Americans dine out 4.8 times a week?
"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 24 May 2014 11:40:40 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
> Going by what my DD does, 4.5 times a week is about right. They eat
> out or order take out a lot during the week, unless I'm there cooking
> dinner for them.
>
> My son's budget is tighter, so they plan ahead - do a big farmer's
> market trip every Saturday that covers the week, make slow cooker
> meals, marinade meat the night before, stuff like that.
>
>
Thanks!
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