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i spend about £1.50 a day on average for my packed lunch.
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I spend about £3 per day on lunch, usually buy a sandwich but get free drinks in work so dont buy any. Karen
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About £5 - £7, the food at 'Eat' is so expensive, but so nice....0
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:money:i spend around £3.50 on lunch0
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Depends where I am, but maximum five pounds, least (when home made) £1
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about £2.75 a day in our work canteen0
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i probably spend about 3.50 most days. good luck everyone x0
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Usually at home so something homemade. Today was fusilli pasta (10p) with 1/2 tin tomato soup (10p) and 50g medium cheddar grated in (30p) so approx. 50p. Delicious on a cold autumn day.20*25 for 2025: 489 / 5000
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I personally don't work but i always make homemade cheese/onion or sausage rlls for my son and husband. this saves a fair bit of money, for each packup a day it would probably be approx £1.0
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I always aim to make a packed lunch (cost under a pound) but often forget and end up buying one for about £3.0
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