The Food Monologues

Last night, the way back to Tim's house, we got off the motorway a couple of junctions early because there were queues ahead and just off the motorway is an Asda supermarket and we went in to see if we could find Tim a jumper since it is very cold in his office. However, it was closing time (I assumed that this Asda would be 24 hours, like the one at Asda Minworth but this one closed at 10pm) and we noticed that they had displayed all the reduced bread items at the front of the store. On closer inspection, we saw that they were selling off all their loaves of bread for the sum of 2p each! A bargain, so we bought 4 loaves to freeze for 8p and then the shop closed (this must be the lowest price I have seen bread on sale ever). However, we didn't get the jumper - oh well. Back home, I made some sandwiches for work the next day and calculated that one ham and coslaw sandwich cost 15p to make which makes you wonder what the mark up is on the prepacked sandwiches from the shops that charge around £2.50 for sandwiches.

If you calculated how much you spend on lunch in a week buying prepacked sandwiches and you work 5 days a week:

Eating Prepacked Sandwiches Meal Deals:
£3.00 x 5 days = £15.00 a week
£15.00 x 48 weeks = £720 a year

Eating Homemade Sandwiches and Can of Coke:
£1.00 x 5 = £5.00 a week
£5.00 x 48 weeks = £240 a year

Saving £480 a year which can be spent on things like a nice holiday, or loads of shopping or even money to be saved for a rainy day!