"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 5/24/2014 3:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Really? That's what this article says.
>>
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>> Who are these people who dine out all the time? I know that my parents
>> would fit into that category and we did dine out a lot when I was a kid
>> but I think 4.8 times a week is pushing it. Even the people I know who
>> don't cook, don't dine out that often. They might buy something
>> prepared that only needs to be heated or they eat something like a salad
>> or sandwich which they might make but they don't actually cook stuff.
>
> The link did not show the article. Were they talking just dinner? If so,
> the number seems a little high, but if you add in breakfast and lunch, the
> number is easily believed.

Sorry! It was through Swagbucks. Perhaps you have to be logged in to see
it? It didn't say which meals. I guess I forgot about lunch. When I was
working, I often bought lunch in the cafeteria but I wouldn't really call
that going out. I guess I also wasn't thinking of people who stop for
coffee and something for breakfast on the way to work. When I think of
going out, I think of going to a restaurant and dining inside.
>
> As a couple, we have 21 meal opportunities a week. Typically, we eat
> dinner out twice a week. Once at a nice restaurant, once at a modest
> family place or fast food. On the weekend we have lunch out at least
> once. Sometimes breakfast.
>
> I take my lunch to work, but others eat out five days a week.

Thanks!