Am I very wasteful with my money or is it the norm these days

easyrider said:
Eh?

This is what I do...I might vary the ham to beef or chicken slices...to keep th8nfs interesting..:p

Hovis Granary Loaf £1.20 lasts the week
Ham £2 per week
Bag of Onions 65p per week
Mayo jar last 2 weeks £1
Iceburg Lettuce 49p per week
10 red leister slices £1

£5.84 per week for my lunch at work.

I don’t drink coke...I buy a 5 lite bottle of water and use that...this costs £1.10...I’ve already discussed my coffee usage and costs.

But no way does it cost me 30 quid a week for work lunches lol...
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Um... that's £6.94 on ingredients to start with and you haven't included anything for breakfast so now you're only comparing against a £3 lunch meal deal, so £15 a week.

Personally I'd spend the extra to avoid a single sandwich with one slice of ham, one slice of cheese, a bit of lettuce and onions and only mayo and bottled water to wash it down...

It's unfair to suggest that people will save £1200 a year making their lunches like that when infact they'd only save about £500 (depending on whether they could spend those 15 minutes productively instead) and no doubt be much hungrier and more unhappy as a result.
 
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MichaelAwkward said:
How's that different to making sandwiches at home? If you're advocating eating completely different things, that's not what we're talking about here and even if we were, fresh ingredients are expensive.
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There is not as much choice when eating out, so why limit yourself to the same things when making food at home? No point replicating Greggs rubbish. Eating fresh need not be expensive. Fruit and vegetables cost pennies especially when you compare them to the quantity in store bought food.
 
Chojin said:
There is not as much choice when eating out, so why limit yourself to the same things when making food at home? No point replicating Greggs rubbish. Eating fresh need not be expensive. Fruit and nuts cost pennies.
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What? Have you been shopping within the past ten years? Fruits and nuts cost a fortune now. In the quantities you'd need to eat to stave off hunger you'd be bankrupt within 6 months...
 
MichaelAwkward said:
Um... that's £6.94 on ingredients to start with and you haven't included anything for breakfast so now you're only comparing against a £3 lunch meal deal, so £15 a week.

Personally I'd spend the extra to avoid a single sandwich with one slice of ham, one slice of cheese, a bit of lettuce and onions and only mayo and bottled water to wash it down...
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My protein pouch lasts a month and costs me £20

So my breakfast costs me 66p

It’s a double sandwich which blows the chunks off anything from a counter...so don’t diss my sandwich just to try to win an argument..

I make amazing sandwiches.
 
@MichaelAwkward

I not going to say that someone choice to spend more money on food and drink so they can save time and enjoy other activities is not a valid one.
Hell I could grow my own salad and make my own bread but I ain't doing that because the time/£ ratio is horrific.

But there is a difference between knowing what your spending and factoring into your lifestyle then the millions of that have no idea why they are in the red each month because of Gregs, Costa and their own laziness.
 
MichaelAwkward said:
What? Have you been shopping within the past ten years? Fruits and nuts cost a fortune now. In the quantities you'd need to eat to stave off hunger you'd be bankrupt within 6 months...
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Not really. I pay around 20p a banana, 30p an apple. A handful of almonds probably costs about 20p.

Just avoid places like Waitrose and M&S, exotic fruits out of season and so on.
 
Housey said:
Im not sure why what I think of London should be of any concern to you...firstly, it should be irrelevant to you really. :)

Secondly, it's something people north of That London say as a colloquialism, nothing more.

If all you know is That London as many who live there do, then having an informed view of what is a marvel might be somewhat one dimensional.

I like London, I worked in the city on and off for 20 odd years and I was down there for the weekend, sadly cut short this morning after my wife broke her foot one of That London's curbs.
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Weird reaction, touched a nerve did I?
You don't think it should be any concern of mine, when someone calls the city that I was born and raised in, “That London”?
Why wouldn’t it be relevant to me? I live here, and I don’t think that YOU get to decide what I should find relevant or otherwise.
Okay, so it’s just a colloquialism, that’s okay, nothing wrong in that, bit like when it was referred to as The Smoke, or like Edinburgh being called Auld Reekie.
I don’t only know London, I’ve been to virtually every city in the U.K., some I liked, York, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle, some I wasn’t that keen on, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester.
Knowing London like the back of my hand, I’m glad I live here, and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else in U.K.
I’m sorry that your wife hurt her foot, and I extend my sympathies, but let’s be fair, she could have incurred her injury anywhere, so it can’t be blamed on London’s kerbs.
I say kerb, as although there’s no harm in putting curb, I think kerb is the accepted British version of the U.S. curb.
 
MichaelAwkward said:
A "protein pouch" costing 66p sounds like a hearty meal to start the day, that's for sure...
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It’s a 1kg pouch meal replacement shake...packed with fibre , protein vitals minerals and fibre..lasts all month.

I’d rather have that than a scabby over priced Greggs pastry lol :p

I don’t particularly like breakfast or enjoy it...but a shake is quick and palatable and healthy.
 
Sparky__H said:
@MichaelAwkward

I not going to say that someone choice to spend more money on food and drink so they can save time and enjoy other activities is not a valid one.
Hell I could grow my own salad and make my own bread but I ain't doing that because the time/£ ratio is horrific.

But there is a difference between knowing what your spending and factoring into your lifestyle then the millions of that have no idea why they are in the red each month because of Gregs, Costa and their own laziness.
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Of course, and some people do spend horrific amounts on eating out and especially on hot drinks. I'm not going to disagree with that, but to make an argument that everyone could save money by making their own meals without actually comparing like with like and the true costs involved isn't correct and paints a false picture. Plus it keeps lots of people in work.
 
I eat those breakfast biscuits, £1 for a box of 10 which last me 2 weeks so my cost of breakfast in the whole month is like £3.
 
Housey said:
The world is expensive. I bought a double vodka and a Guinness last night in That London.

£16.50

It took my breath away. I still (foolishly) have the fact I paid 95p for a Guinness and 1.50 for a double vodka as a youth in my head :D
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Should have gone to Berlin instead. ;)
 
easyrider said:
Pathetic come back...lol

You said fruit is expensive...it’s not.

My lunch cost less than £6 per week...

Enjoy your Greggs lol hahahah :p
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I've updated my reply since you updated yours.

But anyway, fruit is comparatively an expensive commodity. That's a demonstrable fact. Posting links to 14p bananas and tiny 50p bags of almonds as if people can live off just those items in those quantities doesn't change that.

I don't even eat at Greggs for christ sake. I have a free canteen at work for breakfast and lunch. So I'm being paid for my food...
 
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