Food Costs NNY and Ways to Cut Costs

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NNY > Food Costs > Knowing Your Food Costs

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Suggestions for AI > Estimating Annual Food Costs

1. Describe your family.  Or, cut and paste the text you wrote earlier.  Include number and ages of family members, zip or postal code, your income range (high, middle, low),.
2. Describe what you eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, where you shop, and how much you think you spend a week or a month for eating at home.
3. Describe how often you eat away out or have food delivered and what you buy.
4. Then give AI instructions:  "Based on the information I have submitted, estimate my costs for food for a year."

 

Suggestions for AI > Costs for Breakfast and Options

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1. Describe in more detail what your family eats for breakfast.  Examples: brand of cereal, kind of milk; pancakes and if an mis; eggs, toast, and bacon; drinks such as juice or coffee or tea.  Describe where you get breakfast supplies.  Examples: Price Chopper, Aldi's, Farmers Market, or perhaps have chickens and your own eggs.
2. Describe in more detail any breakfasts eaten away from home -- how often and where.  Examples: donuts and coffee from Stewart's or  breakfast sandwiches from McDonald's;   
3. Then give AI instructions:  "Based on the information I have submitted previously and now, estimate our costs for breakfasts for the year and then give me suggestions of how we could reduce our costs for breakfasts.

 

Suggestions for AI > Costs for Lunches and Options

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1. Describe in more detail what your family eats for lunch.  Examples: soups and if homemade or canned; peanut butter and jelly sandwiches;  kinds of drinks, and dessets.  Describe where you get lunch supplies.  Examples: Price Chopper, Aldi's, Farmers Market, or perhaps fruit from your own trees.
2. Describe in more detail any lunches eaten away from home -- how often and where.  Examples: school lunch program for students.  Describe takeout food at work -- from where and what kind of foods.  
3. Then give AI instructions:  "Based on the information I have submitted previously and now, estimate our costs for lunches for the year and then give me suggestions of how we could reduce our costs for lunches..

 

Suggestions for AI > Costs for Dinners and Options

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1. Describe in more detail what your family eats for dinner -- at home and away from home.  Examples: soups and if homemade or canned; peanut butter and jelly sandwiches;  kinds of drinks, and dessets.  Describe where you get lunch supplies.  Examples: Price Chopper, Aldi's, Farmers Market, or perhaps fruit from your own trees.
2. Describe in more detail any lunches eaten away from home -- how often and where.  Examples: Pizza - delivered and from where.  Any full service restaurants.
3. Then give AI instructions:  "Based on the information I have submitted previously and now, estimate our costs for dinners for the year and then give me suggestions of how we could reduce our costs for dinners..

 

Suggestions for AI > Costs for Snacks and Drinks

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1. Describe in more detail what your family eats for snacks-- at home and away from home.  Examples: ships and soda.  Describe where you get supplies.  
2. Describe in more detail any snacks eaten away from home -- how often and where.  Examples: Vending machines for candy bars, beer and pretzels at a local pub.
3. Then give AI instructions:  "Based on the information I have submitted previously and now, estimate our costs for snacks and drinks for the year and then give me suggestions of how we could reduce our costs..

 

AI Examples of Food Costs for Northern New York

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Breakfasts

Pancakes & Bacon - prepared at home

• Pancake Mix - $.30
• Bacon (3 slices) - $.60
• Butter (pat) - $.05
• Coffee (home brewers) - $20
• TOTAL - $1.15

Toast and Eggs - prepared at home

• Toast (2 slices) - $.38
• Eggs (2) - $.70
• Butter/Margine - $.05
• Milk (1/4 cup) - $.22
• TOTAL - $1.35

Cold Cereal & Milk

• Cereal (boxed) - $.50
• Milk (1 cup) - $.88
• TOTAL - $1.38

McDonald's

• Sausage and Egg McMuffin Meal  - $10.00
• Tim Horton's - Bacon-egg-cheese sandwich and coffee - $7.25

Notes

• Food purchases away from home typically cost several times more than food prepared at home.