Cohousing-L Mailing List: Common Meal costs

[Robert P. Arjet (rarjet]

cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org writes:
>An average meal ends
>up costing around $2.50, though anything under $3 is considered to be
>okay. Fancier meals can creep over $3, but it doesn't happen too often.

I was wondering about average common meal costs.  The above meal prices
are on par with what I've seen elsewhere, but when I do the math, it seems
that I can cook much more cheaply at home (Three people X three meals X
seven days X two dollars per meal=126 dollars a week, which is just a
whole lot more than I ever spend on groceries).  I've been assuming that
economy of scale would keep meal prices lower than that, but maybe there
are other factors?

Thanks, 

Robert Arjet
Central Austin Cohousing

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