How to Use the Delivery vs Home Cooking Cost Calculator
It is easy to tell yourself you should order delivery less often, but hard to know exactly how much you would actually save by cooking instead. This calculator compares your monthly delivery order count and average order price against the cost of cooking the same number of meals at home, then shows the savings both monthly and annually.
The math is simple: it multiplies your order count by the average order price to get your total delivery spend, and multiplies the same order count by your per-meal cooking cost to get your total cooking cost. The difference is your potential savings. For shared ingredients like spices, divide their cost down to a per-serving amount for a more accurate number.
Seeing the annual total often makes the savings feel more real than a small monthly number does. Swapping just two or three delivery orders a week for home-cooked meals can add up to real money over a year, so use this result to set a realistic goal instead of trying to cut delivery out entirely.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check your bank or delivery app statements from the last one to two months and take the average number of orders per month for a more accurate result.
Include only the grocery cost of the ingredients for one meal. For shared items like spices used across many meals, divide the cost down to a per-serving amount.
This calculator compares ingredient cost only. If you want to weigh your cooking time too, multiply your expected cooking time by your hourly value and add it separately.