Company reinvents the lunch box

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18. For years my husband used a six pack cooler to take his lunch to work

One of those insulated bags made just the right size for a six pack of beer. He'd put a frozen cold pack in it, a couple of cans of soda and his sandwich in a reusable plastic box in it. He'd get home and the cold pack would still be mostly frozen. All reusable, some was scavenged, no waste.

The cold packs he got at work - he worked at Kinko's/FedEx and the candy they sold in front of the counters came in boxes with cold packs so the candy would not melt as it was shipped to the location. The store normally threw them away so he'd pick them up and bring them home. Over the years he brought home dozens of those cold packs. We "re-homed" a lot of them, passing them along to friends who fished or to people at the Farmer's Market who could use them to keep their products cold as they brought them to sell. Kept them out of the land fill and were of great use to those who we passed them along to!

That ‘Prepd Pack’ does not look insulated, has no handle or strap and does not look very practical, IMO. While it is "stylish" I expect it is very expensive for the job it does. VERY expensive:

$70 USD + Shipping
The Meal Prep Pro Pack
Get more flexibility with an extra set of containers. Prep lunch for two days in advance. Receive 1 Prepd Case, 1 set of Magnetic Cutlery and 2 sets of Prepd Containers. RRP = $95
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/prepd-pack-the-lunchbox-reimagined#/

They also raised far more money than they needed to start this project - check out the total at Indiegogo.