>>21508023
blah blah blah OP.
Everyone does know that it costs more to dine out than making food from scratch at home....most of the time.

There are items called loss leader items, which used to be the Value Menu, or some specials. In the grocery, it might be the $2 dozen of eggs or $4 gallon of milk, but required you to walk through the entire store to grab this item. Or maybe it's the $5 cooked rotisserie chicken. McDonalds has a $5 meal which is a double cheeseburger, 4pc nuggets, med fries AND a drink. If you are getting anythign else on the menu, you realize already you are someone who isn't trying to be cheap, but getting what you damn well please.