Lunch by the numbers

A while back I used to eat out for lunch everyday. I was lucky to spend less than $5 for fast food and I was even luckier if I ever ate healthy. It was a dark time in my life, then I had to start watching my budget, so I went down an even darker path, I ate Ramen noodles for lunch. Every. Single. Day. It was cheap, there's no doubt about that, but it was supremely unhealthy, and not very good.
So I did some research and came up with a cost-effective alternative. Sub sandwiches. Now I've never really done the math, so we're going to do it together. I know you can go out and buy a 6in sub from Subway, so we'll use them for comparison. All my prices I'm basing off what I've found at my local Sam's Club too. Let's dive right in . . .
We're going to base our costs off one of the more popular sandwiches, a club. That is 3 different meats, some cheese, lettuce, tomato, and some condiments.
First, we need bread, you can buy 6 footlong rolls for only $4, so for one sandwich, that's only 33c. Next we add our meat, which costs roughly $8 for about 10 servings, so that's 80c per sandwich per meat, we're looking at 3 types of meat, which is $2.40 total.
That brings us so far to a total of $2.73. Now we need some cheese, that's about $9, and you can get 30 full sandwiches out of that, so that's another 30c bringing us to just over $3. Now we need our lettuce. Personally, I prefer to pay a little more and buy the pre-packaged shredded lettuce, that runs about $2 for a week's worth, but you can save money by buying a whole head of lettuce. So, if I were to make it, my lettuce would add another 40c on to the cost, bringing us to $3.43.
"What about the condiments?" You might ask. Well, who doesn't have mustard or mayo in their house? Luckily, condiments seem to last forever, so their cost would be just pennies per sandwich.
"What if you want something special?" Now you might be thinking how you might want more things on your sandwich, like onions, cucumbers or jalapenos, well you can do that, it just means you need to buy them. They will obviously increase the price for the sandwich, but it is highly doubtful you'll make it cost more than you'd pay at Subway.
Personally, I much prefer having a sub sandwich for lunch everyday, made just the way I like it. And it's even better that it's home-made. It might take a little bit of time and effort, but I think the savings and piece of mind go a long way.
What things do you do to save money on everyday expenses?