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Meal preparation, sometimes called meal prep, is the process of planning and preparing meals.

Advance preparation

Advance meal preparation

Sometimes meal preparation involves preparing meals ahead of time for a short or period of time.[1] This practice may occur among people who desire to lose weight, gain muscle mass, or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Advance preparation can serve to standardize food portions. Meals preparation are fully cooked.[2] Meals may be prepared in small containers such as Tupperware, and are sometimes labeled and dated to remain organized.


Benefits

Saving money

By preparing meals in advance for some period of time, there is a limited need for an individual to purchase food from restaurants or bars, which can have an average markup rate of around 300% .[3] According to the 2020 Consumer Expenditures Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there was a 32.6 percent decrease in spending of food away from home from 2019 to 2020 and, simultaneously, there was a 6.4 percent increase in spending in food at home (which is defined as food at grocery stores and other food stores where the final purchaser is the consumer.)[4][5] These trends can be attributed to the rise of the COVID-19 during this period as consumers were more hesitant to eat out at this time. The rise in spending for food at home and decrease for food away from home means that preparing food at home more, led to the average consumer saving approximately $1151 from eating out less from 2019 to 2020.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Pare, J. (2000). Make-Ahead Meals. Company's Coming. Company's Coming Publishing, Limited. ISBN 978-1-895455-72-4. Retrieved May 6, 2015. 157 pages.
  2. ^ "A Beginner's Guide to Once a Week Food Prep + 20 Starter Recipes and Meal Prep Ideas - Organize Yourself Skinny". Organize Yourself Skinny. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  3. ^ "How to Price Your Restaurant Menu". Funding Circle. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ^ "Spending on 9 of the 14 major components of household spending decreased from 2019 to 2020 : The Economics Daily: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics". www.bls.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  5. ^ "U.S. Food Expenditures at Home and Abroad". www.fb.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  6. ^ "Consumer Expenditure Surveys Tables (CEX)". www.bls.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-23.

Further reading

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