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How much for lunch?

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longdiling · 12/09/2016 08:29

Just that really! Dd spent nearly a fiver the first day, too much for me to sustain. Especially with her brother starting in a couple of years too which would make it a tenner a day! So I've asked her to stick to £3. She seems to be eating well enough on that but her friends allegedly don't have budgets....what does everyone else do?!

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longdiling · 12/09/2016 09:00

Finger print system here too. Yes squeegle, the first day she'd bought cakes and biscuits and milkshakes!! I have said she can have extra for a bacon roll on Fridays.

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Squeegle · 12/09/2016 08:58

My DS had s limit of 2.50 a day, he says he needs more though. I think some of his friends don't have a limit! I buy milk shakes, apples and crisps for him, and he is free to take biscuits or extra sandwiches. It's annoying really as all he tends to buy are pizza slices, and if I give home more he buys cakes and biscuits. Not a proper lunch

ggirl · 12/09/2016 08:56

Ours is all done through paypal , finger print payment..ds spends too much.

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longdiling · 12/09/2016 08:53

There is no information available to parents on how much things cost unfortunately. Sounds like £3 is a reasonable amount then! I've also encouraged her to take a snack and a drink from home hug. My sister made me feel really mean when I told her about my budget but her kids are older so she probably had to give them more when they were late teens. Thanks all

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babbafishbabe · 12/09/2016 08:52

Wow you expect a child to go from 9-3 on nothing but fruit?

2.20 is what primary lunch costs. You are setting them up to eat chips and coke!

Laniakea · 12/09/2016 08:51

£3 at dd's school (gone up from 2:20 in the four years she's been there). She takes a packed lunch now!

Yankeetarts · 12/09/2016 08:48

Mine take £4 each

hugoagogo · 12/09/2016 08:46

Mine get £2.20 which is what school dinners cost.

It's tight, but they are free to take biscuits, fruit and drinks with them or to just buy drinks and fruit at school and have a toastie when they get home, which is what ds does.
I make my own lunch and dh spends about a £1 or a dried up sandwich from the corner shopHmm

SpaceDinosaur · 12/09/2016 08:41

Check the school's website or look at the information you were given. That should give you a really good idea of what things cost