This is a false argument. You're switching the goal posts from cost of ingredients to cost of time in a society that literally purposefully ensures that you don

This is a false argument. You're switching the goal posts from cost of ingredients to cost of time in a society that literally purposefully ensures that you dont have time so you spend money. We can discuss the system but its not a given. What is a given is the ingredients you use for your one meal at home should be cheaper than what it takes to make it at a restaurant. The inclusion of other humans to hire, manage, train, and then process, create, and discard the remainders of your order and clean alone should be indicative of that.