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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's do the simple math here.

$14 lunch x 5 day work week x 4 weeks = $280 per month spent on lunches you're not bringing to work. That's almost $300/month you could be putting elsewhere -- e.g., into your retirement fund, home renovation projects, vacation, your child's college fund, etc.

The same goes for lattes. Buy two $5 lattes every day during the workday (morning and afternoon), and that's $200/month spent on cups of coffee.

In total, you're losing roughly $500 from your monthly budget. Gone. Poof. But you don't see it, because you're not adding it up.

Bottom line: Making a sandwich and brewing your own coffee isn't hard.[/quote]

For most of us $280 is nothing. 
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+1. Its not that much. Plus its not $280 even at $14/lunch.   It's the difference between $280 and the amount you would be spending if you made your own lunch (for me, that's atleast $5/lunch but others are doing PB&J so could be less).  So it's ~$190.  I think of it as housecleaning - sure, I could spend the time to do it but its a relatively low cost to outsource.

Fwiw, it hasnt affected my waistline so far. I usually end up eating a pretty light dinner since portion sizes for lunch are bigger (some of the salads are huge!). [/quote]

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