For our family of 6, I spend $2000 a month on food. That includes eating out. We eat pretty damn good on that. Following DUmmie logic, dividing that by 30 is $66 a day. Dividing that up by 3 meals a day, that is $22 a meal. Don't forget to divide by number of people, in my case, 6 people. So, $3.60 a meal. Not a hell of a lot more than the DUmmy, and the Spouse and I work our asses off for that money. The DUmmy can sleep all day, lessening it's caloric requirements.