Nowadays many people choose ready made food and refuse to cook at home. Why do you think it happens? What are the advantage and disadvantage of such a choice?

At present where foods are readily made available, many people would rather opt for instant goods than preparing it themselves for certain reasons. Along with either choice are
also
a number advantages and disadvantages. To start, many individuals would prefer ready-made foods than cooking at home because of the lack of
time
to prepare it themselves. Purchasing pre-packed goods
undeniably saves
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undeniably save
a lot of
time
.
For instance
, my cousin, who is a working student, buys herself canned goods that only requires to be prepared in just a couple of minutes. It does not require her to waste a lot of
time
to slice it or cook it, perhaps.
Hence
, pre-packed foods are preferred by someone who is very conscious
to
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of
time
.
In addition
, as the ready-made foods become
time
-efficient, money
however
is wasted. When buying foods from shops and restaurants, the prices seemed to be a bit higher. One does not just pay for the ingredients
used but
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used, but
also
the
time
and effort allocated by the one who cooked. To illustrate, when I buy for a serving of pasta in a fast food, it would cost me more than twice the amount I could have just
spend
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spent
when I buy scratch ingredients and cook it myself. Since the readily made available foods are much pricier compared to the price you have paid when you make yourself,
thus
a few dollars would be wasted as well. To put it in a nutshell, buying pre-packed meals do have an advantage and a disadvantage. While it does save a lot of
time
by quitting the process of preparing,
money
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money, however
however
, is put to waste as
readymade
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ready made
foods are much pricier. One has to weigh the benefits and drawbacks before deciding whether to just eat a home-cooked meal or not.
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