I’m single so it’s hard to cook for 1 without re eating the same thing 5 times in a row or having wasted food. Eating out _is_ more expensive but it’s only a bit more expensive and it’s massively more convenient and tastes much better.

I can go out and get a lamb wrap or a Bahn mi for $13 and a 4 minute walk and it’s extremely tasty. I really couldn’t beat that cooking for myself.

If I was cooking for a whole family then the numbers change since it’s about the same effort to cook no matter what quantity.

> I’m single so it’s hard to cook for 1 without re eating the same thing 5 times in a row or having wasted food.

That is what a freezer is for? Cook once, eat 4-5 times when you want it, not dictated by leftovers going off in the fridge [1]. That's what I did when I was single and it is what I still do since having ready-made food in the freezer to take along as lunch, for when my daughter comes home hungry from school, (etc.) is quite handy.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH3UncRagXY

That's fine, but their point still stands. They find it economically similar and much higher on difficulty to cook at home. If they adapted a different system, this may change somewhat - although it's unlikely to have the same yield for a single in an apartment.