Within reason of course, and I’m talking about shopping at affordable grocers like IGA vs eating fast food like Subway or Chipotle.

Take for example Subway. Spent 8.99 for a foot long turkey sandwich. It has maybe half the amount of turkey in a pack that would cost me 8 at the grocery store. The cost of the bread, that amount of lettuce, a tomato, and the other veggies probably push it to say 7$. So essentially I’m saving 2$ and having to do the groceries, take up space in my fridge, do the prep and dispose of the waste, assemble it myself.

This is just an example but it feels these days like it is almost always worth eating out a cheap lunch rather than prepping one.