<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mess Manager — Blog</title><description>Guides on mess management, meal calculation and cutting shared living costs.</description><link>https://messmanager.app/</link><language>en</language><item><title>8 practical ways to cut your mess costs</title><link>https://messmanager.app/en/blog/reduce-shared-living-costs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://messmanager.app/en/blog/reduce-shared-living-costs/</guid><description>You can lower a mess&apos;s monthly spend without touching the quality of the food. These are the habits that actually move the number.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>costs</category><category>tips</category></item><item><title>A guide for new mess managers: what to settle in week one</title><link>https://messmanager.app/en/blog/new-mess-manager-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://messmanager.app/en/blog/new-mess-manager-guide/</guid><description>Just taken over as mess manager? Agree these seven things in your first week and the rest of the month runs itself.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>manager</category><category>guide</category></item><item><title>How to calculate a mess meal rate (with a worked example)</title><link>https://messmanager.app/en/blog/how-to-calculate-meal-rate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://messmanager.app/en/blog/how-to-calculate-meal-rate/</guid><description>The correct formula for working out a meal rate, a full worked example, and the four mistakes that make month-end accounts fail to add up.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>meal calculation</category><category>basics</category></item></channel></rss>