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12.09.2022 - 15:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
With the summer holidays officially over and the cost of living crisis still continuing, many parents might be feeling the pinch as they get in the essentials this year.
And, unless your kids qualify for free school meals, many parents might opt to create a healthy packed lunch to send their little ones to school with. Of course, like many things recently, this may prove to be an added expense following the rising prices at the supermarket.
Luckily for cash-strapped parents, one mum has compared how much it would cost to create a basic packed lunch from six major supermarket chains. Visiting Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's, Emma Gill from The Manchester Evening News found that parents can get prices as low as 74p on a lunch box filled with four standard items.
With the aim of filling a lunchbox with own-branded, or like-for-like items, the savvy mum aimed to find the cheapest price for a lunchbox that would include a ham sandwich, a tube yoghurt, a packet of crisps and a Royal Gala apple.
Here is how the reporter got on as originally reported by The Manchester Evening News...
Overall - with two pieces of bread, 40g (four slices) of ham and 6g of margarine used for the comparison - it was Aldi which came out as cheapest, at 74.5p for the entire lunchbox.
While none of them came above £1, there have been some big price increases since our similar comparison back in February, when both Aldi and Lidl were cheapest, coming in at 62p.
Despite many of the products being exactly the same, with the main exception being bread as we used budget last time, the majority have gone up in price.
Among the most notable increases are the cost of spread, ham and apples, with a pack of Royal Gala apples rising at every
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