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  • izzitme
    izzitme Posts: 413 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    I always take sandwiches, so I spend around 50 p per day.

    Thanks
    Going down the Oteley Road to see the Shrewsbury aces! :T
  • LORETTA7
    LORETTA7 Posts: 22 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Very little I take my own soup and heat in a microwave.
  • 2cats1kid
    2cats1kid Posts: 1,179 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Well I take my own pack up, but spend more than most on here who do. I take something like a rice/pasta salad or leftovers from the night before, so that's maybe 50p as I put peppers, corn, etc. in. Then a Mullerlight yogurt (50p) and three pieces of fruit. Checked Tesco online and they reckon 20p for an apple and 15p for a banana, plus probably another 20-30p for grapes or plums or something to be my third bit. And I also have either Babybel or cheese triangles, so 30p or so for that. So all in all I'm looking at £2 per day for my packup. I have an active job, so get hungry and am also doing Slimming World, hence the Mullerlights and cheese!
  • greenpixey
    greenpixey Posts: 2,806 Forumite
    Probably spend around 75p -1.00 in my lunchbox. But then I got my two son's school lunchboxes and my husbands as well so it all adds up...
  • pinginal
    pinginal Posts: 301 Forumite
    No more than £2.00 per day.
  • I only spend about 70p to £1 on lunch as it is always home-prepared. I don't understand why anyone wants to spend more just to save getting up a few minutes earlier! (Plus I know exactly what has gone into my lunch)
  • Prob spend about £4 -£5 a day. Far too much but not organised enough!!!! This is for my husband - he refuses to take in packed lunch so v expensive. Still comes down to expense for me!!

    Any thoughts on how to persuade him???
  • I'm obviously a total techno cretin because I can't understand how to do this.
  • £5 - £10 a day!
  • pennyocs
    pennyocs Posts: 239 Forumite
    i make 2 lunches every week day and spend an average of £1.20 per day for both.just need to convince oh to take pack up for lunch instead of pies for lunch from local greasy spoon cafe eeww
    when your life is a mess light one more cigarette its so logical!!

    get up and dance,get up and smile,get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while :T
    There's no profit in peace boys we better fight some more:(
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