Or do you find that you still spend just as much on groceries, AND the cost of eating out?

Some weeks we end up eating out a few times - not a whole lot, but I feel like I still spend the same on groceries.

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I guess it varies, if I know we are going to be eating out then I plan that when I am making my menu up for the week and my grocery bill isn't as high.
But there are those times when it happens unexpectedly and I have already crocery shopped and my bill is the same, but for those times we always have extra cash to pay for those meals, but I guess it would still sorta count and then it would be more costly.

For us, we spend MORE if we eat out. On one meal out, it averages 20.-25. I can buy 3 days worth of food for that.

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nope for us it costs way more example if we eat at our favorite pizza place its 35 bucks well I can make several meals for that. even fast food 3 kids meals two adult meal we are looking at anywhere between 20-28 bucks. so not worth it for bad for you food.

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I know generally it costs more to eat out; I should have specified that I budget separately for groceries and for eating out, not just for food.

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Yes, it does mean I buy less groceries. But as everyone else said, I spend more overall eating out then I would if I bought more groceries, the expense is just labeled differently.

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If we know we are going to eat out, we do spend less on groceries. Eating out costs way more...dinner usually costs about $35 and up depending on where we go.

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I still spend the same on groceries it seems, and then food gets wasted at home as well... so a lose lose situation!

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My grocery budget is what I use if we want to eat out, so if we decide to go out, that comes out of that weeks grocery monies - so yep, technically I spend less of groceries that week, but I dont save anywhere, since the extra is spent at the restaurant anyways.

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