Consumer Corner: 8 tips to cut the cost of school lunches

"It might sound dramatic, how tough school lunch prep is for anyone who has not been subjected to the task, but it can be tricky. Kids' tastes change and their demands increase and lunch prep is trickier because of that."

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The dreaded school lunches are back. It’s hard to explain the pain and stress that comes with preparing school lunches. Is it the pressure about what to put in every day, the stress of not having items in the fridge or the time consuming element of it? 

There’s the added frustration then that comes with the lunchbox returning with a bite out of the sandwich, the apple not touched and the Frube untorn.