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  • Pretty Please can I have one, I'm a good girl honist guv!!!!

    My lunch can cost anything from under a £ (homemade soup & a sandwich) to £3.50 fish a cone of chips and a roll, (a cold day out with Cub Scouts) .
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]It matters not if you try and fail, and fail and try again;[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]But it matters much if you try and fail, and fail to try again.[/FONT]
    [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Stick to it by R B Stanfield
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  • sealady
    sealady Posts: 490 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Lunch does not normally cost me anything because I always make sure I have enough left overs from the night before's dinner to use for my lunch.
  • cpt574
    cpt574 Posts: 74 Forumite
    About 80p most days
  • As a SATM most days it's nothing as I eat whatever is in the fridge needing using up, OH and DD less than £1 each as they have packed lunch.
  • Bongedone
    Bongedone Posts: 2,457 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    When in the office I mostly make my own (50p -£1.50) except Fridays where I treat myself with take away (£5). I do quite a few off site events also but I can claim the food cost back and it would be hard keeping a packed lunch fresh.
  • On average I would spend:

    One yougurt out of a six pack (6 Asda low fat 98p) - 17p approx
    One sachet of Asda Cup a Soup 58p for 4 sachets -15p approx
    A piece of fruit (from a multipack) - 20p approx
    Handful of carrot sticks - 20p approx

    Total amount for lunch approx 72p approx. (BARGAIN)

    Saw that M&S also had a link to the Lovefoodhatewaste website on their site too.
  • Toonie
    Toonie Posts: 1,154 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    At work I get my lunch provided, but when I'm at home no more than a £1 a day.
    Grocery budget in 2023 £2279.18/£2700

    Grocery budget in 2022 £2304.76/£2400
    Grocery budget in 2021 £2107.86/£2200
    Grocery budget in 2020 £2193.02/£2160

    Saving for Christmas 2023 #15 £ 90/ £365
  • sadiedoll
    sadiedoll Posts: 136 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    I eat lunch at school everyday, so if I have soup and a roll its £1 or a baked tattie and filling is £1.20.
  • irchy_mum
    irchy_mum Posts: 297 Forumite
    Between 50p & £1, luckily I'm home for lunch and most of it's HM.
    Jo x:A
  • Usually less than a pound cause I take a pack-up :D
    tying hard to cut down grocery shop bill...
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