Is 80，000 yen a month in food expenses too expensive for a single person？ I feel like it would be better to stop trying to cook for myself and just buy ready-made meals．
★Is 80,000 yen a month too expensive for a single person to spend on food? I feel like it would be better to just buy ready-made meals instead of trying to cook for myself… How much do single people generally spend on food? In this article, we will explain the average food expenses for single-person households and their breakdown. If you’re cooking at home to save money but are worried that it’s not helping you save on food costs, please take a look at this article, which will introduce some cooking methods that are effective at saving money. How much do single-person households spend on food per month? How much do single-person households spend on food per month? According to the “Household Survey (Household Income and Expenditure Edition)” conducted by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2023, the average monthly food expenses for single-person households is 42,049 yen. Therefore, although it will vary depending on whether you cook for yourself or not, 80,000 yen per month is quite high for food expenses for a single person living alone. When looking at the results by city size, the average monthly cost is 44,038 yen in large cities, 40,471 yen in medium-sized cities, and 40,677 yen in small cities and towns, so it can be said that the amount spent on food is not that different no matter where you live. Is the rising cost of food a cause of high food costs? A monthly food bill of 80,000 yen is roughly double the average amount, so it is considered high. According to the same survey conducted by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2023, the breakdown of the main expenses that can be thought of as related to cooking at home out of the average monthly food expenses of 42,049 yen is as follows: ・Grains: 2,821 yen ・Seafood: 2,222 yen ・Meat: 2,400 yen ・Dairy and egg products: 1,832 yen ・Vegetables and seaweed: 3,746 yen ・Fruit: 1,700 yen ・Fats and oils and seasonings: 1,587 yen In addition, “prepared foods” such as side dishes are 7,618 yen per month, and the cost of eating out is 9,690 yen per month. Even taking this amount into consideration, it can still be said that 80,000 yen per month is expensive. Possible reasons for high food costs Cooking at home is thought to help keep food costs low, but in this case, let’s think about why food costs are reaching 80,000 yen per month. (Link below).
>>1 Only the lazy, self-catering, luxurious, low-income bottom-class people say things like “prices ah,” “Engel coefficient ah,” “inequality ah,” and “Jiming ah.”
>>18 When I was at an intermediate level of cooking, I would use a block of pork belly that cost about 1500-2000 yen to make one serving of braised pork.
If you live alone, you can spend it on whatever you want except for telephone, rent, and utility bills. If you can’t spend it on whatever you want, you’d be better off getting married.
There are meats and other items that are twice the price, and if you choose more expensive items and eat more, your food bill will go up, but I’m not sure if it will reach 80,000 yen. If you drink expensive alcohol, it will probably exceed that.
People who can’t cook but are confident in their sense of taste are a real pain. People who can’t even do something as simple as cooking will die without ever knowing the deliciousness of food they’ve made themselves.
Breakfast: Matsuya 390 yen Coffee 200 yen Lunch: Yoshinoya 900 yen Snack: Lawson 300 yen Dinner: Seven-Eleven bento and cream puffs 800 yen That’s a total of 80,000 yen.
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