I will be packing our boys’ lunch a lot more this year. So when I talked to Easy Lunchboxes about reviewing their products, I was stoked to get to have on of our school items marked off our list. And, several other reasons too.
Easy Lunchboxes are just that – easy. Created by Kelly (also author of the new book, Easy Lunch Boxes – Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook), they were created with simplicity in mind. And her vision is helping many parents pack healthy meals for their favorite lil’ people. And save money.
Our school lunch is $2.30. Multiply that by roughly 280 days of the year the boys are in-school. Times that by 3 children and the $2.30 lunch price and that that is around $2,000! That’s quite the chunk of change, huh? Well, knowing our boys would have basic school lunches like pretzels with cheese (how that is even a suitable lunch, I’ll never know) or be lured to purchase those extra snacks, I decided to pack their lunches again this year. Well, I say “I” but it will really be them.
I had our boys make a list of items they would want on a regular basis to be in their lunches. From that, I created bins in the house that they can choose one from. They can obviously make a sandwich (or we can wrap up some leftovers) for them to eat the next day. I’ll be putting all of those items neatly in our Easy Lunchboxes pack and cooler and they can eat a much better meal and momma saves money – we all win!
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I don’t pack for school because she’s not in school yet but I do pack lunches at least 3 or 4 times a week for our playground trips or for going to the beach or just for long walks to awesome looking places in the woods near our home. We like finding pretty areas to have picnics :P
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I would love to win one, I will be sending 7 out of my 8 children to school this year!
I pack lunch every day for my sons (2 now that the 3rd is away at school). Time-consuming, but less expensive than purchasing…
i pack all 3 of my kids lunches everyday i try to do everything on sunday so its easy on me for the rest of the week!!!
We homeschool, and I haven’t packed lunches for my kids for a couple of years now, but these would be great for our field trips and day trips. Also, I’d like to have a more streamlined day, and “packing” up the lunches the night before might make for an easier school day!
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Since my daughter will be starting Kindergarten this fall, I am planning on packing her lunch every day. Hopefully, I will be able to keep to it!
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The kids always pack their lunches. I have a special lunch packing station in the kitchen and they pack their own.
We pack the majority of the time…..buying lunch is considered a “treat” and gives mom a break!
My kids would never eat the lunch at school. I always pack lunches.
Wow……this would make my life so much easier, would love to win one:)
We pack lunches everyday – kids prefer that to school lunches.
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Packing lunch is a necessity at our house. My husband hasn’t had a paycheck in over a month. We currently use plastic bags that I get from the grocery store for lunches. They are free and kinda work ok. That tote looks awesome! Sandwiches tend to get squished… I really enjoy your site!
Hi! Been a follower of your blog/website for years and love it!!! I pack my son’s lunch 3 days per week. My daughter is starting first grade this year so I will have 2 lunches to pack!!! I would love this set. It would certainly make ‘lunch packing’ much easier. Thanks!!!
I will pack lunches 4 days starting this year.
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My daughter is in preschool so we don’t pack lunches yet.
My least fav part of back to school!
My sons pack their lunches nearly every day. They buy at school only once or twice a month because it’s so much more expensive to buy there and–for my older son–not enough food!
I pack 3 lunches, 5 times a week for my kids. Thats 15 lunched a week, yikes!
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I will be packing lunches daily. My child is starting a new alternative school & they dont have a school lunch program, but they do have access to microwaves which is great! So we will be making lunches, experimenting with what to take & what she will eat. Evidently its weird to eat in front of other people in high school… I’m betting hunger will over rule that notion, but who knows.
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We had to pack lunches for daycare for so long that we let our daughter get hot lunch all year long last year. However, we now have two in school so it will get costly pretty quick this year.
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We pack several times during the year for field trips!
As a mom of 7 kids, I’ve packed hundreds of lunches. I only have 3 left in school, but I pack their lunches daily.
I pack lunch almost every day of the schoolyear. I let my child buy a meal of her choice in her cafeteria twice a month.
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I pack a lunch for my son every single school day of the year!
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I would like to pack their lunches everyday!
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I also have 3 kids who has to pack everyday. this would be great to have.
I haven’t started packing lunches yet, but expect to do so almost every day starting Fall 2013
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II make lunch everyday for school. thanks
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I pack my son lunch everyday. He doesn’t like the school lunches
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Mine is starting first grade went to K half day last year I have no idea how often I will packing a lunch depends on what days she likes what. Guess I will see in September I would love to have one of these
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Would love these for my girls for school.
pack lunches EVERY day!
I pack lunch for my daughter 5 days a week
I pack his lunch 5days a week. I’d love to win!
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I dont pack their lunch, they go to a very small school that makes great food.
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I pack lunch for my husband everyday. My kids are still preschool age, but they LOVE me to pack their lunch for a picnic at the park or even out in the year or on the front porch. This would be ideal!
my kids like to pack about 3 times a week
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Everyday – my daughter has repeated said that she doesn’t want anything that the school serves and I completely agree!
This will be my oldest son’s first year at school all year and I plan to pack his lunch every day. This would make things fantastically convenient!
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My daughter has food allergies, I pack lunch for her every day.
Our daughter has food allergies- i pack a lunch for her every day’
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kiddos not so much… but pack for my fiancee and me every day :-)
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I pack my kids lunches at least 3 days out of the week. They have the option to buy lunch 2 days a week if they want to. Sometimes they don’t want to so I end up packing lunches even more.
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My Little Bear starts school this fall. Was planning on buying Lunches most days as hubby will be the one getting her out the door. But with something like this even he could get her ready for lunch. :)
Have been packing lunches for my kids everyday for 16 years now. My ‘baby’ is a senior this year. Its really hard to find a lunch box that the actual lunch will fit in and then the lunch bag isn’t too bulky to fit in the book sack. I’d like to try this product.
I have my granddaughter again and will be struggling with packing lunches again. It will be a challange packing a different one to keep her from getting bored.
My son is starting school this year, so I can’t say from experience. But, I plan to pack his lunch everyday unless there is something he really wants at school they they provide. I loved having my lunch packed as a kid and I would like to do that for my son. :)
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I pack my son’s lunch every day and my daughter’s at least 3 days a week.
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I had rather use these than ziploc bags. It would really save me money.
Perfect containers for everything.
By packing my kids lunch, I can see what they eat instead of wasting the school food.
School lunches go up every year in price. So we always pack a lunch.
i pack a lunch everyday for all 3 of my kids
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She usually takes lunch every day
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I used to pack my sons lunches almost daily for school
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I pack my son’s lunch 4 days a week and would love this set! School lunches are too expensive and not healthy enough!
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I pack their lunch every day. They hate to buy!
I pack lunches 5 days a week!
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I pack lunches for my 2 girls at least 4 out of 5 days a week. They can pick one hot lunch at school/week. Their hot lunches are $2.10 each. I can make lunches cheaper than that and I can also know what they are eating instead of guessing at the end of the day when I ask them, I can see what was left. When they eat hot lunch, I don’t have a very clear idea of what they actually ate.
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i pack lunch for my daughter during summer school!
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I try to pack them pretty often. Towards teh end of the year I kind of slack off though.
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My son is just starting kinder, but I plan on packing him lunch 3-4 days a week. He is kind of a picky eater so I’d rather spend money on stuff I know he would eat versus paying for a school lunch that will end up in the trash.
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Not nearly enough! Maybe once or twice a week on average. My son loves school lunches. :(
I pack daily for my kids.
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We pack lunches everyday!
I pack only a couple times a week because my son LOVES disgusting school lunches.
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My daughter is going into 1s grade so this will be our first experience with buying/packing – not sure how much of each we will do.
My kids are in daycare/preschool, so we pack their lunch everyday! I think we will try to continue that into school, but we will look at the monthly menu and let them pick out a few days to ‘buy’.
About 3 times a week
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No kiddos to pack for but I pack for myself at least 3 times per week.
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I have to pack lunch everyday for my hubby and my kid. I could really use this. Oh also…. I have to pack lunch for myself too many days while i work. So can really use this.
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I would love to have one of these for my son’s school lunches. We pack about half the month and he buys ont he days the menu sounds appealing. He needs to gain some weight so we try to do whichever will get more calories into him! :)
I usually pack lunches 3-4 days a week.
I only have one so I have found it easier to just let her buy, however this year she has told me she wants to pack!
I pack a lunch at least once a week for each child. They enjoy taking it.
I don’t pack their lunches all that often during the school year but would if I had something neat like this and they would be eating more healthy too. We pack almost every day for the summer and this would have made life easy I can tell you that. What a great product.
My son starts kindergarten this year and we/I will be packing his lunch most days.
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With 3 kids of my own all in school it is not cheap! I was just looking at these lunch boxes a few days ago for my youngest 2! They both love to take their lunches to school as much as possible & these would be perfect for them! On Average they both take their lunch at least 2 days a week. Sometimes more :)
I pack 2 lunches 5 days a week! This would be great!
My son WILL NOT eat the school lunch so I have to pack everyday!
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No kids yet, but I pack lunch for myself a lot! :)
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Every day, we dont eat meat. So I cook at home all the time.
I pack lunch five days a week
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