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  • Pauline_Cooke
    Pauline_Cooke Posts: 1 Newbie
    Approx. £2.50
  • rogwid
    rogwid Posts: 1 Newbie
    About £2.50 per day
  • Akom
    Akom Posts: 159 Forumite
    I work 2 shift patterns.

    When on earlies i spend about £1 making my own sandwiches.

    When i'm on lates i tend to make my own dinner which sometimes comes from leftover dinners i have frozen as i sometimes cook to much. Approx £2-3
  • melnik11
    melnik11 Posts: 2 Newbie
    Having a family of 6 I think including school dinners x 3 1 packed lunch x 1
    1 x bought sandwich on the go(husband) and me at home probably £15.00 pound a day!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!:o
  • *fish
    *fish Posts: 1 Newbie
    Less than pound, yummy homemade soup!
  • parsnipsrule
    parsnipsrule Posts: 1 Newbie
    about £1.50 per day
  • kings981
    kings981 Posts: 139 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'm lucky enough to work on an organic farm, where I can forage fruit and veg for free. I make the most of yesterdays loaves (sometimes last weeks!!) and slightly out of date cheese!! Lunch is always interesting and I never go hungry.

    I make soups out of the graded out veggies, which are very much appreciated throughout the winter months.
  • Loopyloo
    Loopyloo Posts: 3 Newbie
    :p I spend no more than 50p a day, making my own sarnies or taking last nights left overs with me.
  • lizziebell*80
    lizziebell*80 Posts: 1,210 Forumite
    Cashback Cashier
    Ooh I would love a posh lunch box and flask.
    I try and take a packed lunch (cheese and marmite for the last forever!) so it must be maybe a pound or so a day, unless I get a free lunch at work ;)
  • benjaminbunny_2
    benjaminbunny_2 Posts: 3 Newbie
    :T I end up making 3 packed lunches each day; for my husband and the kids, (4 after half term as the youngest can stay for lunch then too). If i don't do my husbands he buys during the day and spends almost £8 a day!
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