Takeaway spending

[Bananaramaboat123]

How much do you spend per week of month on takeaways and how many do you have a month?

I'm thinking of cutting down to save money and wondered how much others spent/have..

But it’s not pissing money away if you like the takeaway you purchase
Not everyone wants to eke soup,sandwiches,risotto,roast dinner out of a £4.99 chicken

About £120-150 a month.

Friday night is takeaway night but as the kids get older and eat more its getting quite expensive!

I keep saying we need to cut back, but as we rarely go out and I do 100% of the cooking I'm struggling to actually stop!

Interesting thread.
We have a takeaway once a week on the weekend.
Sometimes I can't be bothered cooking so we get something during the week but not every week.
When dc were little we didn't have as many.
I don't know anyone that has a takeaway only once a year, most if not everyone I know has a takeaway of some sort once a week!!

Once a month maximum, £30 approx

About £120-150 a month. Is that a typo? That’s a huge amount of money

We get takeaway that once a month or so because a) it's nice not to have to cook b) we can afford it and c) I can't make Indian sauces as well as the good Indian places can - or to be fair - I can make good Indian dishes but it requires overnight marinading and a lot of herbs, spices and effort.

Once or twice a month at £15ish a time for two of us. We aren’t easily able to go out with kids and it’s a nice treat

We probably get one every two or three months as a treat. We used to get more but it was costing loads so I reckon you will feel the benefit if you cut down - we definitely did. Also I crave them less now we order them in less - I really notice the fat and salt content.

Have takeaway once a month and spend no more than £20, just myself and DS.

0 never have takeaways

Lipstick - that seems like rather a pointed question and remark.

We don't spend much on takeaways, but we do go out for meals - at an absolute minimum we'd go out once or twice a month and we'd easily spend £100+ on that.

I don't really get people that spend loads on takeaway pizza though - that's the one thing where you can buy it ready prepared in the supermarket and bung it in the oven for 1/4 the price of Dominos or whatever and it tastes no different.

*For £30 we can have good sirloins and all the trimmings. A lush leg of lamb for about £22. Again all the trimmings.

Why do people piss money away on poor quality, u healthy food?*

I don't like cooking and I'm a crap cook

We ordered in last night - I had sea bass with crushed potatoes and roast veg, DH had braised lamb shank with gratin potatoes and spinach.

It was great quality and very tasty! If we hadn't had takeaway it would have been something like a jacket potato or beans on toast - the takeaway was definitely our preferred option

We hate cooking, have lots of great restaurants nearby who deliver, and we're fortunate enough to be able to afford this luxury. You might see it as pissing money away but in our household we don't - no one's forcing you to order takeaways so not sure why anyone else's choices would affect you?

Zero but I live alone, so if I’m feeling lazy I’ll just make scrambled egg on toast for dinner. It might be different if I had to cook for a family.

About £120-150 a month. Is that a typo? That’s a huge amount of money

We spend that easily. £30 a week, once a week = £120 a month

We have about one every six weeks or so I think. When we do we spend a lot, maybe £40 for me DH and a 3 year old. Unless we get fish and chips that’s about £20 I think.

It’s not pointed in the least,it’s a direct query.thats how forums work
And yes I’ve expressed a subjective POV that’s a lot of money.imo it is a lot
Equally Moonsugar can reply and say yes it’s £150 and no it’s not a huge amount
And frankly that’ll be that.im not going to doorstep moonsugar & take her debit card

Who says takeaway food has to be poor quality and unhealthy? There is a world of difference between ordering takeout from Domino's or from a really good Chinese restaurant. You get what you pay for, which is why our takeaway bill is quite high.

About once a month f&c , Chinese or Indian . So £12-50 for three of us.

once a month for 4 of us £25.

its the not having to do the washing up and have the food in that appeals. The quality of the food is variable and very often the supermarket version is better.

We have a takeaway every Saturday night costing about £15-£20. However Dh and i will often make ourselves a steak instead while the dc enjoy their McDonald's or kebab

Why do people piss money away on poor quality, u healthy food?

Because it tastes fucking amazing?

I spend probably 14 nights out of 15 eating made from scratch healthy meals. In general we all eat very very well.

On that 15th night I bloody love a Chinese/Indian/Japanese/kebab/ KFC.

Why do people piss money away on poor quality, u healthy food

• because they like it
• because they don't want to cook
• because they don't want to have to wash up loads of pots

I used to enjoy experimenting with new recipes and spending time cooking pre DC. These days I'm so tired after a week at work plus the school run etc. I'm grateful for a night off.

They make me feel ill for about three days (clean eater with ibs here so anything with msg and general shit in it makes me feel quite ill) so very rarely. I’ve become less tolerant of them as I’ve got older. When the children were small we’d get one a month as a treat and spend about £25. On the rare occasions that we get one (twice a year?) as a family - £40 at a time.

God yes i shop carefully in Lidl and cook nice meals every night of the week. Caribbean African Italian and English dishes. My dc seem to like my cooking as does dh but its a fun treat to have a takeaway with a movie together and the money i save in Lidl helps us afford it. But dh and i are happy to cook a nice steak or bit of fish instead, that's also a nice treat

I prefer to spend the money on a nice chateaubriand and bottle of red wine!