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Suze Orman has spent decades as a best-selling author and TV host, teaching people how to invest, save for retirement, and manage their money. She\u2019s also built a fortune of her own, with a net worth in the tens of millions\u2014 but there\u2019s one category of spending that has always bothered her: eating out at restaurants, which she has called one of the biggest wastes of money.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe still to this day eat at home,\u201d Orman said in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time, Orman said her wife had prepared congee rice for lunch and meatloaf for dinner. The couple does eat out occasionally, she said, but usually not because they \u201cwant to\u201d\u2014rather, it\u2019s a social obligation when they\u2019re meeting friends. Even then, Orman said she worried about how the bill could affect her friends\u2019 finances.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we go out to eat, the deal is we have to pay because I am not going to let people, who I know don\u2019t have the kind of money that we have, waste their money on food eating out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Orman\u2019s philosophy on eating out has only become stronger as restaurant prices have climbed. Between December 2024 and December 2025, prices for \u201cfood away from home\u201d increased 4.1%, compared with a 2.4% increase for food purchased to eat at home, according to the U.S. Consumer Price Index. Overall consumer prices rose 2.7% during the same period.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook up McDonald\u2019s. Look up Taco Bell. Are you kidding me? $23, $30 just to go to McDonald\u2019s for whatever you eat there,\u201d Orman said.<\/p>\n

Suze Orman would \u2018drop dead\u2019 before buying Starbucks\u2014she\u2019d rather invest that money in her Roth IRA<\/h2>\n

Orman\u2019s money-saving philosophy doesn\u2019t stop with sit-down restaurants. The 75-year-old has said she also refuses to spend money at coffee shops.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do Cafe Bustelo coffee every morning,\u201d she said in 2024. \u201cI would drop dead before I bought a coffee. I do one cup a day and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her rationale is that seemingly small purchases can add up to substantial sums over time\u2014and that money could instead be invested. Spending $100 on coffee every month, for example, could be put into a Roth IRA and potentially grow into hundreds of thousands of dollars over several decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to think about it as: You are peeing $1 million down the drain as you are drinking that coffee,\u201d Orman said to CNBC<\/em> in 2019. \u201cDo you really want to do that? No.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Orman isn\u2019t alone. Kevin O\u2019Leary, the millionaire Shark Tank investor, has similarly emphasized how seemingly small purchases can add up to a major hit to your finances.<\/p>\n

\u201cA coffee for five dollars and fifty cents. You go to work, you spend fifteen bucks on a sandwich,\u201d O\u2019Leary said in 2024. \u201cWhat are you, an idiot?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people, particularly working in metropolitan cities, are just starting out their jobs, making the first $60,000, piss away about $15,000 a year on stupid stuff,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Eating out or grabbing a latte won\u2019t derail your finances\u2014as long as you can afford it<\/h2>\n

Critics argue that being so financially conscious that you avoid every restaurant meal or Starbucks run can miss the bigger point of personal finance: understanding where your money is coming from, where it\u2019s going, and whether your spending aligns with your financial objectives.<\/p>\n

If a weekly latte is something you enjoy and can afford\u2014budget for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The goal shouldn\u2019t be to eliminate every expense that isn\u2019t essential, it\u2019s to make sure those expenses fit within your broader financial plan.<\/p>\n

Orman herself isn\u2019t immune to spending on things she enjoys. She\u2019s admitted she splurges on private air travel\u2014and has owned properties in Manhattan, the Bahamas, and South Africa. O\u2019Leary, too, has spent heavily on designer timepieces, jewelry, and other luxury accessories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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