To wonder how people can afford a takeaway for a family?

[MaknCheeese]

We haven't had a takeaway for a while and I was thinking about ordering one for the family as a treat tonight. I decided not to once I worked out the price, I just couldn't justify paying 1/3 of my weekly groceries budget, £30 on a curry for 4.
When did you last have a takeaway?
How much did it cost and how many did it feed?

They are expensive but oh so satisfying after a long week at work. But Indian takeaway can last for the next day......

How do people afford to smoke? Keep a pet? Run a car? It just depends what your priorities are surely

Yes, true, some of us do have a halo and are special LOL

That does sound like good value to me, but we’re in London.

We hardly ever get a takeaway - usually the only time when we’ll get one is when I’m not well - I sort of save the takeaway budget for those occasions as I’m a single parent and no other person to cook if I’m not up to it. So we don’t have takeaways as treats.

Never have a take away. I do buy the shops own takeaway....Tesco does it down to £7 sometimes

But that sounds cheap.

£30 for 4 people sounds amazing. Last week I ordered a takeaway from my favourite local (that I haven't used for a while as I've been trying to eat more healthily). Just 2 dishes, a mixed bean dal and some sag paneer was £17. 00.

We tend to have a takeaway once or twice a month, probably one Chinese or Indian and a meal from the chippy which isn't as expensive.

We quite often get money off using discount codes for Uber Eats (we have an account each, and one or the other of us usually seems to have a code for 20-40% off). There are also some relative bargains to be had - e.g., a really good local Indian does a thali set meal that easily feeds two adults, with starters and three small portions of different curries for £20. It stretches to feed DS 11 too if we buy an extra naan and papadum.

Even with all the above, takeaways don't really make economic sense for us. We enjoy them, but if money was tighter we'd stop them and eat homemade or perhaps more supermarket ready meals as an alternative when we're too pushed for time to cook.