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Eating away from home may cost a third of the gain

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Lunch and dinner in restaurants can be a significant expense on the family budget, especially when there is a need to "eat on the street." There are options for all tastes and pockets the city. But to not blow the budget, each person must determine what the penalty is worth more: at meals or preparing food at home.

For families who earn up to 40 minimum wages, spending in restaurants and cafeterias can represent 33% of the total spent on food, according to the Inter Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies of Paraná (Diesse / PR).

Budget for families with up to six minimum wages, the impact reaches 22.6% of the total amount spent on food. "People who earn less tend to spend less on meals outside the home. As the impact is significant, seeking alternatives to save, "says Sandro Silva, an economist at Dieese / PR.

By 2006, prices for foods purchased in supermarkets rose less than inflation and did not with the cost of meals in restaurants. In 2007, the scenario began to change.

The price of food increased by 7.99%. For the purchase of products for meals at home, a growth of 8.74%. The prices of meals outside the home increased by 5.59%. Last year, food in general was 13.65% more expensive.

Eating at home has increased from 14.55% in costs, while growth in restaurants was 10.69%. "Typically, food at home comes out cheaper, depending on the number of people," says Silva.

Bring food from home to work may be an option to save. Another would be to seek lower prices. Restaurants Buffet per kilo not always offer values more into account.

To whom is the center of Curitiba, an option is the People's Restaurant, located at Praça Rui Barbosa. The price of the meal costs $ 1 for the consumer. The food allowance is the mayor of Curitiba, which supplements the cost paying U.S. $ 1.81 per plate.

The People's Restaurant has a capacity for 2 thousand meals a day and offers a varied cadápio prepared by nutritionists. "Who is not the center, you can even try to go to save, but will have to pay the bus fare. Are R $ 4.40 for transportation, round trip, plus $ 1 of the meal. Perhaps it is easier to find a restaurant close to where you are than move, "says Silva.

Two more restaurants in the same model is being built with aid from the federal government. One is the currency of the industrial city of Curitiba Fazendinha with the neighborhood and the other in Besieged site. The two areas should come into operation at the end of the first half of this year. Each will have capacity for one thousand meals a day.

In addition to Curitiba, popular restaurants are located in Columbus and Toledo, in the western region of the state. According to the Ministry of Social Development, will be deployed in restaurants Maringá, Paranaguá and Ponta Grossa.



Source: Paraná Online

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