Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Common Meal costs

[Catya Belfer-Shevett (catya]

> 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?

One factor may be that theses are (almost?) all dinners, which is
generally the most expensive of your three meals a day you do at
home...

        - catya
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