Average price for lunch?

"Shamoononon drives like a farmer" (shamoononon) 06/07/2016 at 14:37 • Filed to: Lunchopnik

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The question is, what do you pay for your workday lunch? I tend to get a little pricey as usually it’s my biggest meal of the day. Today I got a nice salad with carrots and cucumbers and broccoli and chick peas and stuff because I’m a wholesome, organic, and kind person. But then I also got a cheese burger because I’m a pig. Total? 8$. Granted this is at the high end of what I’d pay but still quite a bit for a lunch.

Party-vi > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 14:40

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I’m about tree fiddy.

djmt1 > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 14:44

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McMike > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 14:48

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Not much at all, actually. #TurkeySandwichTuesday barely costs anything at all.

ceanderson920 > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 14:50

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Shittt, I pay between 8-12 bucks everyday. Its to far of a drive for me to go home at lunch and I don’t want to eat at the office so I always have to go out.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Party-vi 06/07/2016 at 14:51

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Dru > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 14:56

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Probably less than $3. My house is 3 miles away so I usually go home and chill out for a bit.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 14:56

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I think Pho comes out to about $11 and a sub is around $8.

I only go out once a week. Otherwise I bring leftovers.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Dru 06/07/2016 at 14:57

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That would be nice. I have a 45 minute drive :( Sometimes I bring lunch, but I often don’t take the time the night before to make it.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 14:57

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I think on average I pay about $1 at most for lunch. Probably less than that really. But that is because I cook all of my own lunches and I eat the same exact types of meals for dinner and lunch so it is generally intentional leftovers from other dinners during the week. I almost always cook for like ten people at a time (even though it is just for myself) so there is plenty of things to choose from in large quantities when I put together lunch. Going out for lunch every once in a while is like the same cost of two weeks of meals which is always nuts to me to think about.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 06/07/2016 at 15:01

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Good idea. I have a child though and we don’t eat the same as it is, so I usually have to make two meals a night. However, I did used to make an extra big portion for myself and bring some the next day.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:02

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I make lunch for work every day. There’s no point in spending that kind of money for work lunch.

Friday night, I made chicken-fried steak, mashed taters, and green beans. Total cost for everything was like $20ish. Consider that I fed 3 people that night, sent two servings of leftovers with our guest, and then ate it yesterday and today for lunch - then add a granola bar (1.89 for six) and a soda ($1) I’m around $4. It’s usually less than that, though.

FoilyDoily > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:06

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Usually between $7 and $10.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > FoilyDoily 06/07/2016 at 15:09

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Yeah! Another baller.

DynamicWeight > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:09

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$10 +/- $2

I eat out every day because I’m lazy. My monthly food cost, which includes liquor and going out to bars, because that’s how mint keeps track of it, is $800. I am a heathen. But I love my life ;)

Tripper > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:13

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I usually just grab a cliff bar from the kitchen at work as “lunch”. We often have catered lunches too, so most of the time lunch is free. However, if a couple of us go out to get lunch. I would guess that $12 is average.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:14

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I think my excessive use of the slow cooker definitely helps too. Kinda hard to make single servings in a crock pot lol. So it naturally works out that I have a ton of extra food to eat for lunches. Dang children being complicated. I recall being forced to eat whatever everybody else was eating or else I can fend for myself. But I am pretty sure that is considered child abuse now probably haha.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:14

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I pack a lunch for the specific reason that Lower Manhattan is ~$10-15 depending on what you get unless you’re eating from a truck (which are hard to find in my local blocks)

When i was working in SoHo, I was upstairs from where Tribeca Taco Truck parked. $5 burrito, $1 can of Coke, full until 7 PM.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:15

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I try to bring lunch but if I go out, somewhere between 8 and 10 is the norm. I know a good cuban place, little mom and pop joint, that is closer to 15 but it is totally worth it.

Decay buys too many beaters > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:16

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20 damn cents, because I like Motorcycle parts way more than I like food.

That said, there’s usually a lunch meeting or something that will let me eat better than ramen for free. When I do go out for lunch I usually spend like $14 on Sushi

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:20

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Anywhere from $6 to $15 depending on the day/mood.

WiscoProud > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:20

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I bring my lunch about 50% of the time, but when I go out, $5-10 depending on if I hit up a supermarket salad bar or actually get lunch at a sit down place.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:24

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$0.00. I’m an accountant for a restaurant company and our offices are in the basement of one of the restaurants, so I get free French food for lunch. Maybe this is why I'm overweight lol

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:25

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I brown bag whenever I can. I buy Trader Joe’s prepacked salads which is usually $3.99 at the most. Most satisfying meals around here at the deli’s and fast food places will be at least $8.00 or more.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:26

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About £3- £4 unless my day has been annoying so far and i decide to get the greasy health hazard that is a meal from KFC.

JRapp: now as good as new again > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:36

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I usually bring a lunch, so I don’t really know, but if I’m out of town in our corporate office and getting reimbursed for meals, I’m generally between $8-$15 in the Seattle Renton area depending on what I get. Cheaper end for Hawaiian, higher end for Sushi. I generally eat Sushi.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 15:55

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Probably $9. I hate cooking and I need to leave the shop most days for a break. Seems like a lot but it’s worth it. Fast food chain stuff is rare, it’s almost all food carts and local restaurants all with fantastic food.

MoFinWiley > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 16:07

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$7-$12 avg for a normal workday...and there is not a comment in the world that could convince me to do leftovers/home-sandwiches everyday.

jminer > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 16:11

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If I eat leftovers, I count a free because I already paid for it once.

If I eat in the cafeteria at work, usually about $5

If I go out, anywhere from $9 to $20, usuallt about $14 with tip. I work downtown and there isn’t much cheap. It’s hard to eat out for less than $10.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 06/07/2016 at 16:40

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I love the Taco trucks, wish we had one too.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 06/07/2016 at 16:41

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I don’t have anything local to go to, but at least the work cafeteria is pretty good, mostly fresh.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > DynamicWeight 06/07/2016 at 16:43

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Ha, I think I’m around that much too for my kid and I. We’re food spoiled.

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > MoFinWiley 06/07/2016 at 16:45

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Yup, I go back and forth on bringing food or buying. I brought for a long time but realized financially it wasn’t even worth it for me to grocery shop lunch foods as it wasn’t being eaten in time. Leftover are okay but I no longer buy deli meats and that kind of thing.

DynamicWeight > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 17:50

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Try mint. Then you’ll know exactly. It’s really fun to see where it actually all goes. Plus since you’re looking at it you’ll catch incorrect charges.

MoFinWiley > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 19:47

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Plus the mental health advantages of not being in the office for a while.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/07/2016 at 20:49

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That’s good. A lot of work cafeterias are not very good at all.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > Shamoononon drives like a farmer 06/09/2016 at 15:39

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$4 to $20. Huge range, but’s it’s true. On average it’s probably 8-10 but it really does vary a lot.