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Started 4 months ago by leftovers
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leftovers

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I saw this article and and it made me think about how much I am spending during the week. I think I average around $25 a week (outside of my brown paper bag), but a lot of that budgetary control is due to my wife. That adds up to roughly $1250 a year. That is more than I would have thought.

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Your daily ritual of buying coffee and lunch really adds up---to nearly $3,000 a year, a new survey shows.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/01/25/workers-spend-3000-year-on-coffee-lunch/?test=latestnews

Posted 4 months ago #
GCrites80s
5xNW
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Back when everybody drank Folgers and Maxwell House I bet it wasn't this much. I often wonder if the trend toward expensive flavored coffees and beers is due to everyday food losing a lot of its flavor over the years.

Posted 4 months ago #
mrsgeedeck
Castle of Lions
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My department has a shared cupboard of coffee, tea, and occasionally snacks. We also have a coffee pot and hot water kettle. While I still might hit the cafeteria or vending machine on occasion, I'd say my weekly lunch/coffee spending is around $10 on average which I think is acceptable for my budget. It allows me to feel like I'm splurging if I go out one day a week.

Posted 4 months ago #
joev
Merion Village
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Office coffee is really not worth drinking.

Posted 4 months ago #
Snarf
Dystopia
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joev said:
Office coffee is really not worth drinking.

Bodum travel press at the office. :)

Posted 3 months ago #
joev
Merion Village
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Snarf said:
Bodum travel press at the office. :)

Nice! I bring my own, or make a Brioso/Touch of the Earth run.

Posted 3 months ago #
bayrea
Dublin, Oh
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I just did the math and probably am around $2750 a year on lunch and morning coffee...I never pack a lunch and stop maybe twice a month for coffee.

Posted 3 months ago #
rus

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Snarf said:
Bodum travel press at the office. :)

Those are sweet but a bitch to clean out. Melitta single cup filter, here.

Posted 3 months ago #
bman
New Albany
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Approximately $2,200 per year.

Posted 3 months ago #
Mister Shifter
Lewis Center
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I've been eyeing the Aeropress for a quick cup in the morning.

Posted 3 months ago #
leftovers

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I think it would be less, but I am currently downtown and going outside for a cup of coffee/lunch is a way to get out of the office. I think of it like a smoke break - though I could just bring a snack with me outside.

Posted 3 months ago #
ricospaz

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Hmm I pack lunch a couple days a week, don't drink coffee. I'm probably around $700

Posted 3 months ago #
mrpoppinzs
Arena District
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I am too afraid to do the math.

Posted 3 months ago #
Pablo
Crestview Addition
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I pack my lunch, so maybe $400.00/yr? We have free office coffee - I don't mind it. I've lowered my coffee standards to give myself a wider range of options.

Posted 3 months ago #
paktinat
WP
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I used to do coffee every morning about $2/day, and lunch out everyday at around $7/day so it was easily $2500/year. I've switched to making coffee with a french press at work and bringing in left-overs as often as I can remember to do so, which is about 4 days a week.

Also +1 on the Aeropress. I just picked one up and for a quick cup it is great. You can have a cup made and the press cleaned in under a minute.

Posted 3 months ago #
DavidF
Elysium Fields
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I don't drink coffee, but if you count the soda I bring to work + packed lunches + the times I eat lunch out, probably pushing $1500.

Posted 3 months ago #
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I started cutting back on coffee, but I lost the savings after we started hitting up a food truck once a week at work. I can't say it hasn't been fun.

Probably in the low $1k's.

Posted 3 months ago #
lizless
Columbus/Hocking Hills
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When you work within walking distance to El Arapazo, you can't help it.

Posted 3 months ago #
jbCBUS

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I'm a total bachelor and don't keep any food at home so I spend about $15 on coffee/lunch and another $15 on dinner everyday. So in a year about $5k for coffee/lunch and another $5k for dinner...scary when you add it up!

Posted 3 months ago #