• wjs018@piefed.social
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      6 hours ago

      This isn’t that far away from mine for two people: ~$600-$700 per month in a HCOL area and doing most of the cooking myself as well. I have found that sizing up a recipe for more people is only a marginal increase in cost. So, cooking for two is not just double that of cooking for one, but less.

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        6 hours ago

        Oh yeah. I made a YT video recently about money-saving tips, and one of the things I do is look at restaurants that have family-sized meals that they offer to-go. This works really well for pasta and rice, but I can get six meals for the cost of a few dollars each, package up five of them, and then I have five really yummy lunches for my in office days when I go in.

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      7 hours ago

      Jeez, are groceries really that expensive in the US? For me in germany I can get groceries for 2-3 month with this money.

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        7 hours ago

        They are. Luckily I cook nearly all of my own meals, or the bills would be way, way worse.

        My grocery bill is well more than double what it was before 2020. Both ruling parties here refuse to address the corporate greed in any meaningful way, so each individual has to make the best choices they can for themselves.