Eating Out vs Packing Lunch Calculator – Lunch Savings Calculator

How to Use the Eating Out vs Packing Lunch Calculator

Enter the price of one restaurant or takeaway lunch and the estimated ingredient cost of one packed lunch. Add the number of days you plan to pack lunch each week and the number of active weeks in a year. You can also include a drink, delivery or service fee, tip percentage, and sales tax percentage in the eating-out cost. The calculator updates the results as you type. Savings per lunch is the difference between the complete eating-out cost and the packed lunch cost. Weekly savings multiplies that difference by packed days, monthly savings divides the yearly estimate by 12, and yearly savings also accounts for the weeks entered. The yearly eating-out and packed-lunch totals show the estimated cost of each option, while the five-year result projects the same annual difference over five years. These figures are estimates and may change with prices, portions, and your schedule.