Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success

I can't wait for the "GenZ are killing the restaurant business!" headlines.

Fuck, what about millennials? Those guys been fucked even longer.

Media being out of touch with reality while being bootlickers of the wealthy will never stop being funny.

demand better kitchens and kitchen storage in rentals.

it is a fucking joke out here

Cooking is expensive now too. I'm paying pre-covid eating out prices to cook food at home, and I shop cheap. $80/week if I really hit some savings to feed just myself.

Sometimes I have to go to the fucking food bank- I guess you could say I'm shopping less

Correction: “Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they get vastly underpaid”

Aren’t we all? The price of everything has gone up the past few years.

Cooking helps you save money, eat better, and can be entertaining. I've started to really get into recently.

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Our future ist burning, I am serious look at that shit.

That's not a bad thing, actually I'd call that a success minus the financial struggles.

GenX here, sounds like me a few decades ago, counting the pennies and balancing everything, and not completely succeeding.

I'm not sure who the article is referring to, but pretty much every Gen Z person I know lives at home with their parents. So not really a strong point being made here. Oh, it's fortune. That explains it.

I always assumed cooking was the default.

The reason for this is bad but the end result is good. Let's hope these habits stick around once people are in a better spot.

@return2ozma

Or some just like cooking and don't give a damn about consumerism?

I'm not exactly struggling with finances. I cook all my food because I like to and have time. I hardly buy stuff because I unbrainwashed myself from consumerism.

Half the reason I semi-retired in my 30s is because I need little to satisfy me after de-bloating my mind.

I have a baby son and a wife and plenty of time to spend with them.

All of the people I know who have more money than me do not have any of this.

I like making homemade chicken bowls. They were originally meant to be cheaper alternatives, but KFC food quality is kinda shit sometimes, so at this point I outright prefer my own version. Mine also has shrimp since they take about the same time to cook as the chicken, so I mix throw that in.

Just frozen corn at the bottom (well, heat it up, just follow the instructions on the bag, I usually just stick frozen veggies on the microwave with a bit of water for 3 mins).

Then the breaded shrimp or some popcorn chicken pieces on the bottom with the corn.

Then mashed potatoes. Instant or ones made from actually smashing potatoes work (for real ones, just peel some potatoes and cut them up into smallish chunks and boil them for about 10 minutes, then drain the water, add some milk and butter (or dairy free alternatives). About 1 tbsp of butter, I like to do the milk by ear, starting with too little and adding more until the moisture is about right. Also add salt or it'll taste like it's missing something. Taste it for both milk (moisture level rather than flavour) and salt (flavour for this one) to get it right. You can add oregano or chives, or any green seasoning to enhance it without changing the flavour profile entirely. Or if you want to change it entirely, go with curry powder, Cajun, or some other spice blend (not sure that would work with chicken bowl, but it doesn't hurt to experiment).

Then more chicken on the top, shredded cheese, and gravy (I use envelope gravy, pretty quick and easy to make, just follow the directions). Add paprika or cayenne for colour/heat.

The title of this article reads lile a dr seuss book

Where are they getting their ingridients from to cook if they shop less? Or do they just eat less? Is this about starvation?

Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success survive

FTFY

Why is this a headline? It's just called living within your means. Smart people have been doing this forever, it's nothing news worthy.

pre-made food is less expensive than individual ingredients where I live... I couldn't cook my own food even if I wanted to

And they’re doing it cheerfully, I’m led to believe. Images don’t lie. Look how happy they are.

I'm in a dual income houshold, in a single bed/single bath apartment that, 5 or 6 years ago, would have run for about $600/month. Now it costs us $1200 (this is in Canada where the housing market is in complete and utter shambles, only getting worse and heading for a complete fiery crash).

At this rate, I will never be able to afford a mortgage. Let alone a mortgage and car payments, let alone all that plus food, utilities, or any liesure activities to, y'know, give me and my girl any sort of quality of life. No wonder we eat Kraft mac n cheese and hot dogs instead of hitting the town on friday nights.

I never go out to eat anymore. Not worth the drive and everything is ridiculously overpriced.

Walmart+ has been a blessing because I can get groceries delivered to my house same-day.

I think restaurants are just taking more advantage of an ever-shrinking pool of idiots.

wtf, financial success?

Not sure i know what that is, but it seems a pretty depressing goal to have.
Could be worse though.

Good. They're finally learning that sending all your earnings to UberEats middlemen isn't a sustainable way to live.