Go Homemade!

It probably won't come as a surprise that homemade meals are less cheaper than store bought.

Take for example, two weeks ago, in my hunger and almost being late I've decided to pick up (instead of getting it delivered) a chicken sandwich. Which cost me less than PhP 200 about USD 4. All it had was flat bread. Thinly sliced chicken meat, onions, cucumber, tomato, honey mustard sauce, mayonnaise, and catsup. I also added some potatoes for extra carbohydrates. So that brings my total cost to USD 5.

To first world countries USD 5 is a small amount but even in first world countries their meals cost less. I remember having bought a meal to share and have a drink to go with it on my USD. That said store bought food can cut your budget in half. 

Same principle homemade food can double your budget. Take a quick trip to the grocery later and buy a week's lunch. 

Grocery Tips:

1. Make a list- it helps to know what you need versus what looks good. The list also gives you an estimate on how much you're going to spend in the grocery.
2. Compare prices- in this country raw meat is sourced from different places. And those places vary in pricetag. Everytime you walk into a grocery there's at least 3 options. (There's the "generic" grocery label meat, there's the heavily advertised widely popular label meat, and then there's the somewhere in between the two brands label meat. You're going to notice that the lighting and the vendors look sometimes act differently from the other.)
3. Stick to your list- chances are youre

So there you have it folks! Stick to your budget and save to invest.

Xo,

Paula