I believe this is not just a shift in spending behavior by age, but a product of people waiting longer to have children. Cooking a meal as a single person or co

I believe this is not just a shift in spending behavior by age, but a product of people waiting longer to have children. Cooking a meal as a single person or couple is harder to justify vs a restaurant. When cooking it becomes more cost and time effective the more quantity of food you cook. For me it is far more time and cost effective to eat an inexpensive meal from a take out place, although I like cooking.