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How often do you eat takeaway?

109 replies

Takeaway41 · 10/09/2021 19:53

Pizza on the way.. First one of the week.
How often do you get a takeaway?

OP posts:
CanICelebrate · 10/09/2021 20:46

Once a month on payday. It was more like 3 times a month until recently but for 5 or 6 of us it was costing a fortune (and also I’m trying to lost weight!)

Solongtoshort · 10/09/2021 20:47

Very rarley, l never really enjoy them. I need to find a nice take away.

Constellationstation · 10/09/2021 20:49

About once a week at the moment. Feel quite extravagant now from these answers!

TheNestedIf · 10/09/2021 20:51

Very rarely before, and now never. I can't eat anything but leaves nowadays. Fuck you, thyroid.

coldwarenigma · 10/09/2021 20:52

Approximately once every 6 months or so..

delilahbucket · 10/09/2021 20:53

It was 1-2 times a week during lockdowns but my income plummeted in April so it's more like once a month at the very most now. Most takeaways we can cook better at home anyway. I can't actually remember the last time we had one. Definitely not during the school holidays.

brittleheadgirl · 10/09/2021 20:53

Literally never! I have coeliacs and dc have various food allergies.
I envy people at work who talk about picking a takeaway up on the way home or having food delivered!!
I often cook 2 or 3 different meals to cater for everyone each evening Confused

KimWexlersPonyTail · 10/09/2021 20:54

2 or 3 times a year, mostly prefer home cooking except fish and chips

WinterWeightlossGoal · 10/09/2021 20:54

Once a week usually, but we are about to take on a massive mortgage, so our takeaway days are numbered! This once a week habit kinky started in lockdown as we were saving so much money by not commuting. Before that it was usually once a month or just for a special occasion.

WinterWeightlossGoal · 10/09/2021 20:55

@WinterWeightlossGoal

Once a week usually, but we are about to take on a massive mortgage, so our takeaway days are numbered! This once a week habit kinky started in lockdown as we were saving so much money by not commuting. Before that it was usually once a month or just for a special occasion.
Only, not kinky, stupid autocorrect 🤦‍♀️
haba · 10/09/2021 21:01

Pretty much never- no takeaways anywhere near us, and DD has loads of intolerances which make food from outside the home tricky, to say the least.
Probably three in eight years.

hashbrownsandwich · 10/09/2021 21:02

Last had one 6th October 2018.

Famousinlove · 10/09/2021 21:06

No comment

MinnieMountain · 10/09/2021 21:29

About 3 times a month. Usually fish and chips.

BritishSummertime · 10/09/2021 21:29

Used to be monthly, but started every Saturday night in lock down post Christmas, I was finally fed up of cooking/providing food ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

Now back to once a month & DH cooks on non takeaway Saturday nights

Livebythecoast · 10/09/2021 21:32

Roughly once a week. It's too easy where I live, lots of choice at the click of a button 🙈. I keep saying we need to run the freezer down but never do, got chicken, pork, beef, dodo in there Grin.

I do use our slow cooker and cook a roast at weekends but week days and both working full time plus DD17, I'm so tired i just grab my phone and voila!
I do more batch cooking in the autumn/winter like chilli, curry, bolognese etc in the slow cooker and cut down on our once a week takeaway.

IVFdreams2021 · 10/09/2021 21:36

Once a week

BritishSummertime · 10/09/2021 21:38

It's too easy where I live, lots of choice at the click of a button

We don't have Uber eats or Deliveroo out here in the sticks which is probably for the best Grin

Mum2jenny · 10/09/2021 21:40

Once/ twice a month, generally when I can’t be arsed cooking!

Durbeyfield · 10/09/2021 21:40

Twice a month.

Lanique · 10/09/2021 21:41

Once every couple of months. They're lovely but they make me feel slightly hungover as well as bloated next day. And they're expensive. We use Hello Fresh and Gousto most weeks and I feel that for us, that is indulgent enough!

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 10/09/2021 21:42

Like, literally once every 5 years? Too much faffery for us, really.

Lanique · 10/09/2021 21:42

Ditto BritishSummerTime! We're off to London next month and I'm half tempted just to order in food to my hotel room than to go out and eat, such a novelty Grin

DialsMavis · 10/09/2021 21:43

About once every 6weeks-2 months, due to cost mainly and the fact we had too many in lockdown.

Although recently after my 40th birthday party I was so hung over we had pizza delivered for lunch and vietnamese food delivered for dinner Shock

Egghead68 · 10/09/2021 21:44

I get chips about once a year