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Takeaways - cost

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sundaydayisnotmyfundayday · 22/09/2023 15:10

How much is too much, in your opinion, for a takeaway for a family of 4?

For context we do not go out to eat aside from once in a blue moon and this is a 1 takeaway per week scenario.

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Xqyz · 22/09/2023 17:12

We've ordered a takeaway tonight for collection from an Italian restaurant for 3 adults, 2 teens and a primary aged kid. It comes to £65. Admittedly the adults aren't massive eaters.

Usually we'd spend 25 quid on an Indian or Chinese. Domino's I'd get a deal for about the same price.

Orangeji · 22/09/2023 17:11

It depends on finances surely. For us right now max I’d want to spend is £20/£25. We’re a family of five so if we do get takeaway it’ll be just for me and dh once the kids are in bed!

ivegotthisyeah · 22/09/2023 17:11

CherryCokeFanatic · 22/09/2023 16:35

McDonalds about 12.50 a person once you factor in the cost of going large, upgrading to milkshake, throwing a McFlurry on top that people often do. Even more if you’re the type who likes a second burger or some nuggets on the side.

Yeah McDonald's has really shot up in price!

Decafflatteplease · 22/09/2023 17:11

We used to get a weekly takeaway and for 6 of us it was between £28-34. DH and I share though!

We only get it once a month now due to COL!

Henryhover · 22/09/2023 17:09

Me and my DH spend £20 on a take away for just us

littleripper · 22/09/2023 17:09

8 of us went to our local Thai last week, 3 courses, pre dinner cocktails, 2 bottles of wine, 3 pints - that was less than £200!!

mycoffeecup · 22/09/2023 17:06

Chinese for 4 tends to cost about £70 but there's enough for 2-3 to get a leftovers meal out of it too

BloodandGlitter · 22/09/2023 17:06

In fact this is our order for later when DH and DS get back from A&E tonight. The large chips will easily feed 3 of us and 2 of us are very fat. Grin
1
Kids Fish Bites
Side:
Gravy
Fruit Shoot:
Blackcurrant
£4.95
1
Chips
Chips:
Large (£2.00)
£4.50
1
Chicken and Mushroom
£3.90
1
Fish Cake
£2.00
2
Plain Sausage
£3.90

CinemaCrazy · 22/09/2023 17:06

Well they're £19 each full price in Bath, which isn't a cheap area, so I dread to think how much that deal supposedly saves you where you live
A large is £23.99 where I live, it’s crazy!

TinglingTangling · 22/09/2023 17:05

CrazyHamsterLady · 22/09/2023 17:03

Our local Chinese takeaway would cost about £85 for 4 adults. That’s about 5 mains, 2 rices, 2 x noodles, 2 x prawn toast, 1 x prawn crackers. There’s always enough for the next night’s dinner though.

That’s not a meal for 4 though 😂 that’s enough to feed 8 😂

TinglingTangling · 22/09/2023 17:04

AndIKnewYouMeantIt · 22/09/2023 16:59

Well they're £19 each full price in Bath, which isn't a cheap area, so I dread to think how much that deal supposedly saves you where you live.

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I live in bath also and it’s £9.99 for a large 2 topping pizza (collection only).
medium is £7.99 and small is £6.99

CrazyHamsterLady · 22/09/2023 17:03

Our local Chinese takeaway would cost about £85 for 4 adults. That’s about 5 mains, 2 rices, 2 x noodles, 2 x prawn toast, 1 x prawn crackers. There’s always enough for the next night’s dinner though.

AndIKnewYouMeantIt · 22/09/2023 16:59

CinemaCrazy · 22/09/2023 16:57

That's not a deal, that's full price! It's £9.99 for a large collected here, £12.99 delivered
Not where I live.

Well they're £19 each full price in Bath, which isn't a cheap area, so I dread to think how much that deal supposedly saves you where you live.

BloodandGlitter · 22/09/2023 16:59

Pie chips and a sauce round here is about £6! I wince if I'm paying more than £20 for a chippy for 4 people. £35 for a Chinese for 3.

CinemaCrazy · 22/09/2023 16:57

That's not a deal, that's full price! It's £9.99 for a large collected here, £12.99 delivered
Not where I live.

AndIKnewYouMeantIt · 22/09/2023 16:56

2 Dominos and sides for £50? That's not a deal, that's full price! It's £9.99 for a large collected here, £12.99 delivered.

An Indian for 2 (mains, a shared rice, shared side) is about £30 here so I'd say maybe £60 for 4 is what I'd spend.

margotrose · 22/09/2023 16:52

Depends what you're ordering.

Two adults here and we pay around £16 for a chippy tea, or £23 for a Chinese (which lasts us 2-3 meals).

Burger/pizza/kebab type thing is about £16 for two.

YouJustDoYou · 22/09/2023 16:51

Pre-covid DH and I would spend about £25-35 on a takeout for ourselves. Now, when a chicken korma used to be £6 and is now £10 for same amount, it's been a vry, very long time since we could get a takeaway.

maddiemookins16mum · 22/09/2023 16:48

Our Chinese does a set meal for 2 including 3 main dishes and a rice. We always get an extra rice and it feeds 3 perfectly well for £24.00. The set meal for 3, which is £32, feeds four of us. So, I’d balk at paying anything much over £40.00 for a takeaway for four. Even 2 of the largest Dominoes Pizzas plus a few sides is under £40.00.

ManateeFair · 22/09/2023 16:47

We don't have kids, it's just me and DP, but our usual order from our favourite Turkish restaurant comes to about £45. It's a mixed grill/kebab platter for two that comes with flatbreads, rice and salad and then we get a couple of starters to go with it. I guess if we had two kids it would cost us another £20-30 on top of that, depending on how old they were? Our favourite curry house is probably about the same.

coxesorangepippin · 22/09/2023 16:41

£12.50 for pie and chips????

stayathomer · 22/09/2023 16:40

Sorry I meant Chinese and it costs a bit more!

Pumpkinpie1 · 22/09/2023 16:40

Wow . People have money to burn .
We don’t get takeaways . But on holiday this year we did buy fish and chips 2 portions one day which we shared. All the rest of the time we cooked our own meals - much cheaper

Badleg89 · 22/09/2023 16:40

I wouldn't want to spend more than £40 tbh, our children are both under 10 though. I think people massively over order and over eat when they have Chinese.

We get an Indian more often for the 4 of us which comes to £37

stayathomer · 22/09/2023 16:39

In Ireland and converting it it looks like about 35 pound, 2 adults, 2 teens, 2 children and generally chipper, chipper adds a bit more. Very rare now as someone said because we make Jamie Oliver pizzas and they’re as popular but of course if everyone is in a takeaway mood we’ll do it. Kind of wince as you hand over the money though when you think how much it would get you in a shop!!