Toronto/CMEDIA: According to the findings of a new survey ‘Too Good to Go Canada’ nearly 80 percent of parents across Canada — especially in certain regions — buy their children’s lunches to accommodate everyday costs as Canadian students continue to re-adapt to their academic routines
“Most families are having to make compromises right now in the way that they’re buying for school lunches. Some are choosing a narrow variety of food. Some are choosing maybe some less snacks…We can clearly see from this that it’s getting tougher and tougher to take the grocery budgets and stretch it…specifically within their lunchboxes.” Luke Slinger, Head of Key Accounts at Too Good to Go Canada reported to say.
Lunch habits changing from coast to coast
Lunch habits appear to be changing all across the country, especially in certain regions, with the province of British Columbia registering the biggest changes followed by Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
Other strategies to manage costs
Slinger suggests other strategies to manage costs including bulk purchasing the foods children already like or prefer for cheaper, when properly stored, still another strategy is repurposing leftover meals into snacks or lunches and avoiding waste.
“Dinner extras might then become wraps the next day for sandwiches. So, you just got to store them promptly and sort of keep track of what’s happening with them,” Slinger said.
In addition, Too Good to Go’s marketplace also includes a list of grocery stores, restaurants, and cafes where parents can purchase end-of-day food supplies for a discounted price to cut costs.
