraudulently misrepresented, and finally just say ... 'f*k it, more chicken wings and beer please'.
These Bozos, and those like them, will be the ones trying to 'steal' from everyone else. That's where the Romanian-made AK47 will finally earn its keep...
And the stupid people are clueless as to what they are actually eating. Most of the food I get is from family run farmers so I buy very little from the store. I then can my own food. Don't think the average person with the attention span of a gnat going through the process when they can't handle cooking a meal.
Mixing bar numbers with food makes bad data. I can't tell you how many times my bar bill exceeds my dinner bill.
Fantastic point. Bar bills do much exceed dinner bills rather often. Especially in a country that needs distractions.
The food and beverage industry markup on beer and liquors is and always has been astoundingly large. It is "THE" section of your dinner bill which truly pays to keep the kitchens and staff on the job.
It's a P&L goldmine for the industry.
Step 1. Earn money from part time min. wage job. If no job, find a way to convert EBT credits to cash.
Step 2. Go to happy hour, get shitfaced.
Step 3. Repeat Step 2 until out of cash, then go back to Step 1.
I like to go into restaurants, eat the iPad menu thingy, and then order a glass of water.
This is so great, that when everyone works at a restaurant or bar, we don't need any other jobs. And then everyone will get free/discounted meals for working there. How would this not be the biggest stimulus ever?
A lot of motherfuckers don't know how to cook.
So what are all the unemployed people doing with their time? I'm afraid to ask.
Miffed
Exactly what are they supposed to do? Spend 24/7 filling out apps? Good on paper but not realistic.
Go to school and become another indebted slave with no job?
Plenty of positive things they can do but to think it won't spill over into shananigans is more than wishful thinking. You know what they say about idle hands. And then add shitloads of stress on top of it? Yep, disaster scenario.
They're working on imaginative orgasm methods & techniques.
My goodness. Can you imagine what I could come up with if I had that amount of time? Truly the ground would shake!
Miffed;-)
Well, speaking only for myself of course, I'm happy [for you] that you're gainfully employed.
Here's hoping it's employment in the private sector & not a government job or the SEC.
I work for a nonprofit hospital which has the innovative climate of a communist country. Efficiency is never top priority and they do love their government subsidies. For profit hospitals are a dying breed because of this. Public hospitals count on bonds passing so they can spend with abandon and then starve when the money runs out. Working at all three types has been a fascinating experience and I don't recommend people persue a job in modern health care unless they have a strong constitution or on mind altering meds.
Miffed
Here "Down Under" it's as bad or maybe worse.
Can't afford to fix cracked (leaky) windows or upgrade (bring int the 21st Century) facilities inwards caring for the "Forgotten Generations", but plenty of money for the Admin Exec to waste on un-needed so therefore unnecessary items, that are always asociated with "advancing a particular agenda".
Case in point: All Wards / Departments used to have whiteboards, with the Patient information on them - Name, ID number, room / bed, Admitting Officer, and any other special info (diabetic diet, non-mobile, fluid-restricted, etc). Cheap, extremely simple to use, extremely reliable (no power / IT resources needed), and alterable "on the spot" should circumstances change.
"Not Good Enough" for the Elite, so we replaced a great system with "Electronic Journey Boards" - 88" LED TV panels, with the full-size wall mounted PC to drive them (we have yet to hear of Thin Client technology - maybe next Century??). VERY costly, entirely dependent on a centralised system, entirely dependent on just a "few" privileged individuals to update the system, and considerably less useful at a Ward level, which is where they NEED quick access information, especially when the Wards have Patients under many Specialities, AND there is much transfer of care after admission (e.g. Gen Med transferring to Surgical / Endocrine / Oncology when the Patient has had a more thorough workup than the quick once-over they had in ED). Owing to our already overloaded IT infrastructure, the system simply stops working - often for hours, and the fall back is a large A0 sheet of paper . . . .
Why was it installed - to benefit Admin. They are able to see "at a glance" who is where, and more importantly, which Patients are moving or stuck, so they can nag the relevant Consultant to get the Patient out. Got to meet those "Disharge Targets" don't you know, which is why the number of Patients who re-present to ED within 6 hours of "Discharge" is rocketing . . . . .
Anybody can learn enough math on YouTube to get into a $11k engineering master's program. boom, 100k/yr job one year later. easy.
Anybody? Do you have any idea what's coming out of American High Schools these days?
One the other hand, maybe that's why the median income is $150,000.
(BLS maff)
And those coming out of the 'Ivy League' schools---self centered with '0" ability to think critically or 'self-analyze' (e.g process of self-knowing). What a waste of human 'capital'...and don't get me started on the professors or administrators...
I've heard also that you can be born in Kenya and become Commander in Chief of the multi trillion dollar MIC...
If you didn't want to wait that long, well, you could just put a small down payment on a lease of a property [which was scheduled for a multi billion dollar asbestos overhaul], then have your 'friends' knock it down for you & collect DOUBLE on the insurance money.
All kinds of things u can do.
Yeah, my mother's uncle's sister's grandson's cousin's friend's roommate's orthodontist did that and now she earns $74.19 a second from home!
Nor do a lot of wives.
I assume you meant to say:
Nor do a lot of the mothers they fuck.
"knowing how to cook" doesn't stop them from insisting to their hubby that they fork over an extra $50k to get the house with the kitchen that has all granite countertops.
Ah, restaurants AND BARS.
OK, I can see that.
Oh, the Esso sign means happy motoring! Kunstler probably sings it in his sleep.
FWIW, the Esso name evolved from the initials of my former screenname which were S.O., which everyone started abbreviating as it SO, which comes off as "so?"
As for the "Happy Motoring", A 60 year old woman who was texting, hit me head-on and ended my career as a contractor, my 39 year old business and my marriage of 33 years. I have problems walking, yet alone working, and obamacare is bankrupting me (The lawyers say the settlement is years off, the Drs. say it will be posthumously).
Happy motoring? I wish the woman had killed me.
Wow, very sorry to hear that.
Well, shit happens. I'm living on 72(t) IRA withdrawels for now, can't touch any investments without losing healthcare. My PM holdings may have to get me through, unless goob makes that illegal.
Everybody dies, die standing up.
Sorta OT, but back in the day when Esso changed to Exxon Mad Magazine did a spoof on Prez Nixon where they used the tag line:
"Nixxon. New name, still the same old gas.
Maybe some of you remember that...
I am also sorry to hear that. Esso is the sign of the devil.
Your personal tale is as grim as the reality of what's [been] in store for our species at large. I will skate in your honor, good sir.
Don't skate in my honor, skate in the rememberance of the people I helped over the years. They were where all my company's profits went to because they deserved it. No I didn't get tax credits for it, because the goob would've told me who to help. I decided.
BTW, my neuropsychologist says the accident has my IQ at 102, at last count it was 173. My brain doesn't work anything like it used to.
I reckon $500 bankster meals in nyc may skew the index a bit.
yup, plus a good bit additional pencil whippin', i'd imagine
$500 meals? Those are some piss poor NYC bankers.
that's just for breakfast .
Per person.
I couldn't gotten them a table at Dorsia.
In 'some' cases it makes sense.
For instance, go to the store and buy everything you need to make tacos(assuming you have nothing at home). Let me know if you can get out of the store for less than $20.
You could go to taco bell and get a dz cheaper and be done with it.
$1 menu items would cost you over $10 to get everything. I'm not arguing quality, im arguing if your broke and cant cook worth a fk either.
Over $30 to make tacos for a family of four here, though we do end up having them as left overs for a second night.
get in touch with your inner mexican, add rice and beans... also, grow yer own tomatos if possible... $30 feeds me for a week
It's expensive to buy just cold cuts and decent bread at the grocery store. Outfits like YUM buy stuff in super bulk so it's really hard to compare, many cases the fast food dump can do it cheaper.
That's because woodpulp is cheap.
...don't forget the Soylent Green...
Yeah, bullshit. I live in roach motel and eat 5 lunches a week and 5 dinners a week for $35 a week total. Fresh food, meats, bread, vegetables, cheese and fruits. Takes me a whole 30 minutes a day to prepare both meals.
Maybe get what's cheap and healthy instead of what you want and what's easy...
The trick is that when you spend $30 on ingredients to make one night's dinner, you end up with $10 of leftover ingredients that can be reused for another meal (spices, salsa, extra tacos, surplus veggies, etc.)
The real creativity in cooking is then taking your pile of leftover ingredients and making something appealing out of them, instead of just junking them. If you can do that, you can eat like a king, cheaper than eating at a burger joint.
Went to medical imaging center today , counted over fifty big people--saw only two that weighed less than 250 #.Gotta luv dem buns !! Carbs for all !!!!!!
You are so right, so many fat people in America. It's bad.
I always spend more money at a restaurant than at the grocery store. It's more expensive at the restaurant.
Bifurcation; more people, buying more expensive premade "meals" at the grocery store because they can't cook - and the new nobility (the parasite elites) being served overpriced plates at posh restaurants.
Throw in the maggotry buying pizza and burgers/fries/burritos because they can't chop an onion or brown beef.
Younger generations will struggle to make toast, and the generation after them will ask "Grandma? What's a recipe?"
Hardly a "new" phenomenon. Living in Halls of Residence whilst at University (UK) in the 1970's, I was surprised to see how many were literally incapable of boiling an egg. As to the concept of soft, medium or (correctly, i.e. not overcooked "Black Ring") hard-boiled - zero idea whatsoever.
The scary thing? These were Medical Students (presumably the "Best of the Best"), so maybe there should have been higher expectations (or maybe the Parents relied on "Home Help" to such an extent that basic cooking was not part of the growing-up process).
took my lawyer out to Le Bernardin the other day. when i got the check i realized i contributed 0.01% to Febs retail numbers
Will he bill you for his time?
If only the underlying reason was because American's are growing most of their table food. Nope.
You can't write off a grocery run as a business expense. A restaurant visit on the other hand...
Sure you can. Not 100% of them, though. Get creative and lose the fear of govt.org..
Working two shifts. No time to cook.
bnbdnb: Working two shifts. No time to cook.
I've been pulling down about 60-70 hours a week since 2008. Take four hours out of your week and if you get shit straight you can take that four hours and cook up some AWESOME meals that you can freeze and thaw as needed. I do Bacon/ eggs / roasted peppers / capers / extra sharp cheddar on wraps for the whole week. I pre cook them and freeze them and then put them in a simple toaster oven at my shop. I do the same for lunch, shredded spicy pork wraps with a lot of fixens or extra lean sandwich steaks and onions / peppers.... Once you get the system down you can save a shit ton of money and in my case, my customers walk in and ask "my God, what the hell is cooking, it smells so good". I also have a crock pot (slow cooker) at work steaming away about 300 days a year. Beef stew, Chilli, , Turkey soup. No excuse at all to eat shit GMO . I just bought a food dryer for Jerky and dried fruit. Too cool.
Sorry, no usable outlets next to walmarts cash register.
I cook once every 6 weeks, making a huge batch of vegetarian curry using a dozen different vegetables, lentils, and coconut milk. (My recipe was adapted from this: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/vegetable-curry/)
The recipe is amazing in that I can eat it every day without tiring of it, ever, and it's great to have lots of it frozen and ready to eat for weeks ahead - and best yet, it costs so little!
Since it is fully vegetarian, it also keeps very well, so I bet you could put some rice and this curry in a Tupperware that would keep at room temperature for half a day, without it coming close to spoiling...
The only down side is that cooking a huge batch takes over a dozen hours of work cleaning, cutting and cooking all those veggies (once every 6-8 weeks), but it's fun in its own way :)
I use mostly organic or locally-grown stuff and it comes out to 5-10$/day, including lots of fresh fruit and other things like home-made sauerkraut. Not only am I saving money, but my health is certainly better as well: I started losing my hair when I was eating pre-made food for a year (~4 years ago), but luckily it grew back when I went back to home-made...
Don't underestimate the damage the garbage they put in processed food will do to you, bro!
bnbdnb : Sorry, no usable outlets next to walmarts cash register.
Fair enough, ya got me there.
It's way cheaper to eat fast (death) gmo junk food than to eat healthy. Of course, money they save gourmandizing on shit, is money they'll pay out when their obese, diseased ridden bodies atrophy at 27 years OLD.
I have friends that eat out 3-4 times a week. They don't have a pot to piss in and they don't care. They know they will work until they die. I'm not rich, I rather eat at home and have plenty of money to spend on fishing. Eating out doesnt excite me but landing an 80lb yellowfin tuna does.
Too bad it's not a Bluefin ... you can sell it for at least $1000 / lb (in Japan)
The last time I went to a fast food joint was about four years ago... 2 AM tired as fuck just wanted to eat and sleep, so I swing through Taco Bell. Got handed my dinner by a woman with max, 8 teeth left in her mouth and looking like they just cleaned her up from a heavy crack binge to work the shift.
In the past four years I have become a ridiculously good cook, as a direct result of my shock and horror that night.
Girlfriend's sisters family. Eat out. 24/7.
Breakfast to them is going to starbucks and buying the packaged cookies and coffee in glass jars.
Dinner on a weeknight is drivethrough food. The dad is a major pussy, the mom is a small whale, the daughter looks malnourished from eating American Shitpie day in and day out.
Hey Sugardaddy...Guess who they 'sponge off' of when TSHTF? Better be some GOOD P*&U%$S)#S@!Y....
SAD - (Standard American Diet)
they have apps where you buy meals for fux sake. Plated.com, GrubHub, Seamless
oh,...this is going to end well.
have 'we' gone mad????
At the farmer’s market where I sell a few items there is a program with the local hospital where EBT users get a matching dollar for up to $10(or $20 in purchasing power) used on their cards. The market is located within two blocks of several groups of low income housing apartments. Maybe ten people out of the five hundred to one thousand customers use the EBT cards.
A local community activist that is involved in the “food movement” and I had a discussion about why this great service was not used by more. She said it was because they did not know how to prepare the fresh food. I mentioned that the feminist had made learning home economics classes a thing of the past, belittling those that would actually be able to cook for man or family.
She got so mad I thought she was going to explode.
They made both boys and girls take home economics when I was in middle school. Besides, I figured out a long time ago that if I really wanted a meal just how I like it, I needed to learn to cook it myself. I make a mean enchilada, and you don't even want to know how bad for you my butterscotch sauce is.
Yeah, I had to take a class in that too in middle school. What made me into a gourmet chef at home was getting married to a woman that doesn't like to cook. Oddly I never figured that out before hand. Note to all the bachelors, sample the (edible) goods first.
I am a grower also and have had a 250 member CSA in the past. I hear you loud and clear. I have contacted food pantries when I was very heavy on some veggies... They don't want them, not that they are perishable but because the poor folk don't know how or won't cook them.
Too bad there doesn't exist something like a repository of pretty much anything you'd ever want to know, and then some sort of device, maybe small enough to fit in your pocket, where you could easily access all that information. Maybe some day....
You going to Chicago for the 4th Stealie? I got mine, woo hoo
Nuckingfuts, those people deserve shiite in a box.
GIGO.
Can you 'guys' fathom how bad its gonna be when TSHTF? Sad state of affairs the PINKO FASCIST COMMIES have created...
I live in Brooklyn and walk 5-6 blocks deeper into the 'hood to go to this kick-ass Korean market that has really fresh and cheap produce. I honestly don't even know how they can make a profit... must be stolen or something.
Anyway, my point is that the vast majority of the shoppers there are white/asian and appear to have some means. Even though the store is pretty much right in a ghetto. Where are the people who live nearby I always ask myself? This food is so fresh and so cheap!!
Then I pass the McDonald's on my way home.... ahhhhhhh, got it....
Frankly, I'm sick of the whole "it's too expensive to eat healthy" bullshit argument. It's NOT. You have to know how to cook and make the effort to buy the right foods. People are just too fucking stupid and lazy.
America.
Help me out here....How many $300,000 tabs is that??.........;>)
Its because everyone has given up saving for a house, and they are just spending, same is happening in UK
Another aspect to consider:
Many food service industry workers are bitter and resentful with regard to their lot in life, especially if they just took out $150,000 in student loans for that psychology degree that doesn't seem to be paying the dividends that they were promised. Be very careful as to how you treat these workers. Under no circumstances should you be rude or disrespectful towards them, or otherwise speak down to them or appear to be condescending. They WILL FUCK WITH YOUR FOOD if you piss them off.
Again, these young people are very angry. Be exceptionally polite to them and tip them well if you plan on frequenting the same establishment. You will be rewarded in unspoken ways.
Word to the wise.
Makes sense to me.. every month the BLS puts out the emplyoment data..every month all jobs that are created are in the restaurant and hospitality sector.. A.K.A low wage jobs.
America has an obesity problem and I don't know what the solution is tbh. Remember when a 1/4 w/ cheese was a "BIG" sandwich? Now you can go to Wendy's and get 3/4 of a pound of meat (before cooking) as part of a meal including salty fries and a coke. "JUmbo please". Then what do many folks do? Eat it in their car befor they go back to sit in their cuubicle for 5 more hours.
Hell, we don't even make kids play at recess anymore (like you could drag them away from their I-device).
Our country really needs an enema.
Where would you stick the noozle?
London, DC & NYC would be a nice start.
That chart looks just like the EBT growth chart.
That because these jokers keep raising their prices at an exponential rate to milk us for everything we've got. Then they expect a nice fat tip on top of their overcharge.
I am adding a case of expensive wine to my IRA. Further down the road people will be depressed as %uck and looking to spend their money on alcohol.
Why not a warehouse of the cheap stuff?
Why not brew your own.
After WW3 the ability to produce safe, pleasant alcoholic beverages will become another "highly-prized skill".
Learn to build a basic still, and you're on the fast-track to join the "New Nobility".
Far, far easier than learning how to acetylate morphine. . . . . .
some of these "restaurants" are really money laundering operations. be skeptical of the stats.
Life is good.
So much better that Whole Foods take your whole paycheck!
I get a kick out of grocery shopping. I'm amazed at how many people buy "food" in a box. Who the phuck knows what the hell your buying? Shit, you take chances on buying the base ingredients, whether they're GMO frankenfoods or not.
I'm a nutz and boltz kinda guy. I enjoy buying the raw materials and making my own creations. For me, although I am pressed for time cooking in my down time is fun and relaxing.
What the fuck are frankenfoods?
Sounds super scurry.
Frankenfoods=GMO.
Sounds REALLY SCARY!
BOO!
You know sometin' you seem to have a rod up your ass (just like the actor in your avatar).
cheers!
I think he works for Monsanto
It takes time to cook. In the NWO you sleep in a hurry.
So how much of this eating out was paid for with "EBT" cards? In other words, How much of this eating out did the taxpayers subsidize?
Agenda 21, I suspect.
Destroying the fabric of society. Disconnecting us from healthy and affordable food seems to be part of the master NWO plan.
Just sayin'
The 1% don't need to know how to cook, but how to avoid being cooked when this game gets going...
The last 4 months I've been eating out for lunch 5 days a week at $15-20.
Started to brown bag it 2-3x a week now since gas is going back up...
Seems to me that the Pavlovian conditioning of the Masses is on track, perhaps on schedule too. To be honest, it happens even in our house. E.g...
I love to bring my own lunch to work, but the Mrs loves being a "Modern Consumer": restaurant (Chicpotle) lunches,(Starbux) coffee, and Fa(s)t-Food dinners Friday nights and Sat lunches (while "running errands", i.e. shopping). I tell her that she/we overspend on the 'CIA': Conveniences, Indulgences and Appearances, but it's like... 'talking to the hand'. [sigh]
When people pay less attention to TV, to their zombified peers, and start thinking for themselves, then there is hope to a turnaround. As it is...
Since my Faith is bases on the Laws of Nature and Human Nature, I am 100% certain that this (perfectly predictable) system, that's based on an unsustainable Monetary and Cultural System, will continue until it literally cannot.
We have moved in the opposite direction. Moved away from all fast foods, pizza joints, burger complexes, chain restaurants. We and extended family and friends do home cooking instead. Small home town family owned restaurants are the only places we will go to on the few times we want to go out for food. All chain and fast food places are off my list for life!
1 can of beans, 1 box of long grain rice, 1lb ground turkey, 4 apples. $8 to feed 4.
Your math seems sound to me.
$3 ground turkey
$1.50 beans
$1.50 rice
$2 for a pound of small apples
The kicker is that 10 years ago it was more like:
$1.50 ground turkey
$.79 beans
$.79 rice
$.89 for a pound of small apples
$3.47
Since I do the grocery shopping I am fairly sure of the prices. Not that long ago a pound of ground round was $3 a pound and I often got round roast for $2 a pound and then would nicely ask the butcher to grind it for me. That was around 2008.
Sounds crazy but my wife enjoyed cooking for the family
where we all sat around the table and spoke to each other. She'd
make a great sauce and that would be good for 3 dinners. Guess
I'm just lucky in this "Madam Secretary" era.
That show is god awful. The boss lady asked me to watch it with her. I made it 5 minutes in and told I her I could take no more and went to my bourbon chair and started reading Proudhon...
I wonder what the chart would look like if they could separate it into raw food vs food prepared by others. So many of the grocery store products are instant frozen or partially prepared boxes or deli. Then if we could delete the bar bill we would know how Americans spend on food. EBT should only be good for raw food.
Sounds good in theory, but often EBT people do not have access to affordable raw ingredients or a well equipped modern kitchen. See food deserts, or consider how likely this cohort is to not have a real permanent address, or to have utilities cut off for non payment.
I agree EBT should be adjusted so that we aren't paying for health wrecking crap.
Cooking at home is so far superior than eating out it isn't even funny. one can literally make a culinary work of art so far superior to anything else. you go to a restaurant and be sure to know it's going to be loaded with salt and other seasonings ad infinitum. the slop they shovel at you at restaurants is not worthy of the words "prepared fresh". usually and this is my experience the slop is not up to snuff. take this lousy tuna sandwich my son is eating at the present moment. he made it himself, 2 bucks for the tuna 4 cents for the mayo, 3 cents for the lousy 2 slices of white bread from a local coop bakery. scant money for the little sliver of onion and lettuce (both organic). guess what? that adds up to about 2.12 cents for one stinking tuna sandwich and enough left over for atother sandwich tomorrow. this is me saying-restaurants = low quality materials (food). pain in the ass ( underpaid and overworked waiter and noisy patrons). and way overpriced bill. This is me making food from farmers markets. Smiling and healthy. This is them at restaurants. overweight and annoyed at lousy service, eating tons of meat laced to the gills with hormones and inorganic fertilizers. I hope I've made myself clear. if not call 1-800 777-1236
I find too, that the service industry workers tend to go out to eat/drink more than others. Like helping out their own kind. So, more waitstaff/bartenders, more spending in restos/bars.
Well...lets start here..
One reason is that food prices are sooo expensive..and coupled with the quickness AND healthiness of eating out vs shopping for food. Its no surprise.
Next up.... people working 3 part time jobs to make up for 'the good ol days' of 1 job..meaning time to prepare a home cooked... again...no surprise (o those of us paying attention. .NOT spending all our time on zh reading bout how the world is.
Thirdly. ..hey..more jobs for fridays workers..ihop..mcd..wherever..yay roaring economy.
This is by design retards.
Does dumpster diving count as eating out?
Luckily for me, my woman is a trained chef and can make amazing meals with very little work. I've known a lot of young women. She's the only one who can cook more than one dish.
It's sad. I'm the last qualified person in the universe to be in a kitchen, and even I can make basic meals. It's not like it's hard. It's not like people don't have the time these days. I can only conclude that people refuse to know how.
If you cook for a family of say ...5 it cost almost the same or less than ordering out/going to a restaurant to sit down.
"you get more food" for the money if you cook home, but it isn't enough to really . . . justify eating home, and the extra food you would of had ...cooking home is pretty much the "extra" that gets thrown out anyway.
You are almost better off eating out at a diner once a day . . .
Eat Oatmeal or eggs in the morning...
Skip lunch
Eat dinner with family (order out or go to sit in a restaurant) you are spending about the same as if you would of cooked . . . minus the food you would of probably left in the fridge for three days and thrown out.
Most Americans could do with eating less and paying the same/more anyway. . . everyone is practically obese and diabetic.
In my house we eat out once or twice a week, and cook / skimp on food the rest of the week . . . most days I eat a hardy lunch (maybe twice a week) and go the rest of the week without lunch... one day have a big big lunch. . . next day no lunch/small lunch , alternating. . . you really dont need to eat everyday IMO. . . if you get a meal in every other day and a lot of water between . . . you kinda "run leaner" and better IMO as a human machine.
Breaking Bad....Caligula style.
Bread and Circuses
Now where is that corkskrew ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrxBkis9IeE
People want to eat out every meal but don't want to have to pay for health insurance. Stupid fuckers all.