Your Packed Lunch Could Cost More Than You Think

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  Here's your money briefing for Monday, April 21st.

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  I'm Mariana Aspuru for The Wall Street Journal.

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  When noon hits and workers reach for their lunches,

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  more of them are whipping out a meal they packed at home rather than heading out to eat.

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  A big reason is high prices.

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  Workers having to return to the office, they're sort of experiencing sticker shock.

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  They're realizing how much more cost to eat out.

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  Pre-COVID, some of us, myself included, we didn't think anything about buying lunch every day,

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  but working from home showed us how much we can save by not eating out all the time.

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  My colleague, Ray Smith, spoke to me about the financial,

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  and culinary, pros and cons of brown bagging it.

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  Stick around.

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  To save money, more workers are bringing in lunch from home than they have in years.

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  Wall Street Journal reporter Ray Smith joins me to talk about it.

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  Ray, just how many people are shying away from buying lunch right now?

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  A lot more.

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