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Yeah, I guess I didn't make clear by "eating out" but I don't mean sit-down service at a restaurant. Just any sort of institution that provides cooked food to m

Yeah, I guess I didn't make clear by "eating out" but I don't mean sit-down service at a restaurant. Just any sort of institution that provides cooked food to me. I suppose you're right that "fast food" might be cheaper, but it's so unhealthy. I would think some business offering rice, beans, lentils, teeeeny bits of meat, cheap but fresh vegetables could still come in cheaper than preparing food yourself, provided they don't have to wait your table or anything. Maybe they only offer one or two meal options and it's somewhat pre-cooked.

nostrademons 10y ago
That'd probably work on a unit-economics basis but fail on a volume basis. In order for cooking-at-scale to work, you need to drive sufficient sales within your local area that you can ensure that food is bought within a few minutes after cooking it. The vast majority of people buy by taste rather than by healthiness. (Otherwise, we wouldn't have such an obesity epidemic in the US.) Incidentally, in markets where there are a fair number of health-conscious yuppies, you do get healthy fast-food restaurants, eg. Loving Hut in SF/BayArea. I hear Portland has a big food truck that scene that's somewhat similar.