Meal Budget Planner
AvailablePlan meals for the week with their cost and see spending per person per day against your budget.
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Summary
About this tool
Plan the week's breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks with the cost of each dish for everyone eating. Set your food budget, the number of people and the days the plan covers, and see what is left, the cost per person per day and the cost of each day. Your meal plan stays in this browser.
How it works
- Planned spending adds up the cost of every dish.
- Left in the budget is your budget minus planned spending, or the amount you are over.
- Per person per day is planned spending divided by the number of people and by the number of days. Budget per person per day does the same with your budget.
- Cost by day shows the number of meals and their cost from Monday to Sunday, with Any for food shared across the week.
Common questions
How do I work out the cost of a dish?
Add up the share of each ingredient you use, not the price of the whole pack. For example, use the cost of 200 g from a 1 kg bag.
Where do snacks and drinks go?
Add them as a line with the day set to Any and the meal set to Snacks. They count towards the total and the cost per person.
Can I plan for more than one week?
Yes. Set the days the plan covers to anything up to 62. Days of the week repeat, so add the week to the dish name if you need to tell them apart.
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