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  • I try and take a packed lunch, so about £1....
  • I try and take a packed lunch so this varies between £1 - £2. If I buy lunch a sandwich is £3, or hot meal around £3.75 from a subsidised canteen.

    Pretty expensive all in all if I didn't take a packed lunch in for the majority of the week.
  • I spend on average £4.00 a day on lunch
  • It varies but most days less than £1! :)
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  • bgr
    bgr Posts: 88 Forumite
    Hiya homemade frozen meals have no idea but cook in bulk 4 diff meals for a months supply at time and once or twice a month buy lunch out cost up to £5
  • i am a poor student so it's almost always home made for me (our canteen is sick, which is a motivational factor for hm too) i guess i spend about £1 a day
  • EagerLearner
    EagerLearner Posts: 4,976 Forumite
    I try to make home made sanwiches, pastas and soups, probably ends up around the £0.70p per day or less.
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  • hamish222
    hamish222 Posts: 716 Forumite
    I used to spend a fortune but now mainly take something in with me. On average I would say about 1.50 a day
    Yearly Grocery Budget - £100.77/ £3500. January Treats Budget - £11.80 / £100.
  • £3 per day.
  • There are 3 of us that have packed lunch in our house so it costs us around £4.00 thats 1 student 1 hubby who does lots of keep fit and is a very hungry man and me :j
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