Why is it so much more expensive for me to cook by myself than to eat out?

Yes, it is indeed cheaper for office workers to cook by themselves than to order outside. Usually, it's better to order a takeaway at 20-30 yuan, probably 18 yuan, but you really don't have that much money to cook for yourself.

First of all, I usually buy food from these aspects: first, large supermarkets; Second, Pinduoduo; Third, the vegetable shop with discount at the entrance of the community. I used to go to a large supermarket once a week, such as Wal-Mart, and basically I could find low-priced vegetables of about one yuan every time. Moreover, I will keep a note of the lowest price of vegetables and meat in my mobile phone, so that when I go shopping, I can clearly know whether this price is the lowest price and whether it is cost-effective. It is necessary to know the price of ingredients so that you will not be deceived by the price of merchants because you are young.

It is also a good choice to buy more food at the store. However, because vegetables are usually sold at a price of 5 kg 10 kg in Pinduoduo, leafy vegetables are not recommended, because the shelf life is not long enough and may go bad. It is best to choose the one with long roots.

There should be a discounted vegetable shop at the entrance of the community, so you can learn about it with your aunts and grandmothers around you. Learn to ask more uncles and aunts in the community, and they will know where to buy food and meat is more cost-effective. Where is the cheapest place to buy food around the community? It is right to follow your aunt. However, this kind of physical store generally adopts the way of stored value card. In order to avoid risks, it is not recommended to deposit too much money in the card at one time.

Then in the production of ingredients, I want to make sure that beef and mutton are more expensive than chicken and duck, pork is the cheapest, chicken wings are more expensive than chicken breast, frozen products are cheaper than chilled ones, and the freshly slaughtered ones are more expensive. All kinds of seasonal fish and shrimp will also be expensive. If the requirements for the ingredients themselves are very high, there is no way to make cheaper dishes than take-away. If you cook too much at a time, you can put it directly in the box and freeze it, or you can buy it and freeze the ingredients directly. It is also a good choice to pretreat the ingredients in advance.