School is back and if you send your children in with a packed lunch, you might be looking at the cost of food prices shooting up and wondering how you’re going to feed them properly. I’ve put together a basic shipping list for packed lunches, which works for 3 children. This is how you can make 3 packed lunches every day for a school week for less than £8 a week, using the Asda Just Essentials range.
What Is The Asda Just Essentials Range?
The Asda Just Essentials range is simply priced and packaged food for every budget. It is a fuss-free take on food essentials, helping you keep the cost of your food shop down. It breaks down the preconception of supermarket budget ranges by incorporating fresh fruit and meat with tasty treats and tinned food.
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The Shopping List
So here is the all-important shopping list. I’ve written this with the idea that all of these are in stock, however in reality, looking at the website, they aren’t all available online. If you were shopping online or doing a click and collection you would have to pay for that too. Hopefully, you have an Asda store within walking distance that stocks the Asda Just Essentials range and everything you need from this list.
- Cherry Tomatoes – 50p
- Sultana Scones – 49p
- White Bread – 39p
- Sausage Rolls – 98p
- Apples – 65p
- Fromage Frais – 88p
- Soft Cheese – 80p
- 4 Cheese & Bean Bakes – £1
- Oranges – 60p
- Pork Luncheon Meat Slices – 86p
- 6 Pack Assorted Maize Snacks – 62p
- Blueberries – 89p
- Total – £7.76
Packed Lunches
Monday
- Luncheon Meat Sandwich
- Apple
- Fromage Frais
- Bag of Maize Snacks
Tuesday
- Soft Cheese Sandwich
- Orange
- Sultana Scone
- Fromage Frais
Wednesday
- Sausage Roll
- A few Cherry Tomatoes
- Bag of Maize Snacks
- Sultana Scone
Thursday
- Luncheon Meat Sandwich
- Handful of blueberries
- Fromage Frais
- Bag of Maize Snacks
Friday
- Cheese & Bean Bake
- Apple/Orange
- Sultana Scone
- Fromage Frais
Lunchtime Is Playtime
For some people, you might be looking at this amount of food and thinking that the kids will be hungry. It’s worth noting that our children go to a Primary school and get a piece of fruit at morning break too. We have noticed that anything extra than this, food isn’t eaten and ends up coming home in the packed lunch box untouched. When we’ve spoken to our children they say they are more excited about getting outside to play than eating their packed lunch. So this amount doesn’t over-face them and allows them to fuel up before heading into the playground.
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Final Thoughts
This shopping list and packed lunch meal plan are based solely on the Asda Just Essentials range. Of course, you might be able to get it cheaper at other budget stores or by purchasing yellow stickered items.
There are some items that could be left over for the following week, the box of bakes, for example. Although these might not work for some people as they need freezing and then baking. You can swap these out for other items in the Asda Just Essentials range. Another loaf of bread and some jam would cost 73p so buying this instead of the bakes would save you 27p. Find the things that your kids like and that work for your situation.
However, as a basic, go-to shopping list, coming in at less than £8 for a school week’s worth of packed lunches is pretty good.
