Five ways to save money on your packed lunch

For many of us it’s back to the school and work routine this week after the summer holidays – and that means the return of the packed lunch.

Usually it’s cheaper to make lunch at home instead of buying food out and about. But over the last year, staple lunchtime ingredients have gone up in price at the supermarket.

We’ve gathered some top tips on how to keep costs down when making a packed lunch for work, school or a day trip.

Caroline Job launched blog and YouTube channel Lunchbox World when coming up with different ideas for her three kids’ packed lunches. She enters an identical list of items into different supermarkets’ online shopping apps to see which one comes up cheapest, and looks for discount codes.

Although it might take a bit of extra time, Caroline says it has made a big difference as she has noticed the prices going up for different products like cucumbers or eggs.

If you buy your food from town centre convenience stores they might charge more – so you could save money by going to a large supermarket to stock up.

You could also consider swapping your favourite branded snacks for own-label versions.

For many of us it’s back to the school and work routine this week after the summer holidays – and that means the return of the packed lunch.

We’ve gathered some top tips on how to keep costs down when making a packed lunch for work, school or a day trip.

Usually it’s cheaper to make lunch at home instead of buying food out and about. But over the last year, staple lunchtime ingredients have gone up in price at the supermarket.

We’ve gathered some top tips on how to keep costs down when making a packed lunch for work, school or a day trip.

Although it might take a bit of extra time, Caroline says it has made a big difference as she has noticed the prices going up for different products like cucumbers or eggs.

If you buy your food from town centre convenience stores they might charge more – so you could save money by going to a large supermarket to stock up.

You could also consider swapping your favourite branded snacks for own-label versions.

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