six tips for saving money when dining out
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Dining out can be expensive when it’s a regular habit. Sometimes we have no choice but to go out for breakfast or lunch. It might be to celebrate a friend’s birthday,TRANSCRIPT
Six Tips for Saving Money When Dining Out
Box Diner Cafe Restaurant
Dining out can be expensive when it’s a regular habit. Sometimes we have
no choice but to go out for breakfast or lunch. It might be to celebrate a friend’s birthday, farewell a colleague or meet with a supplier or client. So what to do if your budget is tight but you still have to dine out? Here are six tips for doing so without burning a big hole in your pocket, compliments of Box Diner, a Canberra café in the heart of Fyshwick, an industrial, retail and office area in the ACT.
1. First, be the one to suggest where to dine. Selecting a place like Box Diner will help because the menu is designed around various price points. While this Fyshwick cafe dishes up a Big Box Breakfast for $22.50, which has ‘the lot’, it also offers tasty options to start your day for as low as $6, such as spiced Turkish raisin toast with espresso creamed butter.
2. Second, plan ahead. A bit of planning can help you save. Bring
something light from home to munch on before heading out to a café, like crackers and cheese or fruit. Then you can more reasonably priced item from the café’s menu. Box Diner, for example, has a 9”
Six Tips for Saving Money When Dining Out
Box Diner Cafe Restaurant
baguette for only $9 and a champagne poached pear salad with blue cheese, walnuts and baby spinach for $12.
3. Third, select a café that offers daily specials. Box Diner has $10
cheese burgers on Tuesdays, $10 pasta on Wednesdays, and $10 bacon and eggs at breakfast on Thursdays. And the Fyshwick café has 2 for 1 coffee Monday mornings.
4. Fourth, select a café that offers BYO, but be careful since some corkage charges are expensive and almost defeat the purpose. Box Diner’s BYO charge is only $2.50 per person.
5. Fifth, check out loyalty programs. With Box Diner’s coffee loyalty
cards you will earn yourself a free hot drink. Buy seven and get one free. And this Canberra café also has a loyalty card for ‘food to go’.
6. Sixth, opt for something small. Box Diner offers small slices and
pastries which means you can enjoy a sweet without spending a fortune - starting at $2.50 for something small but tasty.
Six Tips for Saving Money When Dining Out
Box Diner Cafe Restaurant
In this day and age, eating out is hugely popular and at times we end up having to go to a café when we’d prefer not to for budget reasons. The good news is that applying these tips will help ease the pain and ensure you still have a great time while eating at a café
Box Diner, Canberra café in Fyshwick, ACT. Open Monday to Friday, 7am to 3pm. 65 Tennant Street, Fyshwick, ACT. (02) 6202 5555. Dine in or take-away. Take-home dishes available. Corporate catering and party catering available. BYO.