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  • burtha
    burtha Posts: 903 Forumite
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    Ref.stanley flasks, we had one that was the same ,only kept things hot for a few hours ...anywat we emaild them and returned the flask,we didnt have receite, ..they have a lifetime warenty(spelling mistake) and will replace or fix...dont waste £17 ..
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  • abby1234519
    abby1234519 Posts: 1,961 Forumite
    burtha wrote: »
    Ref.stanley flasks, we had one that was the same ,only kept things hot for a few hours ...anywat we emaild them and returned the flask,we didnt have receite, ..they have a lifetime warenty(spelling mistake) and will replace or fix...dont waste £17 ..

    Silly question, but I assume the new flask does keep it hot?
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  • I was heating the flask, I have to assume I wasn't reheating the soup enough

    Do you think I am right about the thickness of the soup? Ie the thicker the quicker it loses the heat. I wish I could remember physics!!!! I keep thinking of molecules vibrating ha

    Stanley flasks have a lifetime guarantee. Get in touch with Stanley uk. I got mine replaced last year, no hassle at all, didnt even need a receipt.

    I had a food jar and for three months it was fine then it started doing what yours is doing. They used to be a great item till they started making them in China and now the quality is no where near.
  • lilian1977
    lilian1977 Posts: 5,157 Forumite
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    edited 16 April 2014 at 12:41PM
    This week I have:

    A tub of houmous (£1)
    Pack of oatcakes (59p)
    2 x avocados (£1.80)
    Punnet cherry tomatoes (90p)
    4 x apples (45p)
    Small block cheese (£1)

    This has done me for 4 lunches and a snack (the apple and cheese) but I've also got 4 plums (50p reduced) and 4 bananas (40p?), plus 4 packs of value crisps (22p split out) and 4 choc digestive bars (24p split out).

    That's £7.10 for 4 lunches and all my snacks for the day. All Tesco value prices except the oatcakes which were Nairns on a half price offer and the avos, so you could probably get that cheaper by buying the avos from a market.

    I'll also have a cup a soup with it if I feel hungry and/or cold (90p for but you can get cheaper ones). So £8 including that.
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  • agreenmess
    agreenmess Posts: 149 Forumite
    edited 16 April 2014 at 1:15PM
    I currently am obsessing over a soup I recently made, super easy, very tasty and filling. I worked it out to be 27p per serving! Depending on the day I might have HM bread with either butter or hummous with it. Still turns out to be very cheap!

    https://mulchoverwinter.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/tomato-and-lentil-soup/

    I will also normally bring a small slice of HM cake or a couple of HM cookies in for afternoon snack with tea.
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