Cooking for colleagues to earn extra income at the “adult small dining table”

There was a time when I couldn’t figure out how to make money. I used to think about it back in school — for students who lived near their classmates’ homes, I considered offering to pay them so their parents could bring an extra portion of food for me. But I never went through with it; it felt too awkward. Now it’s actually become a reality. Netizens are doing something similar: bringing lunch for themselves and selling an extra portion to colleagues at a friendly discount. It saves people about $10 compared to ordering takeout, which often costs $40 or $50 a meal. It might as well be cheaper to pay a coworker $30 to bring them a homemade lunch. Some even cook extra portions as a side hustle. All this shows that the rising cost of living is pushing more people to start cooking for themselves again.

Young People's New Side Hustle: Running an "Adult Lunch Club" from Home