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I do not think corperations are my friends in general, but I also was exagerating a bit for the sake of argument

Grocery prices don't affect me anyways since I only buy things at least 40% on sale, and I buy in bulk to further spend less per meal

i like the idea of pika looking at like cheap ground beef thats 10 dollars in disgust and buying the expensive ground beef thats 20 dollars but its 40% off so its inheretly the better choice to him

I buy with a "how many dollars per meal am I getting from this", so sadly, that does not occur

if the 10 dollar pack was a bad deal, I'd just get neither

I skip out on like 95% of the sales/marked down things I see because even on sale, the majority of things in a grocery store is a scam

That said, ground beef even not on sale is usually a better value than most foods, you end up spending under 2 dollars per meal using it

For people who think Pika is exaggerating, he's not, I've fact checked this he really does spend ~$2CAD per-meal

Its really not hard

usually closer to 3 though

I tried to do that once. I couldn't commit.

same, if I'm under $10/meal I'm impressed with myself

I do not care what i spend on food because i enjoy food

I meant more for when I'm making low-effort meals at home

I spent $30 on breakfast an hour ago, and it was good

and obviously if I'm actually cooking something nice, it's going to be higher

The USDA has a meal plan that's allegedly like $10 per day.

YouTube meal-prep slop is also somewhere around there

The meal kit companies I think are more like $18+

I think it's more per-day, most are $10-$11/meal, and then assume you add in a dollar or two extra to augment probably $20-$24/day

I think most of those kits aren't that bad of an option or anything, but idk if people are always really saving the time they think they are

They're all two-serving meals and advertise per serving prices

$8.99 per meal sounds better than $36 per week minimum.

is there one in particular that's cheaper? HelloFresh, Factor, and Tuvalu are all $10 at their cheapest per-serving

Home Chef has some down to $8.99

yeah ok, same ballpark

And they vary a lot in makeup. Some are super low calorie and 40+ grams of protein which is where I personally think they shine. Cheaper than a burger and more protein? Sign me up.

I'm sorta pricing that people would do 2 of those per-day, and then have some eggs, or fruit, or a granola bar or w/e they do for either breakfast or as a snack between meals

YouTube/TikTok mealprep nutjobs can get to Pika pricing if they really try, but most go for something that's at least borderline sustainable

I think $10 a day is probably sustainable without going full "beans and rice erry day" but it'd require discipline

I think the challenge is most meal-preppers are trying to hit protein macros or w/e too

which makes it hard to hit SUPER low prices unless you are buying taco-bell grade meat

doable, but yeah you need to comitt to that thrifty lifestyle

Just buy whole cows and pigs, then put the meat in a deep freezer

@taxes You want a quarter cow?

buy when it's cheap, eat what you have when it's not

Ill take one

I think my meals are good, I just only buy good deals

Rice and beans are like... good though? I obviously wouldn't want it for every meal that sounds like a texture nightmare, but you can (aslong as spices don't count as budget) cook them in a LOT of different ways!

Rob had a really good birthday stream, raised $2800

averaged ~70 viewers for 21 hours (84 peak), and gained a few subs

so its the biggest real stream he's done since his last Birthday I think

How much was big donors vs small donors?

complete estimation based on the one scrub through I did to count totals

probably $2200-2500 from 5 big donors

the other $300-600 were subs/resubs/small donos and a hyptetrain

I don't think he even did anything special for the stream, just streamed LoM, Mechachameleon, Marvel Rivals, etc.

he bounced back

yeah that 24 hour stream helped a lot