Cost-cutting Champ Pillows

"Next on Winterwatch, we check in on Mr and Mrs Henderson who are hibernating to avoid putting the heating on."

Cartoon about the high cost of health insurance.

"Turns that out! - We're supposed to be saving energy!!"

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

'Office' block tightening it's belt

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

When Tia Carmen says... "I got it for a very good price!" it means...she stopped at a garage sale on the way home.

Phil would get giddy after a large print run, but the company was saving a fortune.

"Post Covid it was clear that the old 9-5 was no longer viable, our industry lends itself to home working."

'Of course I'm squirreling away money!'

"I know we said we would get you a laptop.. but this will have to do until business gets better."

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

'We'll see significant savings in health care costs with our new in-house operations.'

Janet always was ahead of the curve...she outsourced herself.

'If I'm going to do an effective job of reducing costs, I'm going to need a bigger budget.'

'And finally, there's option three, a classic business model that would reduce our marketing, supply-chain and production expenses by 85 percent!' '

"We can probably just about afford to run the pilot-light."

'I know the marketing budget is stretched...but I still think we need professional models!'

How to do without

'I've just thought of a way to save the company £1800 a month.'

'Because of cost cuts, your computer and telephone got removed. Just make a 'Click-Click' noise for typing, 'Bzzt-Bzzt' for printing and 'Ring-Ring' for incoming calls.'

"This wasn't the kind of budget cuts I had in mind."

"I'm finding this model very economical!"

"One day this will all be outsourced."

'And exactly how much less did it cost to implement Five Sigma instead of Six, Dwayne?'

Thrift: bathe fully dressed and wash your clothes at the same time

'It says take all this medication - if you can afford it.'

So which is it? Baseball or Lacrosse? For baseball, I've gotta get a glove, uniform and shoes, for about $200. For lacrosse, I need gloves, helmet, chest protector, uniform and stick, for $350. Hmm

"The good news is we're going paperless. The bad news is it's the employee's bathrooms."

"In order to cut costs we are no longer animating our presentations..."

Cutting the cost of assisted living facilities

'This urn contains the ashes of all my annual performance reviews. They gave it to me in lieu of a gold watch, when I filed for retirement. Management said money is tight.'

"This company wants to make money, NOT spend money. Turning on the lights would go against our goal."