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!!"

'Office' block tightening it's belt

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

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."

How to do without

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

'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.'

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

Cutting the cost of assisted living facilities

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

'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.'

'Now there's a perfect example of something that's not cost effective. Fire him!'

"If your insurance doesn't cover it, there's always the lottery."

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

Energy bills rise