aren’t magically cheaper.
They’re charging for ingredients plus labor, rent, utilities, staff, equipment, service, taxes, packaging, and everything else involved in running a restaurant.
So if you’re comparing the cost of ingredients alone, cooking at home usually has an obvious advantage.
And if you’re feeding two, three, four, or more people, the math can change dramatically.
A restaurant meal for four people can get expensive very quickly.
Cooking a large pot of pasta, rice, soup, chili, or stew can feed several people for relatively little money.
That’s where groceries really
