eliza61
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I heard this on the news today and could totally relate. I will give up my first born child some mornings before I give up my cup of Joe!! 
I'm such a wuss....
American Workers Spend $1000 A Year On Coffee, $2000 A Year On Lunch
You know that, for the sake of your budget, you should kick the ever-more-expensive coffee habit. And, for that matter, that you should make yourself a brown-bagged BLT to bring to work rather than getting Chipotle for the third time this week. But mornings are tough! And how much harm could a few cups of coffee, and a few burritos, do?
According to a recent survey of 1000 American workers by Accounting Principals, quite a bit. The firm's data show that half of American workers regularly buy coffee during the week. This half spent an average of $1092 a year; that's over $5 a day. An even larger proportion of workers -- a full two-thirds -- buy lunch at work. These folks spend even more than the coffee drinkers. On average, the midday meal costs lunchers $1924 a year. That's even more than commuting, which accounts for about $1500 a year.
The workers who spent the most on both coffee and lunch were those aged 18-24. Their low income, it seems, is more than offset by their lack of real-life expenditures and their hunger for fancy foods to get them through the workday.
The men in the survey also said they spent far more on both food and coffee than the women did.
One small flaw with the survey is that it didn't ask those who don't regularly buy coffee and lunch how much they spend on those items at the grocery store. It's not like the one third who don't normally eat out is going without lunch -- and it seems safe to say that many of the non-coffee-buyers are brewing their own at home.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/20/american-workers-coffee-spending_n_1219579.html
I'm such a wuss....
American Workers Spend $1000 A Year On Coffee, $2000 A Year On Lunch
You know that, for the sake of your budget, you should kick the ever-more-expensive coffee habit. And, for that matter, that you should make yourself a brown-bagged BLT to bring to work rather than getting Chipotle for the third time this week. But mornings are tough! And how much harm could a few cups of coffee, and a few burritos, do?
According to a recent survey of 1000 American workers by Accounting Principals, quite a bit. The firm's data show that half of American workers regularly buy coffee during the week. This half spent an average of $1092 a year; that's over $5 a day. An even larger proportion of workers -- a full two-thirds -- buy lunch at work. These folks spend even more than the coffee drinkers. On average, the midday meal costs lunchers $1924 a year. That's even more than commuting, which accounts for about $1500 a year.
The workers who spent the most on both coffee and lunch were those aged 18-24. Their low income, it seems, is more than offset by their lack of real-life expenditures and their hunger for fancy foods to get them through the workday.
The men in the survey also said they spent far more on both food and coffee than the women did.
One small flaw with the survey is that it didn't ask those who don't regularly buy coffee and lunch how much they spend on those items at the grocery store. It's not like the one third who don't normally eat out is going without lunch -- and it seems safe to say that many of the non-coffee-buyers are brewing their own at home.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/20/american-workers-coffee-spending_n_1219579.html
I rarely buy coffee out. I do spend a good amount on coffee each year though since DH and I buy whole beans and grind them. DH has expensive taste in coffee and this is 1 area in which there is no compromise, so we spend about $500- $600 a year on beans but we have a cup in the morning and fill our travel mugs and bring them to work 
And I do get lunch out but only a couple times a week max, usually it's less than that. I almost always bring either leftovers or I have cans of soup in my desk drawer that I can eat as well. 
Coffee is 25 cents a cup at work, so my daily coffee expenditure is one single quarter. I've tried to get out of the habit of ordering lunch, mostly because it's so unhealthy. Once every 2 weeks, I treat myself to a takeout lunch and spend $7 to $9.
I also bring my own coffee every morning. 
