Brits Spend 5 Pounds Each Day on Lunch

[Dauphin]

It's why the push for Oyster cards for cash is picking up pace.

[snoopy369]

What's an Oyster card?

[Wezil]

Yeah, you guys are making me feel like I got robbed at lunch today.

I paid a total of $9.08 for burger, fries and gravy ("real" food from a mom&pop store, not McCrap) with a coffee.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by DanS
I haven't been hit by a credit card minimum for quite a while. I now even use my card for $2 purchases.

Same

[Sirotnikov]

when i go out to eat i could spend anywhere between 3.5 pounds (cheap place, includes soda) to 5-6 quids at pricier but better places.
rarely i could eat 7 quids of sushi.

but since we had a reform in our army meals, i mostly eat in the army cafeteria.
it's great.
we have a contractor that cooks wonderful food and has great service attitude.

so food is better, service is better, AND it is way cheaper than the cost of upkeep of army kitchens and keeping a bunch lowlife army chefs (who are usually really dumb people who couldn't enlist anywhere else, and can't be drivers).
see? capitalism does work for the benefit of everyone.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Although I have no problem spending over £3 for a beer.

It costs me P45 or around a dollar for a grande (large) bottle of San Miguel in the Phils so I drink beer there.

Here in the US we've got some crappy PR rum I bought a case of in California last year and a couple of bottles of good Tanduay rum one of which will be opened when Zkrib arrives.

Bummer about the PR rum, it was a bit cheaper...never stinge on booze!

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by snoopy369
What's an Oyster card?

A pre-pay card for transport in London. You wave it over a scanner when you start and end a journey and it deducts money from your account equal to the cost of your journey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_card

The cash idea, being that you use your card as cash in stores. Lose your card, and you only lose (to a maximum of) the value of the cash in your account.

[Jon Miller]

3$-15$, I probably spend 10-40$ per day. I spend a huge part of my monthly income on food.

The 3$-5$ is if I eat something cheap at home. I spend 6$-10$ for cheap restaurant or more expensive home fair. The 15$ is expensive restaurant fair.

Jon Miller
(I don't go to real fancy restaurants for lunch)

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by DanS
Potbelly goodness.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
3$-15$, I probably spend 10-40$ per day. I spend a huge part of my monthly income on food.

The 3$-5$ is if I eat something cheap at home. I spend 6$-10$ for cheap restaurant or more expensive home fair. The 15$ is expensive restaurant fair.

Jon Miller
(I don't go to real fancy restaurants for lunch)

There's no way I could justify this kind of expense, I'm just too cheap.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Lorizael

Italian vs. Chicken Salad, a dilemma

[Imran Siddiqui]

Most of the time, I bring my own lunch, whether it be leftovers or sandwiches. 1-2 times a week, I buy lunch and its anywhere from $5-$8 in downtown Atlanta.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Lancer



There's no way I could justify this kind of expense, I'm just too cheap.

I can't find anything that is healthy and doesn't take hours of my time that I could live off of for less than 20$ a day. I admit, that the 20+$ days are because I want some variety.

JM

[Jon Miller]

For example, tofu and veggies aren't the cheapest meal I could eat, but is representative and a lot cheaper then some. It costs about 5$ for 450 C. That means if I just ate that (and I don't, I have it maybe ~5 times a week) I would be spending 25$ a day.

Jon Miller

[Theben]

Potbellys just recently expanded out of downtown Chicago, I didn't realize it was all over the place tho.

As for me I usually spend $0. I get Thai food free almost every day, and Italian food at least once a week.