Meal deal vs packed lunch
Lesson 5 of 12 in our free Food & Everyday Spending guide: a 5-minute money game with the key points below.
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Questions you'll answer
Mo buys a £3.85 meal deal 5 days a week for 40 weeks of term. Roughly how much is that?
Mo wants to keep the meal deal joy but spend less. Which plan saves the most per week?
Quick facts
- Fact: “A habit that costs a few pounds a day can cost hundreds a year.” — £3 × 5 days × 52 weeks = £780. Multiply it out before you decide.
- Myth: “If it's in a deal, everything in it is free.” — Treat maths is funny, but nothing in a bundle is free — you're paying the bundle price.
- Myth: “Cutting a treat completely is the only way to save.” — Cutting back sometimes beats cutting out. Budgets with zero joy get abandoned.