How much do you spend on takeaway a week?

tsobo · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:19

Please note, this thread is not about lecturing each other, on the moralities of healthy eating, I just want to focus on how much people spend on takeaway, a week or a month please.
I have a family of four, me the Mrs and 2 kids and we spend about £35 a week. At times we buy kfc, macdonalds, the local chip shop or pizza etc and just wondering, if I spend too much on takeaway so I just want to find out your views. Many thanks.

robj20 · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:21

Maybe £20 a month average for family of three.

MrRockliffe · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:21

£35 a week is reasonable, if you can afford it, but bear in mind, it’s about £1500 a year.

I would try and steer clear from KFC/Maccies as it’s not great for you

I try and limit myself to one takeout every 2 weeks - healthier and cheaper.

tsobo · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:24

MrRockliffe said:
£35 a week is reasonable, if you can afford it, but bear in mind, it’s about £1500 a year.

I would try and steer clear from KFC/Maccies as it’s not great for you

Thanks buddy, I understand. We always try and even it out though and stay clear of fizzy drinks so it's not too bad and the whole family works out one way or the other . Takeaway is our guilty pleasure, more so with everything going on in our world!

tsobo · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:25

robj20 said:
Maybe £20 a month average for family of three.

Hmm that is my thought as well, many thanks.

Eurofighter · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:28

About once a week I get a curry, pizza or kebab. So about a tenner.

BUDFORCE · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:35

I don't spend amount per week, at the most maybe £200-£250 a year, we get very few.

And no lecturing, part if it is that we live in the middle of nowhere and the likes of just eat just laughs at you when you put your postcode in.

My brother who lives in Kent but basically south London has Morley's Chicken shops that deliver, I think I'd be having that on a weekly basis.

I do love take aways, particularly good fried chicken or Turkish Kebabs.

mrbios · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:36

Pizza, Curry or Chinese once every 2 weeks or so. Generally costs about 20-25£, so 40-50£ a month I guess....sometimes my wife will also treat the kids to a McDonald's or fish and chips too but I refuse to eat those.

200sols · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:37

Bigpops · 26 Jul 2020 at 16:45

£0 for 18 weeks now. I haven't had a take-away since before lock down. I usually collect it as it's about 150 yards away, but I knocked that on the head so I wasn't coming into contact with anyone.

I used to have two a week. One Friday, another Saturday. Most would be about a fiver or less. Sometimes as much as £7 if I wanted something out of the ordinary like a mixed kebab or something, so £10 - £14 a week.

Chippy, Maccy Ds, or any other fast food chain are not a regular occurrence. I maybe have Maccy Ds twice a year. Chippy a bit more often but not regularly but haven't had either for months.

rodders · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:00

£0. Take away pizza makes me feel rough, as does Chinese.
Indian is ok, but I can make that, lol.
Actually I tend to just make a pizza or Chinese food (nothing flash). Or buy cheap Tesco stuff.

Nitefly · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:02

2 takeaways every 3 weeks I’d guess.

Maybe £50-60 a month.

wedrum · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:09

About tree fiddy

Minstadave · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:11

Family of 3 + baby. Maybe once every 2 weeks we get chips or pizza. £40 a month I'd guess.

jsmoke · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:12

Fish and chips about twice a year if that, all the rest is garbage.

vanpeebles · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:16

jsmoke said:
Fish and chips about twice a year if that, all the rest is garbage.

Same here, currently £0.

tsobo · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:19

jsmoke said:
Fish and chips about twice a year if that, all the rest is garbage.

Phew how do you manage this buddy, .

jsmoke · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:22

tsobo said:
Phew how do you manage this buddy, .

Expensive plus cook better at home, I can make pizza, donar kebabs, have a bash at Chinese, burgers etc.

tsobo · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:24

jsmoke said:
Expensive plus cook better at home, I can make pizza, donar kebabs, have a bash at Chinese, burgers etc.

Don't the ingredients add up though? Obviously yes from a health perspective this is most ideal to cook at home your own kind of takeaway but price wise is it not the same in the end?

jsmoke · 26 Jul 2020 at 17:44

tsobo said:
Don't the ingredients add up though? Obviously yes from a health perspective this is most ideal to cook at home your own kind of takeaway but price wise is it not the same in the end?

Well flour for a pizza maybe 10p, cheese maybe 50p, homemade pizza sauce maybe 40p, pineapple + tuna + salami + sweetcorn maybe 200p. So that's £3. How much is a takeaway pizza, about £10-15?