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Old 30-01-2008, 00:20
dick dastardley
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Hi Everyone!

I have two primary school-aged children who currently take in a packed lunch in those fabric-type insulated lunch boxes. They constantly spill stuff in them and despite scrubbing them to death every night I'm finding it very difficult to keep them clean long-term and getting them dry by the morning. When I was a kid I had the moulded plastic lunchboxes which I think would be better for them (or me!). I've looked in the very obvious places like ASDA and Tesco; they only seem to stock the insulated ones. Does anyone know where I can get these type of lunchboxes? I'm sick of replacing my kids ones every 3 months or so despite the above, not to mention that it's detrimental to the enviroment! I bought the insulated ones in the first instance to keep their food cool, but have an abundance of small ice-packs that can do that, so it's not an issue.

Sorry this is so long; to cheer you up I'll reveal that I had one of the plastic ones when I was a kid. The last one had 'Fraggle Rock' on it. I'm undecided as to whether that's sad or cool. It certainly was sad when my mum made me use it for my first week at high school..............

Thanks in advance.
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Old 30-01-2008, 00:42
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mmmhh... not sure but the pound shops nowadays have surprisingly everything...you might be lucky to find something adequate in there
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Old 30-01-2008, 02:21
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Thanks Ju, I'll try in there. I have to do a trip into the local town today (is it that late?!!) and there's loads of poundshops. I'll stick my nose in.

Thank You!
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Old 30-01-2008, 10:35
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Try Lakeland - www.lakeland.co.uk - they usually have most things
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Old 30-01-2008, 10:40
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Woolworths usually have a decent selection. Although this time of year they won't have as many as they do in the Summer months.
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Old 30-01-2008, 11:25
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Old 30-01-2008, 11:48
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i find the clasps always break really fast on the plastic ones. i brought 2 fabic ones and throw them in the wash every now and then to keep them nice and clean
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Old 30-01-2008, 11:57
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I got my boy one in woolies last year, sure Tesco's had some too

for work I use a 'LAP TOP LUNCHBOX'
http://www.beckyandlolo.co.uk/produc...p_lunch_boxes/

told my son he can have one when he looks after his woolies one, looks like he plays football with it

jo x
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Old 30-01-2008, 12:47
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I put a normal plastic lunch box in the fabric bag.
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Old 30-01-2008, 14:22
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Thanks Ju, I'll try in there. I have to do a trip into the local town today (is it that late?!!) and there's loads of poundshops. I'll stick my nose in.

Thank You!
Seeing you're from MAN...there's pound empire close to Piccadilly Trainstation...they have virtually everything...you could fill an empty house from scratch with their stuff (albeit not to everyone's taste )
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Old 30-01-2008, 15:11
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I saw some in Morrisons, they had those clip down sides and were quite cheap.
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Old 30-01-2008, 16:36
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I often pack salads to take to work with Salad Cream on it. That can get quick 'juicy' and so I bought some great plastic lunch boxes from Woolworths. I was lucky and got them for 1/2 price, but they had loads of different ones. They wash well too - and dont stain (I have been know to put curry etc in them)
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Old 30-01-2008, 17:16
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I got my boy one in woolies last year, sure Tesco's had some too

for work I use a 'LAP TOP LUNCHBOX'
http://www.beckyandlolo.co.uk/produc...p_lunch_boxes/

told my son he can have one when he looks after his woolies one, looks like he plays football with it

jo x
YAY, me too! I love my laptop lunch box.

If it doesn't have to be a LUNCH box per se, supermarkets should have loads of plastic boxes - just don't look near the lunch bags and thermos flasks and so on, look near the cake tins and storage boxes.
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Old 30-01-2008, 20:44
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Wilkinsons sell them.
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Old 30-01-2008, 21:17
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Carrier bag?
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Old 30-01-2008, 21:49
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I use a plastic supermarket bag for packed lunches. That way, you can throw them away afterwards and there's no mess and therefore, no need to clean.
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Old 31-01-2008, 16:18
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Thanks for all the replies. As is always the case when I start a thread like this, my mum turned up with two from Wilkinsons yesterday afternoon!! Thanks again!
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