Our special report on America's food & drink spending confirmed, with hard data, what most of us already suspected: People who tend to spend more on groceries save money on food overall.

Which means, brown-bagging it may be one of the most money-saving-est habits you can develop. But in our quest to inspire adult lunch-bringers, we found all these ideas ... for kids. PB&J's with the crusts cut off? Carrot sticks? A freaking juice box? Give me a break. If the brown bag can ever hope to compete with the falafel/burger/sushi joint down the block, we're going to need some serious adult inspiration.

This is why we're launching the first-ever Bundle Bring Your Lunch to Work contest. At some point in the next three weeks, bring your lunch to work. Post a picture of it on our Facebook page, or share your story on Bundle. The crowds will vote for their favorites, and winners will be chosen by our distinguished panel of judges:

*Ben Leventhal, editor of NBC Feast and founder of Eater.com.
*Food52.com editors Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs
*Top Chef's Spike Mendelsohn and his fiancee, Apron Anxiety blogger Alyssa Shelasky
*Midtown Lunch founder Zach Brooks

The best entries will win a limited-edition Bundle lunchbox. And best of all, you'll save some money. Join the Bringers!

Here's what to submit:

A photo of your best brown-bag lunch, uploaded to our Facebook page. Tell us what's in it, how much it cost (roughly), and anything else you want us to know.

Or...

Post a story about your homemade lunch on Bundle.com. To indicate it's a contest entry, please include "My lunch" in the title.

How it will work:

*We'll collect entries from 5/12 to 5/28. No entries will be considered after 11:59pm, 5/28.

*Readers will be able to "Vote up" their favorite entries on Bundle.com, and/or to "like" their favorite entries on Facebook

*Winners will be announced on 5/30 and notified via an announcement on Bundle and Facebook

The Prizes:
From the most popular submissions, our judges will choose four winners. Each will receive a limited-edition Bundle lunchbox, as well as the admiration and appreciation of the world at large.

The Fine Print

Contest is open to US residents 18 years of age or older. Prize is awarded as is, and may not be redeemed for cash. No Purchase Necessary. Void where prohibited. Employees of Bundle Corporation, its affiliates, agents and representatives may not participate. Bundle Corporation will collect entries ("Submissions") from May 12 to May 25, 2010. No Submissions will be considered if submitted after 12:00 AM, ET, May 25, 2010. Visitors to the Bundle Website or to Bundle's Facebook page may vote on the Submissions, beginning 9am on May 12, 2010, and ending at 12am on May 25, 2010. To vote on a Submission, an email address must be given, and only one vote per person will be accepted per day of voting.

Winners will receive a limited-edition Bundle lunchbox. There will be four (4) prizes awarded. The ten (10) Submissions with the highest number of votes received on the Bundle Website and the ten (10) Submissions with the highest number of votes received on Bundle's Facebook page as of 12:00 AM ET, May 29, 2010, will go on to judging. Bundle's editorial staff and guest judges will choose two (2) finalists from the ten (10) Bundle.com submissions with the highest vote totals and two (2) finalists from the ten (10) Facebook Submissions. The judges will make their selections based on the Submissions' creativity (25%), nutrition (25%), cost (25%), and ease of preparation (25%), as determined in their sole discretion. In the event of a tie, the Submission chosen from the tied Submissions will be the Submission with the highest total creativity score. In the event that the tied Submissions have the same creativity score, the Submission with the highest cost score will be chosen. In the event that the tied Submissions have the same creativity and cost scores, the Submission with the highest nutrition score will be chosen. In the event that the tied Submissions have the same creativity, cost, and nutrition scores, the Submission with the highest ease of preparation score will be chosen. Winners and Submissions must satisfy all rules and comply with all terms of these rules and the Terms of Use of the Bundle Website to be eligible to win. Specifically, Submissions may not contain any material that is obscene, promotes illegal activity, or is otherwise offensive or objectionable. All judging decisions will be final and non-appealable.

The Prizes are not transferable. Winners may not substitute the prize. If the stated prize is not available, then Bundle Corporation may substitute a prize of equal or greater value. There is only one prize available per user during any six (6) month period.

You represent and warrant that your submission(s) are original, and submission or acceptance of these rules and the Terms of Use of the Bundle Website does not violate the rights of any other person or entity. Submissions become the property of Bundle Corporation and will not be acknowledged or returned. You further represent and warrant that you have received all licenses, permissions, and releases necessary to submit your Submission(s) and grant to Bundle Corporation the licenses expressed herein. Specifically, you represent and warrant that you have received permission and an appropriate release from any person depicted in the Submission, and that you have obtained rights to display, reproduce, prepare derivatives of, distribute, and publish any works subject to copyright protection that are depicted or included in your Submission. The copyright in any Submission shall remain your property (as between you and Bundle Corporation) , but entry in this Contest constitutes your irrevocable, perpetual permission and consent, without compensation or attribution, to use the Submission and your name and city and state for editorial, advertising, commercial and publicity purposes by Bundle Corporation, in any and all media now in existence or hereinafter created, throughout the world, for the duration of the copyright and any other rights in the Submission. Bundle Corporation and/or others authorized by Bundle Corporation shall have the right to edit, adapt, and modify the Submission.

You acknowledge and agree that Bundle Corporation shall have no obligation to post, display or otherwise make publicly available any Submission, photo or other information submitted by you, and Bundle Corporation may, in its sole and unfettered discretion, remove, edit, modify or delete any Submission, photo or other information that you submit to Bundle Corporation. You further acknowledge and agree that Bundle Corporation has no obligation to filter Submissions for appropriate content, and that you view all Submissions and the Bundle Website at your risk.

You understand and intend that any Submission, photo or other information submitted by you to Bundle Corporation may be available for review and comment by the public, and you understand that comments or ratings with which you are unhappy may be published or otherwise become associated with any Submission, photo or information, including your name, that you submit to Bundle Corporation. By submitting any Submission, photo or other information to Bundle Corporation, you hereby waive any privacy expectations that you may have with respect to any such Submission, photo or information submitted by you to Bundle Corporation.

You hereby agree to indemnify and hold Bundle Corporation harmless from and against, and hereby waive any right to pursue, any claims of any nature arising in connection with your or your Submission's inclusion in, publication via or display on any Bundle Corporation site, or any other use authorized under these Terms.

Winners are solely responsible for all taxes, costs and/or fees that may be incurred as a result of their participation. Each prizewinner must supply Bundle Corporation with his/her legal name, mailing address, birth date, daytime and nighttime telephone numbers.

Neither Bundle Corporation, Bundle Corporation sponsors, nor employees of Bundle Corporation or sponsors may be held liable for any warranty, costs, damage, injury, or any other claims incurred as a result of usage of any prize once possession has been taken of the product by the winner. Bundle Corporation is not liable for any loss arising out of or in connection with or resulting from any contest promoted by Bundle Corporation.

The contest and these Rules are governed by the Terms of Use of the Bundle Website, which are incorporated herein by this reference. In the event that any term of those Terms of Use conflicts with a term of these Rules, the terms of these Rules will apply. Bundle Corporation reserves the right to alter any rules of any contest at anytime. It further reserves the right to cancel, terminate, or modify any Contest not capable of completion as planned, including because of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure, or technical failures of any sort.

Except where prohibited, winners may be required to sign affidavits of eligibility and copyright transfer/liability/publicity/permission releases. Affidavits and releases must be returned within ten (10) days of attempted notification, or an alternate winner may be chosen.

Related Links:

Bundle Special: The Truth About Food Spending in America

Infographic: The top cities for food spending

Infographic: Food spending by age group, income and household