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The 'LoveFoodHateWaste' giveaway
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I usually bring sandwiches so less than £1.0
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I love the lovefoodhatewaste website and have picked up loads if useful tips.
We are a family of 3 and I always cook enough for 4 so that my husband and I can share the 4th portion for lunch the next day. As I try to budget £1 per head for dinner, I guess our lunches average out about 50p!
Would love to win the lunch kit - the flask would be superhandy for the home made soup!0 -
I think on average, I spend about £4.20 a day buying lunch.
I would LOVE one of these food kits - might get me sorted out to make lunch at home!!!0 -
I'm a teacher, so 4 days a week I have free skool dinners. The other days I probably spend about a fiver. Then it's Sunday lunch at my mother in law's - no cash paid, but I pay in other ways!!!! Anyway, my total expendature over the course of the week works out at 70p a day.0
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I must spend at least £3.50 a day, really need to start bringing my own!!!Sealed pot challange member # 569

Make £10 a day challenge starting 24/2/09 Feb £0 / £40 :T0 -
I would say less than a £1 as I either bring my own or don't have one.0
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about £1.00 a day for 2 of us. Usually leftovers or sandwiches using HM bread and whatever meat is left over from Sunday lunch which I slice and portion into ther freezer every week.0
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I spend about £6 for lunch. I definitely try to spend under £10 for lunch.
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I was buying a bottle of pop, a packet of crisps and a jacket potato every day fully loaded with melted cheese and butter . It was yummy but was costing me nearly £4 per day so due to the credit crunch and my waist line I am now recycling my pop bottle and filling it up with squash. I don't buy crisps now and instead make lots of pasta and take it to work.
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hi I usually use what ever is in the fridge from the night before and just make a sandwich0
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