Update: This giveaway is now closed…winners will be announced soon!
It’s back to school time…which means time to shift our focus to the lunchbox assembly line! Save-A-Lot has some fantastic options that will keep your lunch costs as low as $1 per box! That’s what I’m talking about!
Check out some of the options…
Save-A-Lot lunch idea #1 = $.88
- Tortilla roll sandwich: a tortilla, slice of deli meat and cream cheese
- A container of Save-A-Lot Coburn Farms Moogurts Lowfat Yogurt
- A banana
- Save-A-Lot’s new Splash Out! Brand fruit drink pouches (contains 25 percent less sugar than the leading national brands)
Save-A-Lot lunch idea #2 = $.99
- Save-A-Lot’s Mantia’s Square Cheese Ravioli (Serve warm in a Thermos)
- Baby carrots and ranch dressing
- Save-A-Lot’s Fruit Flips fruit snacks
- Water
- Nature Trails is a new granola and cereal bar brand available exclusively at Save-A-Lot. Their Crunch & Oats & Honey flavor retails for $1.99 for 12 bars (6 packages). The suggested retail prices of comparable national brands range between $3.39 to $4.19. Two bars for an afternoon snack = roughly 33 cents
To help you get started on your lunchbox assembly line, I’m giving away 4 $25 gift cards from Save-A-Lot! That’s 25 free lunches for your kiddos! Entry details below…
Giveaway Details
1. Contest ends Saturday at 11 am EST. Winners will be announced back here on this post, and notified via email with further instructions.
2. Entry #1: Leave a comment answering one of the following questions: What ways do you keep lunchboxes from being boring or from hearing about “the same old thing”? What are your favorite foods to send for lunch (whether school or work)?
3. Entry #2: Follow me on Twitter and leave a SEPARATE comment.
4. Entry #3: Become a Facebook Fan, or subscribe by email or in an RSS reader! Be sure to leave another comment for your third entry. 
5. Winner will be selected by Random.org.
**NOTE: If you receive the email newsletter and wish to enter this giveaway, click on the title of this giveaway to get to the site and leave a comment on the site with your name and email address to be entered!
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My husband isn’t picky, so often he gets the same lunch every day (sandwiches). I try to switch it up a bit by using flavored mayo or spicy mustard. If we have leftovers in the fridge, he’ll take them too.
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My husband loves pita chips and hummus for lunches.
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I usually pack leftovers for lunch at work. It’s nice to have a hot meal away from home.
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I am pretty boring with my daughter’s lunch, but I do try to mix it up when she packs more than once day a week. Usually its PB&J, lunch meat sammy, or “homemade” lunchables. Add in a piece of fruit and a snack item, and we’re set!
salads and things like lean pockets, turkey or ham roll ups, soup, wheat thins/triscuts and cheese are things I like to pack for lunch.
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I am an email subscriber. The lunches I pack for my daughter are usually a sandwich chips and fruit. We vary all the components to keep it from getting boring
i’m not doing so well with creativity on lunches,, but my 10 yr old is picky, so at least I know he’s gonna eat it. Although he has told me of some of the “neat stuff” his friends’ moms pack in their lunches. So, maybe there’s hope with some positive peer pressure
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My daughter likes hot items such as soup or mac & cheese. Or just a turkey & cheese sandwich with fruit and pretzels.
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I love to use dinner leftovers.
I love to put a container/baggie of popcorn in my son’s lunch. He loves it.
I love to send chicken nuggets in a thermos!
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My favorite things to pack for lunches for work are extra leftover foods which I make. I make a wide variety of foods, and the leftovers are Great!
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Left over marinated pork chops (over steamed rice) are my FAVE!! They smell and taste JUST as good as the night before!
We have 2 teens who are in high school and don’t use lockers so they need things that stand up to backpack abuse. this year we will be going to a peanut free house due to the 18 month old with a peanut allergy. my 14 yo really likes lunch meat with cheese and crackers. she will also take a an apple that is cut to help eat it with her braces.
I send my son how is 16 with peanunts. protein bars , water and a peanut butter sandwich
I try to keep lunch boxes from being boring by setting a theme each week like one week some italian or mexican for my food choices.
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Preparing lunches can be a very challenging task, especially when you have picky eaters. I try to prepare 2-3 days when planning our dinners for the week. Left overs for these days and sammy’s and assorted snacks, try to keep it on the healthy side. My mom loves to bake, so we are hardly ever short on desserts. Plenty of water, which seems on sale every week. Just remember to recycle all those plastic bottles.
I love to bring salads to work with me!
I use cookie cutters to stamp out different sandwich shapes.
We use a lot of leftovers for next day lunches, but our kids work out a plan for 4-6 lunches with me in the summer. We rotate those 4-6 lunches for much of the school year.
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I think people do not use a hot thermos often enough. We use it for healthy soups, beans & franks, macaroni & cheese etc. when sending “lunchbox” meals to school.
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My kids love gogurts and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I am not too creative, but at least they will eat it.
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I like making enough at dinner so I can use it for lunch the next day. I heart leftovers.
I keep lunchboxes from being boring by switching up the menu. One day might be homemade Lunchables. The next day a chicken & cheese quesadilla. Then a peanut butter & honey sandwich. Always with a variety of fruit & cracker choices.
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One of my kids’ favorite items for packed lunch is a peanut butter roll-up. Take a 6-inch flour tortilla, spread it with peanut butter and sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the BP. Then roll it up! Even at 15, they still request it when we pack a lunch for a daytrip. (It’s no longer “cool” to pack a lunch in high school! haha) Thanks for a great give away!
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I let the kids pick what they want for lunch so if they don’t like it they only have themselves to blame. We home school so we don’t have to pack lunch but my favorite thing to do for lunch is sandwiches on good soft bread.
My son is extremely picky but is a healthy eater (thank goodness!) I usually mix up the fruit to keep it interesting (oranges, grapes, apples, banana’s etc). He’s a big fan of PBJ so once in a while, when I can find a good sale, I’ll buy him the uncrustables, which is a HUGE time/sanity saver because I already work 2 jobs and coach soccer in the spring and fall. His favorite “treat” is homemade cookies which I get around to about once every 3 months. When I get desperate I buy lunchables and add a piece of fruit. My favorite meal at work is something home made. I don’t have time to cook a lot so when I do, I cook a lot and enjoy it for 3 days.
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I’m a facebook fan & I put little notes with catchy pick me ups in lunches to make the day more exciting.
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