June save on work lunches challenge

MrGreen

Hello and welcome to the June save on work lunches thread.

Please let me know what your target is for June, for anyone new to this challenge, it's to help you reduce the amount of money you spend on lunches at work by bringing in food from home, you'll find lots of people on here to help you with ideas on what to do and keep you motivated though the challenge.

I've also posted the links to the previous months challenges below.

Challengers:

#1 - Mr Green - 2 bought lunches, the rest from home.
#2 - Nottoobadyet - No bought lunches this month
#3 - Drea - No bought lunches
#4 - Josephine82 - No bought lunches
#5 - Ashamed - Aiming to spend only £10 on lunches in June
#5 - Krisp - no bought lunches for the entire month
#6 - Ashamed of Bristol - no bought lunches this month
#7 - d3mon4ngel - no spending on breakfasts, and one bought lunch a week
#8 - InTheRed - 1 bought lunch for June
#9 - Jo_Rourke - 0 bought lunches in June
#10 - Hermia - two lunches from home each week
#11 - Lucifa73 - 18/22 lunches from home + 22/22 breakfasts
#12 - newroadahead - 1 bought lunch this month
#13 - swampyduck - two bought lunches (20/22)
#14 - La escocesa - 2 sandwich shop trips in June
#15 - sarsief - 3 bought lunches
#16 - redcoltraine - 20 homemade lunches this month
#17 - empy - 0 days of buying lunch in June
#18 - clang_uk - no bought lunches this month
#19 - Hamwic - No bought lunches till the end of the month, also going to cut out the morning toast


May challenge
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/32332361#Comment_32332361

April challenge
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2377269

Drea

Aiming for no bought lunches again.

josephine82

No bought lunches for me please- I'm in!

Ashamed_2

As a newcomer I would like to join this Challenge if that's ok.

I usually spend £3.85 for breakfast and coffee, then £5.50 for lunch, plus another £3 for coffee and snack later in the afternoon. That's £271.70 for June .

Hopefully Wife will also be taking lunch from home for more savings

I'm aiming for spending only £10 this month and using the other £260 for debts.

Good luck everyone !!!

Krisp_3

Ashamed wrote: »

As a newcomer I would like to join this Challenge if that's ok.

I usually spend £3.85 for breakfast and coffee, then £5.50 for lunch, plus another £3 for coffee and snack later in the afternoon. That's £271.70 for June .

Hopefully Wife will also be taking lunch from home for more savings

I'm aiming for spending only £10 this month and using the other £260 for debts.

Good luck everyone !!!

Hey Ashamed (I would love it if you changed your name... you have nothing to be ashamed about!! ). I used to be in this territory of spending HUGE amounts on food for work - a similar amount, in fact. Now, I bring HM food in. I cut back first on the lunch, then the afternoon snack, then the breakfast. I take my own instant coffee for the train journey and then make another one at work (we get it free) for the journey home. I had great satisfaction paying over £60 into a separate account last week (becuase I would spend it, otherwise!). It's a great feeling to change your habits like that and pay down your debt!

Krisp_3

Oh yes, and I would like to join, please! I'm aiming for no bought lunches for the entire month - that's 22 in all!

System

Hi guys!

Can I join in?

Aiming for no bought lunches this month. I MAY allow myself 2 bought coffees if it is raining and I can't cajole friends to have a picnic!

Alternatively I may allow myself to prepare a picnic for me and a friend - I've already found this can be done more cheaply than going to lunch and just paying for myself, plus, you can call in the favour at a later date!

d3mon4ngel

Good morning!

I'd like to join in this please

I've started my spending diary this morning, and it's hit home that, between me and my boyfriend, we have spent £8 on breakfast and will be spending a further £3 each on lunch today - £14 for one day!! :eek:

This has to stop, and I shall not be spending anymore on breakfasts, and would like to limit myself to a maximum of one bought lunch a week. Whether I can get him to agree to the same remains to be seen, but according to my calculator, that's over £250 we should save between us... :shocked: so it shouldn't take too much to convince him

MrGreen

Welcome to the challenge and especially good to see some new names #3 - Drea, #4 - Josephine82, #5 - Ashamed, #5 - Krisp, #6 - Ashamed of Bristol, #7 - d3mon4ngel

Good luck everyone

Ashamed_2

Krisp wrote: »

Hey Ashamed (I would love it if you changed your name... you have nothing to be ashamed about!! ).

Thanks Krisp. I think I'll keep it for now until I feel that I'm making some serious ground, then I'll change it to something more appropriate

InTheRed

Hi Everyone!
Managed to have 0 bought lunches for May and Aiming for just 1 bought lunch for June