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Five Frugal Things | A lunch-y edition

The Frugal Girl

I’m using metal containers to pack my lunches Reusable containers make for a greener lunch, and a cheaper lunch. I love glass containers for food storage at home, largely because they are see-through. Food that’s visible is food that’s less likely to go to waste!

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Five Frugal Things | food waste prevention

The Frugal Girl

I did not plan this to be themed, but today’s Five Frugal Things is gonna be all food-related! It’s basically a tour through my adventures in trying to avoid food waste. So now I can throw together some simple lunch bowls with the lentils, sweet potatoes, and sauce. but for temporary purposes, this works fine.

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Stay on track with bringing your lunch to work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At my previous job, I had no problem with bringing my lunch every day to work. My co-workers were all the brown-bagging type, and nobody really took a proper lunch break. Furthermore, my office was not near any sort of restaurant or café, thereby eliminating the accessibility of food out, as well as my craving for it.

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What To Buy In August: School Supplies, foods, freebies and more

Coupons Do Work

And here is what to buy in August 2016 : Food and stuff : . Back to School Supplies: Pudding cups, Lunch meat, Lunchables, Bread, Cold Cereal, Waffles, Lunchboxes. Back to school snack foods. The post What To Buy In August: School Supplies, foods, freebies and more appeared first on Coupons Do Work!

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How To Pack A Waste-Free Lunch

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Chances are that at least some of the time you bring your own bagged lunch to work or to school. Sure, there are days when you go out for a nice meal with co-workers or pay for the school lunch on pizza day, but when I think back to my school days I fondly remember those brown paper bags. Washable plates and bowls. Cloth napkins.

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Saving Money by Taking Your Own Lunches to Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you work out how much you’re spending on work lunches in the average work week, you might be surprised to know just how much money is being frittered away. You can save money by taking your own lunches to work and depending on what you’ve previously been grabbing in your lunch break, it might be a lot healthier too.

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Brown-Bag Your Lunch and SAVE | 31 Days to Find $1000

Family Balance Sheet

Years ago when I worked in retail buying I went out to lunch just about everyday–not the best habit to fall into. If I use an average of $7 a day and multiply that by 5 days a week and multiply that by 4 weeks a month, the monthly total for lunch was about $140–and that’s being conservative–YIKES!

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