A meal deal costs £3.50 at Tesco, meaning even savvy office workers could rack up a bill of over £900 per year on a shop-bought lunch per day.
When I forget to prep, I end up spending an awful lot more than that on Pret baguettes and expensive salads in the vicinity of The Telegraph’s central London office.
There’s also the pressing issue of single-use plastic. Globally, we are producing twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago – 114kg per person per year in European OECD countries – and only nine per cent is successfully recycled, according to the organisation.
Reusable containers mitigate this. Food-storage containers will also lengthen the life of your food shop, reducing waste and saving you money in another way as the cost of living crisis bites.
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