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Budget Bites

Inflation. Gas prices. My electricity bill once I surrender to these summer-like temperatures and turn on my AC. I officially feel the weight of it all in my wallet, and I know I’m not alone. We’re all in need of a break – a lunch break to be precise.

Recently, we recruited students in a “feature writing” journalism class at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to find reasonably priced lunches within minutes of downtown Chattanooga. Read their reviews in our first story below.