Cheap food: can you beat this price in your country?

[mamesso]

Place is the main factor in restaurant price competition, trade competition is getting tougher if an area has several restaurants. To survive in trade, must have a strategy to attract visitors.
In the place around me lives, there are several restaurants that serve food at low prices. The saving package offered depends on the menu ordered. Only at a price of Rp 25k or equivalent to $1.64, You can enjoy rice with meat on it + vegetables and cold drinks.
This figure is fairly cheap for this delicious menu, while in public places such as roadside traders offer more affordable prices for breakfast.

[summonerrk]

Place is the main factor in restaurant price competition, trade competition is getting tougher if an area has several restaurants. To survive in trade, must have a strategy to attract visitors.
In the place around me lives, there are several restaurants that serve food at low prices. The saving package offered depends on the menu ordered. Only at a price of Rp 25k or equivalent to $1.64, You can enjoy rice with meat on it + vegetables and cold drinks.
This figure is fairly cheap for this delicious menu, while in public places such as roadside traders offer more affordable prices for breakfast.

Probably roadside cafes can offer a lower price since they do not need to provide you with a place: a table and an armchair. Plus they don't need to provide you with a toilet and sinks to wash your hands. Nevertheless, I am surprised at such cheap prices in your countries. In my country, a plate of side dish with meat in a restaurant or cafe will cost at least 3-5 dollars.

[Cling18]

Place is the main factor in restaurant price competition, trade competition is getting tougher if an area has several restaurants. To survive in trade, must have a strategy to attract visitors.
In the place around me lives, there are several restaurants that serve food at low prices. The saving package offered depends on the menu ordered. Only at a price of Rp 25k or equivalent to $1.64, You can enjoy rice with meat on it + vegetables and cold drinks.
This figure is fairly cheap for this delicious menu, while in public places such as roadside traders offer more affordable prices for breakfast.

Probably roadside cafes can offer a lower price since they do not need to provide you with a place: a table and an armchair. Plus they don't need to provide you with a toilet and sinks to wash your hands. Nevertheless, I am surprised at such cheap prices in your countries. In my country, a plate of side dish with meat in a restaurant or cafe will cost at least 3-5 dollars.

We can't expect a luxury food service out of a small penny but we can grab it as a chance to save but people in our country are wiser. They would prefer cooking at home with cheap yet healthy ingredients just so more people could eat. Eating out at cheap restaurants will be ideal if you are living alone but if you have a family, it will be cheaper if you will just cook at home using your own budget.

[uneng]

Well, I pay 32 Euro for food that lasts me for 2-3 days. And I buy in supermarket and cook it myself at home. I imagine, with my money, one month's expenses on food would be enough for me to eat in Brazil for one year. Maybe I should become digital nomad and immigrate in Brazil Btw I usually eat chicken breast, eggs, beans, some fruit, some yoghurt. Everything is super cheap except chicken breast and eggs. Probably 80% of expenses goes into chicken fillet and eggs. 1KG breast costs 10 Euro and ten eggs costs between 2.5-4 euro. Well, I workout and wanna keep my big muscles, maybe that's why expenses are so high (you wont' see single person in Germany spending up to 600 euro a month on food).
But cmon guys, how is $35 enough for food? What's the price of 1KG chicken fillet? What's the price of 10 eggs? What's the price of healthy food in your country?

I ask this question to everyone here who comes from countries where food costs so low:
Imagine I am a bodybuilder who competes in Mr Olympia classic physique and I eat 700g chicken fillet every day, 300g salmon,  5-10 eggs (egg whites), 4-5 bananas, two cottage cheese, oatmeal, rice and some vegetables.
Can someone do me a favor and briefly tell me how much would my expenses be? In Germany, it's up to 600 Euro.
P.S. I need the food to be good quality, so don't include low quality foods into your calculation.

Well, it may be a good idea to become a digital nomad and live in Brazil, depending the state, of course. Since you talk about Germany, I think the states of the south would fit very well your preference, since they were settled by germans and slightly preserve the culture and tradition.

I don't know how much you pay for a gym monthly subscription, but it's also cheap here. I was paying 15$ and now I will pay 9$ in another gym.

Chicken breast (kg): 3,83$
Salmon fillet (kg): 15$
Eggs (30): 3,07$
Bananas (12): 1,53$
Oatmeal (170g): 0,95$ (but I found on the internet 1kg for 1,91$, and I intend trying this)
Rice (5kg): 4,22$
Carrots (1kg): 0,76$
Potatos (1kg): 1,15$

*Brocolli I have no idea now, but it was expensive last time I checked on the supermarket.
*Cottage I don't consume, and I know there is some trickery on the sale this product, as they sell "cottage type cheese", what means it's an imitation... So I really can't say the price of a decent cottage cheese.

Do you also consume protein powders (1kg for 19,19$) and creatine (250g for 15,35$)? Those are the costs.

[Jatiluhung]

Place is the main factor in restaurant price competition, trade competition is getting tougher if an area has several restaurants. To survive in trade, must have a strategy to attract visitors.
In the place around me lives, there are several restaurants that serve food at low prices. The saving package offered depends on the menu ordered. Only at a price of Rp 25k or equivalent to $1.64, You can enjoy rice with meat on it + vegetables and cold drinks.
This figure is fairly cheap for this delicious menu, while in public places such as roadside traders offer more affordable prices for breakfast.

Indonesia is indeed famous for places to eat at very affordable prices. However, this is not the same in every region. But indeed, on average, with only $ 1.64, you can enjoy food quite satisfied and also with a delicious food menu. but the further east it seems that food and staple food prices in Indonesia are indeed becoming more expensive as in the Papua region. I was even surprised to hear that the price of basic commodities such as rice there could be up to 10 times the price in other ordinary areas in Indonesia.

[Sebas.tian]

Do you know any restaurants which serve cheaper meals than that where you live? It must be a meal, not snacks.

Yes, during the COVID-19 lockdown that took over one year and some months in my country made me to discovered some cheapest restaurants someone can spend small amount of money to feed stomach and still have some money in your wallet to do other things. Many people that live in this area are doing well, because their farmers are more active than the ones in the township which will be very difficult for them to lack food. But the area I live, food are very expensive here and for you to buy food from restaurant and be satisfy, you must spend a huge amount of money because is an area that contain wealthy men and women.

[summonerrk]

Place is the main factor in restaurant price competition, trade competition is getting tougher if an area has several restaurants. To survive in trade, must have a strategy to attract visitors.
In the place around me lives, there are several restaurants that serve food at low prices. The saving package offered depends on the menu ordered. Only at a price of Rp 25k or equivalent to $1.64, You can enjoy rice with meat on it + vegetables and cold drinks.
This figure is fairly cheap for this delicious menu, while in public places such as roadside traders offer more affordable prices for breakfast.

Probably roadside cafes can offer a lower price since they do not need to provide you with a place: a table and an armchair. Plus they don't need to provide you with a toilet and sinks to wash your hands. Nevertheless, I am surprised at such cheap prices in your countries. In my country, a plate of side dish with meat in a restaurant or cafe will cost at least 3-5 dollars.

We can't expect a luxury food service out of a small penny but we can grab it as a chance to save but people in our country are wiser. They would prefer cooking at home with cheap yet healthy ingredients just so more people could eat. Eating out at cheap restaurants will be ideal if you are living alone but if you have a family, it will be cheaper if you will just cook at home using your own budget.

I do not dispute that cooking at home is the cheapest way to get the cheapest and most delicious food. But! Wholesale supplies are available to restaurants and cafes, according to which they receive products at prices cheaper than the store provides us with you. Also, one of the disadvantages of cooking yourself is that you spend time cooking and washing dishes.

[Synchronice]

I eat
700g chicken fillet every day, £6/kg=euro6.78 =4.746euro/700g
300g salmon,£14.78/kg=euro16.70/kg =5euro/300g
5-10 eggs (egg whites),£1.50/5eggs=euro1.69/5eggs
4-5 bananas,euro 0.80 for 5 bananas
two cottage cheese,
oatmeal,
rice
some vegetables. frozen veg £1/kg =euro1.16/kg

you only gave measurements of first 4
so i gave you the UK prices from UK Aldi and converted for you

although those are prices based on kg of weight. it should be noted that there may be actual differences of TRUE weights and measures

Eg a large egg in germany may be a medium egg in the uk(or vice versa)
the amount of brine pumped into meat may differ from country to country (pre-cook weight)

Strange, Пepвый кaнaл, Poccия Ceгoдня and other Russian media and news companies were saying that people in the UK have to choose between heat and food. I don't know how british people can afford food with so low salaries.
Okay, just kidding. Thank you for information, there are still quite good prices in the UK.

I don't know how much you pay for a gym monthly subscription, but it's also cheap here. I was paying 15$ and now I will pay 9$ in another gym.

Monthly contracts are a little expensive but 1-2 year contracts are cheap. Roughly, you can find great GYM with sauna, solarium and other premium services for 45 Euro a month.

Do you also consume protein powders (1kg for 19,19$) and creatine (250g for 15,35$)? Those are the costs.

You shouldn't really buy cheap protein powder because shady companies do amino spiking to bump up the overall protein content of a powder. Optimum Nutrition gold standard whey is really a gold standard. Best price and quality ratio.

[uneng]

I don't know how much you pay for a gym monthly subscription, but it's also cheap here. I was paying 15$ and now I will pay 9$ in another gym.

Monthly contracts are a little expensive but 1-2 year contracts are cheap. Roughly, you can find great GYM with sauna, solarium and other premium services for 45 Euro a month.

Hmm, it sounds very interesting.

Do you also consume protein powders (1kg for 19,19$) and creatine (250g for 15,35$)? Those are the costs.

You shouldn't really buy cheap protein powder because shady companies do amino spiking to bump up the overall protein content of a powder. Optimum Nutrition gold standard whey is really a gold standard. Best price and quality ratio.

I bought from the official site of a national brand called Growth. Their rates and feedbacks are pretty positive. Coincidentally, today a friend of mine showed a 2kg jar of Optimum Nutrition brand and he really said it's the best available, and said to have just paid 19$ for that through a popular general shopping platform. I think it's too cheap to be legit, so it's really not advised to purchased these goods at websites which aren't the official ones of the brands.

Hard to be certain you are acquiring a legit product here...

[Desmong]

Place is the main factor in restaurant price competition, trade competition is getting tougher if an area has several restaurants. To survive in trade, must have a strategy to attract visitors.
In the place around me lives, there are several restaurants that serve food at low prices. The saving package offered depends on the menu ordered. Only at a price of Rp 25k or equivalent to $1.64, You can enjoy rice with meat on it + vegetables and cold drinks.
This figure is fairly cheap for this delicious menu, while in public places such as roadside traders offer more affordable prices for breakfast.

Indonesia is indeed famous for places to eat at very affordable prices. However, this is not the same in every region. But indeed, on average, with only $ 1.64, you can enjoy food quite satisfied and also with a delicious food menu. but the further east it seems that food and staple food prices in Indonesia are indeed becoming more expensive as in the Papua region. I was even surprised to hear that the price of basic commodities such as rice there could be up to 10 times the price in other ordinary areas in Indonesia.

There is no cheap food in my region so you will need to have good amount of Money for you to eat good food that will nourish your body. Good food are meant for those that has the money not just for everyone. We don't import much food and we do local production for the entire populations. Food are becoming expensive so we will need the government to step in and help the masses so they will not always go begging.

[terrific]

Also, one of the disadvantages of cooking yourself is that you spend time cooking and washing dishes.

Currently, eating in some cheap restaurants could be more worth it if you're living alone.
I agree that's one of the disadvantage of cooking so if you'll calculate the food expenses, the ingredients, gas, water, electricity and even the effort.
You'll be saving more time and money if you'll eat on a budgeted and cheap restaurant. The energy you've got physically will be even saved but one of the cons of this is you'll get limited food.

[EdenHazard]

Also, one of the disadvantages of cooking yourself is that you spend time cooking and washing dishes.

Currently, eating in some cheap restaurants could be more worth it if you're living alone.
I agree that's one of the disadvantage of cooking so if you'll calculate the food expenses, the ingredients, gas, water, electricity and even the effort.
You'll be saving more time and money if you'll eat on a budgeted and cheap restaurant. The energy you've got physically will be even saved but one of the cons of this is you'll get limited food.

True , i just surprised that there is a place where you can get a good food for a whole month for just $35 ... we spend that money for just a day in daily basis here , crazy just crazy if it was real ... i just can't believe it if i didnt experience it by muself.

Fast food is the best one practically but not an option for your health.

[bettercrypto]

Well, it may be a good idea to become a digital nomad and live in Brazil, depending the state, of course. Since you talk about Germany, I think the states of the south would fit very well your preference, since they were settled by germans and slightly preserve the culture and tradition.

I don't know how much you pay for a gym monthly subscription, but it's also cheap here. I was paying 15$ and now I will pay 9$ in another gym.

Chicken breast (kg): 3,83$
Salmon fillet (kg): 15$
Eggs (30): 3,07$
Bananas (12): 1,53$
Oatmeal (170g): 0,95$ (but I found on the internet 1kg for 1,91$, and I intend trying this)
Rice (5kg): 4,22$
Carrots (1kg): 0,76$
Potatos (1kg): 1,15$

*Brocolli I have no idea now, but it was expensive last time I checked on the supermarket.
*Cottage I don't consume, and I know there is some trickery on the sale this product, as they sell "cottage type cheese", what means it's an imitation... So I really can't say the price of a decent cottage cheese.

Do you also consume protein powders (1kg for 19,19$) and creatine (250g for 15,35$)? Those are the costs.

I will compare the price we got here in my place in

Chicken 1Kg : 2.5$
Egg 30 pcs : 4.5$
Bananas 12pcs : 2.3$ it depends on the size.
Oatmeal 170g :0.75$
Rice 5Kg : 3.5$
Carrots 1Kg : 2.2$
Potatos 1Kg : 2.3$

If you see majority of the expensive here are vegetables and eggs here in the communities of my country
I live in even though I am living in their price, when it comes to protein powders,yours is much more expensive than
here.

[NotATether]

What you'll find is the cost of a meal varies hugely country to country. In America you might buy a burger for $10 but the average wage people are paid is much higher. In your country that $0.57 might be worth the same amount in comparison to the average wage. It makes no sense to really give just the cheapest examples without giving a wider context about food costs.

Exactly. The prices of everything is adjusted in each country based on the performance of its currency. So it makes no sense to convert everything to US dollars and compare the prices of stuff between different countries. If anything, it says more about the currencies you've converted from than the things you're comparing.

[redsun114]

Isn't it a bit sad that people are talking about how to find cheaper foods these days? I mean to my understanding of the world, we shouldn't be really cutting back on food expense, of course eat as healthy as possible and that is a very important thing, but you shouldn't be forced to do this.

You should eat whatever you want, okay maybe not caviar and champagne every day lol, but eat whatever that is healthy for you with a few cheat meals here and there. If economy is so terrible that we have to reconsider how much we are spending on food? That means we are in big trouble, and we should do something about it because this can't be how we live, we don't deserve it.

[JayJuanGee]

Isn't it a bit sad that people are talking about how to find cheaper foods these days? I mean to my understanding of the world, we shouldn't be really cutting back on food expense, of course eat as healthy as possible and that is a very important thing, but you shouldn't be forced to do this.

You should eat whatever you want, okay maybe not caviar and champagne every day lol, but eat whatever that is healthy for you with a few cheat meals here and there. If economy is so terrible that we have to reconsider how much we are spending on food? That means we are in big trouble, and we should do something about it because this can't be how we live, we don't deserve it.

Yep.. nutrition is important.. especially as we get older and if we might have any health condition, then we are going to be more vulnerable to inferior ingredients that might be in cheaper foods.

For sure, I am not against saving money and trying to be frugal in order that maybe we can defer gratification, including being able to invest more into bitcoin so that we will be able to spend more (on luxury and perhaps consumption) later down the road, but at the same time, there may well be times in which cutting back on quality ingredients and/or eating real (rather than processed) foods might end up causing us difficulties in our health... and maybe we will not know about the difficulties that we are causing ourselves until later down the road... yet, I have frequently had the theory that certain people are more able to tolerate worse kinds of foods and even recover from those kinds of situations better than others, and likely that has to do with their genetics and maybe even if they might have had been eating good foods prior to some deviations and short term eating of bad (less nutritious) foods.. actually there are some items that really are not food, even though they proclaim to be food.. so each of us do need to be careful in terms of some of the processed items (that are proclaiming to be foods and/or nutritious) that any of us might be offered to eat..

[Fatunad]

Isn't it a bit sad that people are talking about how to find cheaper foods these days? I mean to my understanding of the world, we shouldn't be really cutting back on food expense, of course eat as healthy as possible and that is a very important thing, but you shouldn't be forced to do this.

You should eat whatever you want, okay maybe not caviar and champagne every day lol, but eat whatever that is healthy for you with a few cheat meals here and there. If economy is so terrible that we have to reconsider how much we are spending on food? That means we are in big trouble, and we should do something about it because this can't be how we live, we don't deserve it.

Whether we do like it or not but there are people who are really that indeed on such state on which they are really that mindful about their food expense or budget because the earning that they do get isnt really that
sufficient and this is why we dont really have no choice but to make out adjustment basing on what we do earn.Its true that it is really that sad that we are really that on that situation.We dont really have no choice
because if we dont really tend to make out adjustments then we are the ones who would be suffering even more later on. The key on here is that you should make yourself that stay fit and healthy because
we do all know that health is wealth as always.

[Jatiluhung]

Isn't it a bit sad that people are talking about how to find cheaper foods these days? I mean to my understanding of the world, we shouldn't be really cutting back on food expense, of course eat as healthy as possible and that is a very important thing, but you shouldn't be forced to do this.

You should eat whatever you want, okay maybe not caviar and champagne every day lol, but eat whatever that is healthy for you with a few cheat meals here and there. If economy is so terrible that we have to reconsider how much we are spending on food? That means we are in big trouble, and we should do something about it because this can't be how we live, we don't deserve it.

Correct, This is indeed noteworthy. due to global economic conditions that have not yet recovered. and it's a little sad to hear that people are starting to save money on food due to food prices that have been increasing over time.

but if a little more effort to still get healthy food but at a cheap price. then the solution is to buy direct raw materials that have not been processed. because I also have implemented this method since last year.

even if we buy raw materials and cook it independently in fact it can save us almost 30% on food costs or even more. but it does take more effort to do so.

But despite all that. we are still categorized as lucky people and should be grateful. because actually there are still many who even have difficulty getting food in several countries. caused by a prolonged food crisis. because if we look at the World Food Program (WFP) last year. We can see that there are around 625 million people in 89 countries who are not expected to have sufficient food until the end of November 2022. And it turns out that in these 36 countries there are around 379 million people who are truly food deficient. (Sourch : www.cnbcindonesia.com)
but that is the data in last year. I hope this year the food crisis can be overcome soon.

[uneng]

Isn't it a bit sad that people are talking about how to find cheaper foods these days? I mean to my understanding of the world, we shouldn't be really cutting back on food expense, of course eat as healthy as possible and that is a very important thing, but you shouldn't be forced to do this.

You should eat whatever you want, okay maybe not caviar and champagne every day lol, but eat whatever that is healthy for you with a few cheat meals here and there. If economy is so terrible that we have to reconsider how much we are spending on food? That means we are in big trouble, and we should do something about it because this can't be how we live, we don't deserve it.

You are totally right on your speech. But sometimes that is what life imposes to us on the currently moment, until we achieve doing something to improve our financial standards. I went for that cheap food for curiosity and I may go for that again if I feel it's necessary to save some money for other expenses, but without any doubts if I can have access to more nutritive meals, I'm not going to replace it by cheap food which lack nutrients, especially proteins. It would be great if every person could order the meal they desired without worrying about prices, though.

[kro55]

Place is the main factor in restaurant price competition, trade competition is getting tougher if an area has several restaurants. To survive in trade, must have a strategy to attract visitors.
In the place around me lives, there are several restaurants that serve food at low prices. The saving package offered depends on the menu ordered. Only at a price of Rp 25k or equivalent to $1.64, You can enjoy rice with meat on it + vegetables and cold drinks.
This figure is fairly cheap for this delicious menu, while in public places such as roadside traders offer more affordable prices for breakfast.

Probably roadside cafes can offer a lower price since they do not need to provide you with a place: a table and an armchair. Plus they don't need to provide you with a toilet and sinks to wash your hands. Nevertheless, I am surprised at such cheap prices in your countries. In my country, a plate of side dish with meat in a restaurant or cafe will cost at least 3-5 dollars.

We can't expect a luxury food service out of a small penny but we can grab it as a chance to save but people in our country are wiser. They would prefer cooking at home with cheap yet healthy ingredients just so more people could eat. Eating out at cheap restaurants will be ideal if you are living alone but if you have a family, it will be cheaper if you will just cook at home using your own budget.

I do not dispute that cooking at home is the cheapest way to get the cheapest and most delicious food. But! Wholesale supplies are available to restaurants and cafes, according to which they receive products at prices cheaper than the store provides us with you. Also, one of the disadvantages of cooking yourself is that you spend time cooking and washing dishes.

Although it takes time to cook for yourself, but in return, you can cook the food you like, and the more important thing that I want to cook for myself is the hygiene and quality of the food. I used to work as a waiter at a 3-star restaurant when I was a student, to be honest, a 3-star restaurant but the quality and hygiene were inferior.

Do you believe there are foods they prepare and keep in the fridge for a month, and when we were about to throw them away, someone ordered them? We prepare it and bring it to our customers to eat, what surprises us is that the customers say the food is delicious. There are many hidden corners in the culinary industry that diners will never see. The restaurant is still so unhygienic, what about the food in popular restaurants?

I do not dispute that cooking at home is the cheapest way to get the cheapest and most delicious food. But! Wholesale supplies are available to restaurants and cafes, according to which they receive products at prices cheaper than the store provides us with you. Also, one of the disadvantages of cooking yourself is that you spend time cooking and washing dishes.