Pack Your Lunch and Save $3,000 a Year
A reader sent me a link to this infographic she helped create after seeing my post on healthy, cheap eating. I work from home now, but I remember the days I worked in an office and spent an atrocious amount of money on going out for lunch or picking something up from the crappy deli on the first floor. It seemed like the only time I brought a lunch was when I was broke as a joke for whatever reason and knew I couldn’t justify spending 8 bucks on a tuna melt. If I went back to working in an office today, there’s no doubt I would pack lunches on the regular because of the amount of money and calories it saves. Plus I’ve become a total cheapass and would probably crave greek yogurt all day if I didn’t have some on hand.
Check out the handy infographic Allison made for CreditScore.net. I’m dubious about some of the numbers on how much it costs to buy food to pack a lunch, but that’s because I remembered <hipster>the last bread and apples I bought was 6 dollar oat bread and organic honeycrisp apples</hipster>. Even then, since I’m sure the average person spends more than $1.49 on a loaf of bread, it’s still cheaper than daily fast food.
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Awesome infographic!!
And yeah, I remember lunch being a big thing when I was working. Now it’s like, What can I scrounge up out of the dregs of the fridge and/or pantry? But back then it was like, Hey guys, where do we want to go to vent about work and talk about TV? There’s a social aspect to lunching with coworkers that I think is valuable, but that cost does need to be weighed against the literal cost.
That’s a good point! I actually never worked in a place where we all gathered to go out to eat, it was always eat at your desk and see whoever has to go run an errand and have them pick up lunch for everyone, haha.
I totally am with you with the brown bagging. I tried to bring my lunch as much as possible when I worked in an office. There’s no doubt you save tons of money however, I am kind of dubious of the cost of food on the chart – food prices in this part of Canada are higher in general and a purchased lunch would cost closer to $10-11. Yikes! Awesome infographic though!
Yea, I’m iffy on the prices too. There are definitely foods you can buy for the prices listed, but it’s not the kind of stuff I’d buy, and I don’t typically buy super pricey things either unless it’s a splurge on something I love (like honeycrisp apples).
Such a great post and infographic!!! I have been lax about my lunch purchases lately and this has inspired me to revive my brown bag habits.
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