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  • Toast and Cheese virtually every day - approx 75p
  • Try to always make my husband a packed lunch with a flask (soup or coffee)if hes travelling, I eat at home, any leftovers from the night before or soup when its cold.The children eat a hot lunch at school in winter,packed lunch in summer.:D
  • suedong
    suedong Posts: 1,133 Forumite
    This would be so benefitial to me with the credit crunch hitting hard I now spend less than £1 per day, dependant on the deals available at Morisons when I shop.:A
    LUCK COMES TO THOSE WHO WAIT PATIENTLY :)

  • CRANKY40
    CRANKY40 Posts: 5,939 Forumite
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    I spend about £1 a day including a drink. I did make my friend a packed lunch too, to prove I could make her a good healthy lunch for £1, but she won't carry on and make them herself, sigh!
  • smilelols
    smilelols Posts: 178 Forumite
    I spend about £1.50 a day. That includes milk money and snacks (and I bake cakes once a week for work!!)
    :j Bought all my presents for this year (birthday and Christmas) now starting on next years!!:j
  • About £3.00
  • I never buy lunch out (unless arranged) so i guess my lunch spend would be abount £1.50, thats for rice cakes, apple, water (free from the tap!!) and maybe a home made flapjack or brownie.
  • Probably about £1 or less a day - I make my own lunch to take to work every day. It's cheaper and often healthier than what's available in the shops.
  • I have soup everyday which is approx £1.10 a day. My husband doesn't always take his own though and can spend anything up to £5 a day! I have two kids and I would say that their lunch wouldn't be anymore than £1 each per day.
  • I spend about £3 every day
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