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Cooking vs buying food: Nigerians weigh in on which is really cheaper. What’s your take?

It depends.

If you are cooking for yourself alone, it can be expensive. Cheaper when cooking for a family size, we call it economies of scale. You go even chop belleful and visit pot again.

It's relative, I prefer we buy food sometimes because my girlfriend spends a lot on cooking especially pots of soup...

Sometimes when I am alone it's cheaper to cook depending on what the food is

Sometimes it's cheaper sometimes it's not

Depends on your location , I still eat a plate with meat for 600-700 in Jos Plateau State 🤷.

If it's just only 1 person, buying food is cheaper. But if it's a family of 3 upwards cooking is cheaper.
Besides the price of food stuff in the market is outrageous.
Tinubu no gree let single guys cook again.

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Cooking is cheaper for me. My Kitchen is always filled up

Fergie001 how fr na?

Correct.

Apus:
It depends.

If you are cooking for yourself alone, it can be expensive. Cheaper when cooking for a family size, we call it economies of scale. You go even chop belleful and visit pot again.

Buying ooo.

*Singles*

If you must eat a mountain to belleful, then sofri cook sha. Else buying is cheaper and easier to budget for.

If you must buy half the market before your food sweet, sofri just go buy from better mama put wey sabi cook and chop small.


I prefer buying, with buying comes variety - but if you spend 5k for melon soup, you're stuck with it for 3 days.

Buying Ni oooo

Lol this question again.


Eating outside is cheaper...


Cooking at home is costly if u want to eat quality and not just anyhow meal and Cooking at home makes you eat like Bandit...


U no fit keep food for pot mak u get rest of mind..

Ur mind go always dey if u cook 3 to 2 cup of rice to eat till night before 12am u go don finish am...

Apus:
It depends.

If you are cooking for yourself alone, it can be expensive. Cheaper when cooking for a family size, we call it economies of scale. You go even chop belleful and visit pot again.

Seconded.

Please what about single guys who eat more than 5 times a day, which option is preferable?

Commercial one taste better but if you are satisfaction and Care less about taste, cooking will fill your stomach better.

Buying food get levels, same way cooking get levels

Cooking. You can cook ones and eat it 2ce,3ce or even more depending. And you're even sure of what you're eating.

Cooking is healthier... You can look healthy eating out

illicit:
It's relative, I prefer we buy food sometimes because my girlfriend spends a lot on cooking especially pots of soup...

Sometimes when I am alone it's cheaper to cook depending on what the food is

Sometimes it's cheaper sometimes it's not

Poor man budget 😂

both

cooking now is very expensive now though especially if you want something nice

emmancipated:
Buying food get levels, same way cooking get levels

Gbammm 💥💯😌

Mumu say you spend almost the same price or even more to cook than buying. You only get more portion. So the more portion, you wan troway am or warm am chop later, lol

Balance the both, Cook when you have the time, eat out when you don't

Cooking would always be cheaper

Cooking is way cheaper,one meal out cost me about 3.5 to 4k but 20k will cook what I will eat twice daily for a week.

Cooking at home might not be cheap, but it's the best option.
You will eat to your satisfaction and be free food poisoning and contaminated foods.
You can't belefull with food from restaurants no matter the amount.

Apus:
It depends.

If you are cooking for yourself alone, it can be expensive. Cheaper when cooking for a family size, we call it economies of scale. You go even chop belleful and visit pot again.

Correct

Cooking is cheaper on the long run. It’s not just about the cheapness but the quality and hygiene of the meal. As an individual, if I eat out, I may spend approximately 5k in a day x 30 days = 150k but at home, 100k is quite okay.

Apus:
It depends.

If you are cooking for yourself alone, it can be expensive. Cheaper when cooking for a family size, we call it economies of scale. You go even chop belleful and visit pot again.

Buying food is only cheaper cooking if you're eating a reduced quality and portion.

Cooking.

a34594311:
Mumu say you spend almost the same price or even more to cook than buying. You only get more portion. So the more portion, you wan troway am or warm am chop later, lol

Some people manner of thinking and speaking eeeh. If them bear u witness for court they will implicate u more

you only get more portion and eat to your satisfaction, cooking isn't any cheaper at all.