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Hi all,
I was looking at the family finances over the weekend with a view to making savings next year. I’m amazed at the annual cost of eating and drinking at work. The cost never bothered me years ago when I was single but now it feels quite selfish when viewed against other family expenses.
A cup of tea in the morning with the odd croissant, dinner in the subsidised staff restaurant, coffee or tea in the afternoon can come to over a tenner a day or about €2500 a year. I’d a similar figure in mind for the annual family food budget for the 4 of us!
I have to get this figure down next year. Initially I can see my options are:
1. Bring sandwiches to eat at my desk.
I’m reluctant to do this as I enjoy the food in the restaurant and look forward to the break.
2. Cut out costly tea and coffee.
There are free vending machines in work but the quality gets to you after a while and you crave the real thing. I’d consider bringing tea bags but I’ve nowhere to keep milk fresh.
I imagine the best thing to do is set a budget of say €1000 or about €20 a week and work from that.
Any suggestions/views?
I was looking at the family finances over the weekend with a view to making savings next year. I’m amazed at the annual cost of eating and drinking at work. The cost never bothered me years ago when I was single but now it feels quite selfish when viewed against other family expenses.
A cup of tea in the morning with the odd croissant, dinner in the subsidised staff restaurant, coffee or tea in the afternoon can come to over a tenner a day or about €2500 a year. I’d a similar figure in mind for the annual family food budget for the 4 of us!
I have to get this figure down next year. Initially I can see my options are:
1. Bring sandwiches to eat at my desk.
I’m reluctant to do this as I enjoy the food in the restaurant and look forward to the break.
2. Cut out costly tea and coffee.
There are free vending machines in work but the quality gets to you after a while and you crave the real thing. I’d consider bringing tea bags but I’ve nowhere to keep milk fresh.
I imagine the best thing to do is set a budget of say €1000 or about €20 a week and work from that.
Any suggestions/views?