From April, the consumption tax rate will finally increase to 8%. There are some unavoidable expenses, but it is important to save as much as you can. According to a user survey conducted by the recipe sharing service "Cookpad," more than 70% of people chose "food expenses" as the item with the highest awareness of savings.


In addition, those who are conscious of saving food expenses want to strengthen in the future most often "refrain from eating out" (68%), followed by "cook and eat at home as much as possible" (65%) and "with cheap ingredients". Increase the repertoire of dishes that can be made ”(59%). It seems that many people are thinking about saving money by cooking themselves as a measure to raise taxes.


In addition, relatively cheap ingredients such as "bean sprout", "tofu", and "chicken breast" were the first to be used to save food costs. When I searched for "bean sprouts" in Cookpad, I found 38,000 items from main dishes to side dishes. I want to make good use of my strong household ally!


The survey was conducted from February 4th to February 10th, targeting 6,397 Cookpad users (5,766 women and 631 men). Based on the results of this questionnaire, Cookpad plans to publish a special feature to survive the consumption tax hike wisely and deliciously.