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Takeaways · 4 min

Your £12 dinner costs about £18 at the door.

The food isn't the expensive part. It's the higher app prices and the fees stacked on top.

£1,870

a year if you order twice a week at that price.

The 10-second version

  • +50%is roughly what app prices and fees add to the cost of the food.
  • £730a year saved by swapping one order a week for a meal at home.
  • £9,300is what that saving could grow to in 10 years, invested.

You pay for it three times.

A meal that's £12 in the restaurant picks up extras before it reaches you.

On top of the food
  • App prices: about £2

    The same dish often costs more on the app than in the restaurant.

  • Fees: about £4

    A delivery fee and a service fee, added at the checkout.

A typical example. Fees vary by app, distance and time of day, and a tip adds more.

Swap just one a week.

Same person, same Friday treat. The only difference is what happens on the other night.

  • Two takeaways a week

    about £1,870 a year

    £18 each

  • One takeaway, one at home

    about £1,140 a year

    £18 plus a £4 meal

Based on an £18 delivered meal and a £4 home-cooked one. Your numbers will differ.

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