What is your typical spending for food in a day?
By webearn99
@webearn99 (1742)
India
September 30, 2010 12:32am CST
I spend about USD 0.50 for breakfast, $ 0.75 for lunch and $ 1.00 for dinner. Take another another USD 0.25 for the tea and snacks, so the grand total for a day is $ 2.50. All of this in Indian Rupee. What would be the cost of your food even if you ate at home?
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@nicajoice (188)
• Philippines
30 Sep 10
I spend $2.20 dollars for lunch and dinner and $0.50 for breakfast.. Aside from this, I spend $10 for a week's worth of groceries.. :)
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
30 Sep 10
That is almost same as the average spending for a day on food in India, in a middle class eating place. It's nice to know that people from other countries fit the same bracket.
@nicajoice (188)
• Philippines
1 Oct 10
Yeah, a very simple meal from McDonald's here in the Phils. costs $1 and up. But, I can buy cheaper and healthier meals from small eateries/restaurants. :)
@vandana7 (100616)
• India
30 Sep 10
May be I quoted it higher. :(
Actually I divided my expenses on food and beverages by two, and then quoted it here. It includes breakfast and lunch of my maid. So it should be closer to what you have quoted, except that breakfast is heavy, lunch is light, and dinner is the lightest.
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
30 Sep 10
$ 4.00 that's about Rs. 200.00, about the average of a normal diet. Festival season is just around the corner, and I expect at least 50% increase in food prices. Thank God it will be temporary.
@sweety_81 (2124)
• India
30 Sep 10
Well, I mostly eat home prepared food, so I cannot give such a breakup. However, If eating outside, the meal costs anywhere from Rs. 35 to 40/- onwards which is around $0.9, and for a full day it could be between $2 to $3.
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
30 Sep 10
Since I eat my three meals out, I can tell you your estimate is correct. Food at home does not cost so much and is much cleaner and healthier. You are lucky to get to eat at home.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
30 Sep 10
well when i was a student my daily spending when it comes to food is $2-3 a day. and that is in the slightly above average of what a student will spend for food.
well for the food i ate at home, i dont really have any idea about it.
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
1 Oct 10
Not too long ago that would have been expensive, with food costs going up it is about the average spending.
@Simon1223 (903)
• China
30 Sep 10
In weekdays I usually spend 0.5-0.6 USD on breakfast, usually eating breads and drinking soybean milk. Lunch in the building usually costs me about 1.2 USD. With regard to supper, I usually have it at home, the cost of which is about 2-3 USD for three people. The spending for food was quite low in the past but is increasing very rapidly in the recent years.
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
30 Sep 10
You can say that again Simon, basic living cost has rocketed up. What I eat cost half just five years ago! We are truly making a living just to live. No scope for goodies. Soybean milk huh? Good protein and with bread, a good mix of Carbs! Good diet my friend.
@mahrulz (52)
• India
30 Sep 10
i live in a hostel,
typical expenditure about 50$ in a month...
and saturday nights we dont have the food,so we eat outside.....
so it comes it 15$ a month...
so in totality its about 65$ a month
or 2.25$ a day...
quite happy with the quality of the food and also the amount..
so i suggest u all live in ma hostel!!:-P
@Ramaditya (1227)
• Indonesia
30 Sep 10
Well, I am not using US$, because I live in Indonesia. But well I will do my best make an equal calculation. Here goes.
$0.2 for simple breakfast
$0.5 for lunch
$1.2 for dinner
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
30 Sep 10
Ram, if I have equated the money you spend for your food, to quality and quantity correctly, then you are having a balanced diet. Keep it up!
@delkar (1712)
• Romania
30 Sep 10
Wow ! I belive that food it`s not so expensive in your country . In mine country, the prices for food are too big for normal people ( i say about normal people that are earning aprox $330 /month ) . With thouse $330 one person need to live for a month and he needs something like $5 / day for one person and that`s $150 /month , without bills and everything else . But the cost of food can be lower if he will eat less or not so good ...
