Is food in the US cheap or expensive. Not the high end but everyday food.?

-like, for a college graduate, who may not cook everyday at home, is it cheap for him to eat out. Not at sit down places but just the normal food places.If you buy things off the dollar menu then yes but McDonald's meal prices are getting kinda pricey like 6 bucks a meal when I could go to a sit down restaurant for 7-8 dollars for a better quality meal. I don't know about any one else but after I eat a meal from Micky D's I'm hungry an hour later kinda like Chinese food,that's my opinion. But if I go to a sit down place I'll stay full longer. Cheap meals would be ramen noodles for sure, loaf of bread, Pb&J and bologna. That would be cheaper in the long run, a loaf of bread is 88 cents at Kroger in TN. And I'm not sure about PB&J and bologna but I'd say about 3 bucks each which the PB&J will last about a month and if you buy a loaf a bread a wk you would spend $10 a month for one meal a day. That would be 33 cents a meal. And a bag of rice, you can cook mexican,fried rice, white rice and greek style rice for cheap too. Canned veggies.
fast food you can get a meal for under five dollars



sit down its about 7-10 dollars for a typical meal
its always better to eat at home