March save on work lunches challenge

josephine82

I made 19/20 this month. Yay!
Am committed to the April challenge too- bring it on!

swampduck

Well I made it to 21/23 and my target was 20/23 so not too bad!! Roll on April!!

Swampy

maysmummy

Pasta salad today and chickpea and chicken salad yesterday. That's me done for the month and off on leave now until 13th April. Hurray!:j:j

Managed 11/15 HM lunches this month and saved loads!:T

Mr G: can I please aim for 13/15 HM lunches in April? See you all on the 13th April and good luck, MSE-ers. Happy Easter:):)
MM

AngelsMadv

Hi all,

Congratulations to you all on a fantastic performance in March!

I'm new to MSE and looking to join a few different groups. The only problem I have with this one is that my meals at work are £1 (subsidised) per day. Do people recommend still brining in food from home with such a little spend or not?

Thanks and gl to everyone in April. :T

Treacly

AngelsMadv wrote: »

I'm new to MSE and looking to join a few different groups. The only problem I have with this one is that my meals at work are £1 (subsidised) per day. Do people recommend still brining in food from home with such a little spend or not?

Wow - what a good deal, you lucky thing! My impression is that you can set the rules of this challenge to suit your circumstances. Why don't you say no additional spending on food during the working day and aim to get your £1 meals every single day? Or is that what you do anyway and you want to make it slightly tougher? Depends how much you want to save I guess!

charliegirl_3

add me please for April, gonna aim for no bought lunches the whole month after buying just one in March. shopping tomorrow so will get supplies in.

well done everyone x

milanos

Tomato, cheese and random salad leaf rolls made up for tomorrow. And the best bit...... the 6 rolls were reduced to 7p in Asda!

MrGreen

Well done everyone on completing the March challenge, I did aim to buy two lunches, and only bought one, it was easier in March what made it good for me over the month which I didn't realise till the end was that for most of the month I was on late shifts so didn't have the need to go out for lunch/breaktime and it also gave me time in the morning to make sure I took something with me.

And now for the next month, come and join us I've started the April challenge thread...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=31440159#post31440159

If you've not already done so let me know what your target is.

loveparis

I will certainly be joining this challenge in April – I’ve just started making my own lunches this week but am a bit hit and miss with it at the moment so think that this challenge will keep me going with it!

I really do need to do it – I’ve been in the fortunate position of having a fairly good disposable income up until now but I’ve just separated from my husband and now found myself really having to seriously budget for the first time in years. I used to buy both breakfast and lunch at work as well as large teas and coffees and other snacks regularly throughout the day from the canteen and would probably add up to £6-7 a day so getting on for £30-35 a week just on work-bought food and snacks – really need to get that number down now that my budget is limited!

Thanks for this challenge! x

determined_new_ms

Hi I just wanted to post that I didn't have an bought lunches after signing up to this challenge. so it was 18/18 hm for me