“Do you bring lunch from home?”

@Shavkat (139937)

Philippines

December 10, 2017 8:28pm CST

Some people discourage their kids to have packed lunch in their schools. But I think it shouldn’t be. Why? It is far better to have a slow food than having junk foods. School canteens can provide healthy food for the kids. However, it can save money if the kids have food from home. When I was still in primary and secondary school level, I used to bring my lunchbox with me. I can save my money allowance and go straight to my piggy bank. The same routine had been carried out until working in my previous jobs. How about you, guys? Have you tried to have your lunchbox in school or workplace? Image Credit: pixabay.com

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61155)

• Centralia, Washington

11 Dec 17

My hubby brings food from home. The cafes near us do not have healthy food choices and cost quite a bit, too, for their food.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I think your husband is wise to do this. It is healthier to have food form the house and it can save money.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

13 Dec 17

@sallypup That would be ideal to have in our system. I am planning to change my diet regimen by eating fruits. I hope I can do it as my New Year's Resolution for 2018.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61155)

• Centralia, Washington

11 Dec 17

@Shavkat We're trying to eat more vegetables and fruits so food from home is best for sure.

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@carexing25 (1822)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

always, coz it saves a lot of money.. also it is better and healthier

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I do agree with you. Some of my colleagues feel indifferent for having a packed lunch at the working station. But I don't mind.

@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

@carexing25 She must be so happy to earn money. The best thing is that the food is affordable. If I am your co-worker, I will take an order to her.

@carexing25 (1822)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

@Shavkat we had our company driver's wife set up her food stall outside from early morning up to the last working hour to serve us with home cooked food but here in my department all of us bring our own from home coz they are not commercialized

and you can decide based on your tastebuds.. hehe

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@youless (112496)

• Guangzhou, China

11 Dec 17

It is very common for me to bring the lunch from home. First, it is healthier. Second, it saves a lot of time going out for lunch. I can sit in front of the computer and enjoy my lunch in the lunch break. I like that much more.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I also feel the same way. I don't mind if I am having my lunch alone. As long as, I enjoyed the slow food from the house.

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@lady1993 (27224)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

yep, i have always had a lunch box during school

even at work, i sometimes have it since i ma lazy in buying from outside

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

It is only one of my reasons why I wanted to pack lunch. The local restaurant is too far from my working place,

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@ricki_911 (21625)

• Toronto, Ontario

11 Dec 17

95% of the times i bring my lunch from home as it was cheaper.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

It is a good choice, my friend. We can save time and money.

@ricki_911 (21625)

• Toronto, Ontario

11 Dec 17

@Shavkat it certaunly does! My current job i cant leave.

@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

13 Dec 17

@kobesbuddy (78882)

• East Tawas, Michigan

11 Dec 17

When I was still working, I always packed a lunch. That way I could pick and choose what's best, nutritionally.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

That's the best thing we can do in keeping healthy.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

13 Dec 17

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@kobesbuddy (78882)

• East Tawas, Michigan

11 Dec 17

@Shavkat Yes, pick and choose what we eat, when packing a lunch each day!:)

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

11 Dec 17

Where I could I took food from home in a lunchbox or tupperware whatever you might call it. I think that children should be allowed that and here I think that they are as there are so many children that would go hungry otherwise. The Menu for School Dinners is better in some places but in others its quite awful.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

13 Dec 17

@Shavkat It can be a power packed vitamin filled source for her and lots of other people´s children that cannot afford the prices of the School Dinners now.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

15 Dec 17

@lovinangelsinstead2 It is essential to let the child have their vitamins as a supplement. My family and I provided this for our little niece.

Unfortunately, some parents cannot afford it.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

I am also amazed with my little niece way of having packed lunch. The teachers encourage the parents to prepare their work packed lunch and snacks from home. The main concern is to give healthy food.

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@sjvg1976 (41281)

• Delhi, India

11 Dec 17

I used to carry a lunchbox during school days but not now a days when we have good canteen at workplace.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

I also experienced such food in company’s canteen. The good thing is, it is provided for free.

@Letranknight2015 (51969)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I used to back in my high school days since the food from the canteen was so expensive to me then.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

I agree. It costs an arm and a leg to buy food in school canteen. It is better to have slow food prepared bu our lovely mother.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

@Letranknight2015 I wish I can have a fruit diet next year. Not for now.

@Letranknight2015 (51969)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

@Shavkat If I could go back I would add veggies in my lunch box.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Dec 17

I almost always took a cut lunch to school and to work. Certainly it saved money.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

It is better to saved money than spending money on food in a restaurant. We can do this occasionally.

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

no, i just take my lunch at the hospital canteen.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I think it is convenient to have food in the school canteen.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

16 Dec 17

@ridingbet I think it is quite expensive outside the school canteen.

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@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

16 Dec 17

@Shavkat is the food there in the school canteen more expensive than outside the school?

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@peachpurple (13962)

• Malaysia

11 Dec 17

my 10 year old son had been bringing packed lunch to school since he was 5 years old. Nothing wrong with that. Except being laughed by his classmates....

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

15 Dec 17

@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

Some of my former classmates had laughed the idea of having a pack lunch at school. I don’t mind since it is not their own business.

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@peachpurple (13962)

• Malaysia

14 Dec 17

@Shavkat you are right

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@Shivram59 (35550)

• India

11 Dec 17

@Shavkat Yes,I do take my lunchbox to my workplace.But when I was a student,I used to take Street food at lunch time.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I am fond of street foods, too. But then, I can only have them during siesta time.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

@Shivram59 When I was in college days, my friends and I love to eat street foods. I don't have any regrets about doing it.

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@Shivram59 (35550)

• India

12 Dec 17

As a student I would have Street food daily as my lunch.

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@JSAph8888 (949)

• Philippines

12 Jan 18

Primary, yes. Secondary and tertiary, nah! But most of the times, I bring packed lunch in my workplace. Too lazy to go outside or ride in an elevator to buy lunch/food.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Jan 18

I think we have the same thinking about this. When I was still working in Manila, it is also my practice to bring packed lunch.

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@JSAph8888 (949)

• Philippines

12 Jan 18

@Shavkat How about now? You are not bringing packed lunch anymore?

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@JSAph8888 (949)

• Philippines

12 Jan 18

@Shavkat Why? Are you staying in a province now?

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@dpk262006 (58676)

• Delhi, India

12 Dec 17

I always bring food from home. I do not like outside food.

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@dpk262006 (58676)

• Delhi, India

12 Dec 17

@Shavkat Are you not working at present?

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

If I am still working in a company, I will do the same thing. It is better to keep healthy.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

@dpk262006 I am working at home, my friend. I do teaching online.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37355)

• Toccoa, Georgia

7 Jan 18

My husband sometimes takes his lunch to work.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Jan 18

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

8 Jan 18

I think it is healthier to this, my friend. It can also save money, too.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37355)

• Toccoa, Georgia

8 Jan 18

@Shavkat Yes, it is healthier and money is saved.

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@LadyDuck (471433)

• Switzerland

11 Dec 17

When I was in school we had the food in the canteen, kids were not allowed to bring their own food. When I worked our office was just in front of our apartment, we went home to have lunch.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I also heard that some school canteens don't allow to bring food. During my high school days, I had saved a lot of money and food from the house is better than in our school's canteen.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

13 Dec 17

@LadyDuck I do think that some private schools offered such option to the students. In my little niece case, her teacher instructed the parents to prepare slow food from home.

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@LadyDuck (471433)

• Switzerland

11 Dec 17

@Shavkat The school did not want discrimination among kids, we had to eat all the same food that was also chosen to be filling and healthy. I think it's a good policy, some parents give garbage foods to their kids.

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@cahaya1983 (11116)

• Malaysia

11 Dec 17

I only did that when I first started primary school. Most days I eat at the school canteen. Now I work from home so I make my own meal at home.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

It is nice to have our own meal at home. My late father always brings a meal or snack and dropped by at school during primary school days.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

12 Dec 17

@cahaya1983 He is really a loving father. I had been missing him lately.

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@cahaya1983 (11116)

• Malaysia

12 Dec 17

@Shavkat So kind of him to do that. My parents both worked so I used to bring mine in the morning.

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@sw8sincere (5204)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

I always had my lunchbox with me from my elementary and highschool days. It does not only make me save money but It surely does help as well for me not to waste my time in queueing just to buy food in the canteen.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

In every school, it is the worst thing to wait in line. It can save time and energy if we have a packed lunch.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

13 Dec 17

@sw8sincere (5204)

• Philippines

11 Dec 17

@Shavkat indeed my friend. =)

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@iamfemme (120)

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15 Dec 17

I enjoyed packed lunch during elementary and secondary days especially when it's mum's`cooking. I love to eat anything she put in my lunch box because I know that the food taste good. :-)

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

17 Dec 17

I do agree with you. That's what I am trying to let my little niece experience.

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@Shavkat (139937)

• Philippines

18 Dec 17

@iamfemme Don't worry, my friend. It is also the instructions from her teacher to have slow food. Her mom packed lunch and healthy snacks during school days.

@iamfemme (120)

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17 Dec 17

@Shavkat , I hope your niece would develop a liking for homemade foods instead of that from the fast food.

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