Lunchboxes for kids help parents save on daily expenses (Poll Inside)


Made with love: Mum Nik Nur Haswani packs meal boxes for her children Imran Zikri Mikail, 15, Iman Elayna Darin, 13, and Imran Zarif Sulaiman, seven, to bring to school to save money. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: With rising food costs, parents with schoolgoing children claim to notice smaller portions of food being sold at school canteens despite some of the operators having raised their prices.

Many parents have now made it a priority to prepare homemade food for their children to bring to school in order to provide them enough nutrition, as well as to save on daily expenses.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 9.73/month

Billed as RM 9.73 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.63/month

Billed as RM 103.60 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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