Pack Lunch and Save Big - Thursday 1st January 2015
Last year's lunch box probably just needs a good cleaning (and maybe a
new name label and a few new stickers) to be school ready. This year,
vow to stop spending top dollar on expensive, one-use juice boxes.
Instead, invest in a fun, reusable water container. There are so many
good water bottles around, BPA free, unbreakable, reusable and some are
even insulated. You'll find them in department stores and supermarkets
right now, with all the back to school paraphernalia. The next step on
the lunch makeover is to hunt down reusable snack and sandwich
containers. Vow to use Ziplocs and tin foil sparingly. Instead, opt for a
waste-free lunch kit. You can get reusable sandwich and roll
containers. Tupperware have them (although they are expensive). You can
also get them at department stores. There are cloth sandwich wraps that
are light to carry and easy to launder. Buying them is expensive when
they are easily made. Thrifty mothers can make their own lunch kits by
snapping up small Tupperware containers at garage sales and from
op-shops in fun colours.