Dollar Tree asks about favorite and “most dreaded” lunch box items
Dollar Tree has started this discussion on its Facebook page: For many a packed lunch growing up showed your classmates just how cool your culinary caretaker was! For others, it was simply a box of...
View ArticleLunch box math
Let’s discuss grocery math based on actual lunch box items I’m seeing on the supermarket shelves. Exhibit A: Lunchable combinations – this one is peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a fruit cup. Cost...
View ArticleNew cafeteria equipment scheduled for Monroe MS and HS
One of the most heated debates that takes place during back-to-school season is whether it is healthier, or cheaper, to have the students eat the school lunches or pack their own. Families who have...
View ArticleLen Penzo updates his annual analysis on the cost of brown bag sandwiches
Len Penzo’s long-standing contributions to the back-to-school discussions include a cost of sandwich report. This year’s piece was picked up by Money Talks News: My annual cost survey of 10 brown bag...
View ArticleSimple Mom shares her brown bag lunch ideas
Simple Mom has some creative and healthy tips for the brown bag lunch crowd called Three ideas for the bagged lunch (that they will love). The best tips are the alternatives to peanut butter for the...
View ArticleWhat’s for lunch at school? You may be surprised, and the kids don’t like it
One of the most heated debates anyone can start during back-to-school season is whether a packed lunch is better / healthier / cheaper than a school lunch for the K-12 audience. I post the lunch prices...
View ArticleCost of Food: Len Penzo’s brown bag lunch cost survey
Personal finance blogger Len Penzo‘s annual contribution to back to school discussions is his incredibly popular cost study analysis of various “brown bag” lunch options. The 2013 survey of 10 brown...
View ArticleCost of food: Lunchables, LunchMakers and similar cold cut singles
The Monroe on a Budget Cost of Food series provides show and tell on how you can keep your family’s grocery bill within the USDA monthly Cost of Food “thrifty range,” or, with the most extreme...
View ArticleCost of apples: 50 cents each.
I paid 50 cents each for two apples today at Kroger in Monroe, Mich. The reason I bought individual apples, rather than an entire bag of apples, is there are only two adults in our home. I don’t like...
View ArticleBig Lots now the authorized outlet for Hostess
By Paula Wethington / Monroe on a Budget The Hostess-Big Logs partnership is a big deal for grocery shoppers and lunch packers in Monroe County, Mich., and I’ll explain why. First, here’s the Feb. 13...
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