Do you bring packed lunches to work?

aligator_am · 02-09-2009 11:50AM #1

Howdy,

Just wondering how many of you now bring packed lunches to work since the aul recession kicked in? (I did a quick search and most of the threads I saw related to packed lunch suggestions, so apologies if this has been done before)

One reason I ask is that I still see a lot of people in my job going to the shop and spending about a tenner on their lunch, eating about half the food they get and just binning it. Don't get me wrong, if they want to spend their cash like that then fair enough, just seems a bit of a waste to me. I'm wondering would they do the same if it was food they had prepared themselves?

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Fink Goddie · 02-09-2009 11:51AM

Nothing like a big lunch box

02-09-2009 11:52AM

i started recently, make a big dinner in the evenin and take in the rest of it for work the next day..

spend about 6 euro a day on food, pretty good for two big dinners

jd83 · 02-09-2009 11:54AM

I tried to make a packed lunch for work, lasted around 2 days an i was back in subway\spar\topaz. Where i was working did not have a fridge. So id make a sambo and by the time id get around to eating it, it would be all warm and disgusting. Also im to lazy to be bothered making lunch. So id rather just save my self the hassle and pay for it.

Auvers · 02-09-2009 11:55AM

Deleted User wrote: »

i started recently, make a big dinner in the evenin and take in the rest of it for work the next day..

me too

nothing beats a nice Indian curry reheated the next day :cool:

TheZohanS · 02-09-2009 11:55AM

Fink Goddie wrote: »

Nothing like a big lunch box

Especially if you're packing a foot-long.

Roaster · 02-09-2009 11:55AM

Yep I bring in lunch.

It's a pain in the hole making it but saves me on average €5 a day.

the_syco · 02-09-2009 11:58AM

Usually for the last 2 weeks before payday...

aligator_am · 02-09-2009 11:58AM

Auvers wrote: »

me too

nothing beats a nice Indian curry reheated the next day :cool:

Ah, with the colder weather on the way, stews and coddles will be made regularly, great way to save a few quid on lunch and is great with some soda bread + butter

Fink Goddie · 02-09-2009 11:59AM

TheZohan wrote: »

Especially if you're packing a foot-long.

How you doin

Mossy Monk · 02-09-2009 11:59AM

I have started recently. €6.40 the canteen are charging for the most basic of ****e.

keano_afc · 02-09-2009 12:01PM

I do most days. I work for a fairly big company and the canteen is subsidised but its still cheaper to bring your own stuff in. It all adds up.

Vegeta · 02-09-2009 12:01PM

I will be soon I imagine.

I spend way too much on lunch these days and I could use the money more wisely, my office has both a fridge and a micro wave for reheating so I really should be.

Also you get to control what you eat which is important from a nutritional point of view

cathysworld · 02-09-2009 12:02PM

I always bring my lunch, I cudnt face walking through packs of school kids at lunch time to wait half an hour for an overpriced sandwich!

thorbarry · 02-09-2009 12:02PM

i Usually make a sambo the night before, and then pick up some fruit in the shop. I'd usually treat myself for lunch maybe once a week (by treat i mean, someone at the deil counter making my sambo/ wrap)

AnonoBoy · 02-09-2009 12:02PM

Well I don't pack it myself but Jeeves does whip up some delightful souffles, caviar and truffles for me when I deem the office worthy of my presence.

Gloom · 02-09-2009 12:03PM

Not exactly, work.. but I plan to for college.
Didn't in school and spent a fiver a day = 25 euro for small lunch/big lunch when a bottle of water/sandwich would have cost me nothing. (Only parents money :pac:)

Cows Go µ · 02-09-2009 12:04PM

I generally bring food to work, mainly because I have loads of silly intolerances. I'm a sucker for cereal, it's so cheap and I can keep it at work

az2wp0sye65487 · 02-09-2009 12:04PM

Yep,

Have been doing so for a while now. Then every once in a while when you get a Subway/Chipper/Whatever on a Friday or whatever it feels more like a treat too.

We did our 'big shop' at the weekend, where we picked up (for lunches through the week) among other things: fruit, bread, meat & multi-pack of crisps.

I'd say the total cost of food for lunches was roughly €10 - €15. For lunch for 2 people for 5 days.

Sure if the 2 of us bought our lunch in work every day it'd cost at least €5 each per day. €15 a week Vs €50 a week... for the sake of 5 minutes in the morning making a sambo!

Wazdakka · 02-09-2009 12:07PM

This thread is discriminatory against people that don't have jobs!!!

Fortunately I'm not one of those poor sad feckers*..
Nah don't bother with a packed lunch..
I only actually get enough free time to take lunch about 2 days a week anyway.

* no insult intended to any fecker who is unemployed, poor, or sad.

J.Ball · 02-09-2009 12:11PM

I generally try. I make the sambo the night before and put it in the fridge but once the morning comes i'll 9/10 times forget it so end up buying lunch.

pickarooney · 02-09-2009 12:11PM

I used always, but have kind of stopped recently as I just don't have the time to cook any more.

Cianos · 02-09-2009 12:14PM

One way to look at it, to get over the laziness or what have you, is if you earn say €15 an hour, and you spend €10 on your lunch, then you have to work 40 minutes to pay for that lunch. Is your laziness really worth 40 minutes of your life?!

ibarelycare · 02-09-2009 12:24PM

I always have a box of cereal and a few bags of popcorn in the press in work, and some apples in the fridge. I'm a bit bored of that combination though, I'm definitely contemplating a Subway today mmmm

John Mason · 02-09-2009 12:43PM

i always bring my own lunch and have done for years.

homemade soup or left over dinner, sometimes i go mental and bring in a baked potato and beans

the odd time i go to the shop its like €4 for a manky sandwich, then a bag of crisps, a coffee, maybe a bar of chocolate and the paper.

before you know it, you have spent €15.

nope homemade lunch is much tastier and cheaper

mental07 · 02-09-2009 12:53PM

I bring my lunch in a couple of times a week. I'd do it recession or no recession. Lunch in the places around where I work are such a rip-off that I can't justify spending a ridiculous amount on lunch 5 times a week.

Huggles · 02-09-2009 01:12PM

Work food For the Week:

3 pk of tuna in sunflower oil x2 - €4.28
Mccambridges brown bread - €1.69
2 Litres Supermilk - €2.49
Box Shreadded Wheat - €2.69

Total € work food - €11.15 or €44.60 a month!

HUGE DIFFERENCE in spending a tenner a day!

My name is URL · 02-09-2009 01:26PM

Sometimes I bring my lunch, other times I have a Drive-Thru :pac: Double quarter-pounder & cheese ftw!

oldyouth · 02-09-2009 01:27PM

Since paycuts etc at the start of the year I began to bring my own lunches in. Usually, I took a few portions from the main meal and put them in the freezer (stews, curries, lasagnes etc) I wouldn't fancy the same thing the next day but I soon built up a good selection.

During the summer, I got into bad habits and went back to the Spar. I love salads but not every day and they can be time consuming to put together in the morning.

I'll be getting back to the homemade soups and the like soon

qwytre · 02-09-2009 01:31PM

Yeah I try to whenever I remember. Also, I have started buying bags of fruit in the local tesco for the week.

4.75 for a sandwich in Insomnia is a bit high, it adds up to over 100 euro per month.

DevilsBreath · 02-09-2009 01:47PM

I just had braised beef, roasted baby potatoes with fennel, salad and a bottle of coke for €5:50 in the canteen

Do you bring packed lunches to work?

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