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Ideas For Professional Bag In Which To Take Food To Restaurant

Missouri Farmer

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I am a recently diagnosed celiac (3 months) and there are times that I will need to take my own food to a restaurant. I work in sales.

What ideas do you have on how I can transport my food? A cooler looks awkward. I need something that looks professional like a briefcase or laptop bag but that will also accommodate freezer blocks for summer use. I'm thinking that I will have to buy a briefcase bag and then outfit is for my needs but wanted to know what the rest of you do.

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I had this problem! I seriously was toting a mini Coleman cooler around. I have a lot of allergies on top of celiac, and I can't have raw fruits and veggies either . . . I cook everything from scratch, and everything needs to be cooked, so my food needs to be kept cold or hot!

I'd recommend one of these: Open Original Shared Link I've only used mine a few times as I've recently bought it, but it does a great job at insulating everything . . . and it really doesn't leak if you put ice in it. It is very light. You can search for polar bear coolers on msn shopping to hunt for the best bargain.

This company has backpack coolers, etc., but I'm not sure that it keeps things cool as long as the polar bear. Open Original Shared Link

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I am a recently diagnosed celiac (3 months) and there are times that I will need to take my own food to a restaurant. I work in sales.

What ideas do you have on how I can transport my food? A cooler looks awkward. I need something that looks professional like a briefcase or laptop bag but that will also accommodate freezer blocks for summer use. I'm thinking that I will have to buy a briefcase bag and then outfit is for my needs but wanted to know what the rest of you do.

I'd buy a 'manbag' or some thing similar and a small squishy cooler that will fit inside.

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WW340
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I bought this in the navy blue with the all blue trays. I also bought the blue ice bags that fit in the top of the lunch box. This works very well for me, and looks more professional than anything else I could find.

It is from laptop lunches. Open Original Shared Link

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cruelshoes
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Thermos makes several styles that look like briefcases - Open Original Shared Link.

Missouri Farmer Rookie
Missouri Farmer
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Thanks for all the suggestions. The Polar Bear cooler looks like it will work well so I went ahead and ordered it.

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