‘I don’t have money but I’m buying them anyway!’
If you’ve ever added up how much a ‘quick’ lunch out costs over a working week, you’ll know it has a habit of creeping into scary territory. £5 here, £8 there, and suddenly your bank balance is looking at you like it wants a quiet word. Which is why a lot of us start every month with good intentions about bringing lunch from home, but then give up by Wednesday.
But M&S might have just made the packed lunch feel tempting again, thanks to a new-in tupperware range that’s so good-looking it’s basically begging to be filled with pasta salads and poke bowls.
The collection has been doing the rounds on TikTok after creator @hollyshopz shared a video telling people to “run to M&S for the most aesthetic lunch collection”, and the comments section tells you everything you need to know.
“I don’t have money but I’m going to buy them anyway,” wrote one person, while others called out the colours and described them as “the cutest”.
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It’s official: chic food storage is having a moment, and M&S has landed right in the middle of it. Prices start from £4, which is already a small win, especially when you compare it to what you’d spend on a couple of shop-bought lunches. There’s a small plastic container, a larger plastic one, and the standout of the bunch, a ceramic storage bowl that looks far more tempting than it does ‘sad desk meal’. The ceramic one in particular feels made for big, colourful salads, grain bowls or leftover pasta.
Anyone who has ever owned a cupboard full of mismatched, slightly cloudy plastic tubs will know that half the battle with packed lunches is enthusiasm, so M&S has got it exactly right with this affordable, aesthetic collection.
In other supermarket news from the week, and just in time for Valentine’s Day, Aldi is treating shoppers to some new middle aisle SpecialBuys that promise to help set a romantic experience. From new cast iron cookware to satin nightwear and movie night kits, you’ll find everything you need for February 14th– and even better, it’s all affordable.
The hero of the new launches is the Cast Iron Valentine’s Day Assortment, £12.99, featuring a cupid-approved update for the month of love
