5 ms·
And it has no US comparison. The tesco meal deal concept, the literal wall of choices, just doesnt exist in north america. I did a big work trip to the UK a co
by sandworm101 4mo ago
And it has no US comparison. The tesco meal deal concept, the literal wall of choices, just doesnt exist in north america.
I did a big work trip to the UK a couple years back with over 100 people. I tried to explain meal deals and nobody believed me. Then our people basically stripped the meal deal shelves of the tesco express beside our hotel.
- pdpi 4mo agoWhat's so unbelievable about meal deals? It seems like a really straightforward bundle purchase.
- nixgeek 4mo agoA sandwich, bag of crisps and a drink for £5 is an actual deal. Sandwich alone in U.S. would be $10 and the “$15 Meal Deal” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
- sam345 4mo agoIncorrect. Maybe you familiar with the high cost of living areas. There are similar $5 deals in the United States. The US is a big place and has many, many businesses offering very similar deals.
- nrki 4mo agoThing is, the meal deals are _everywhere_ in the UK. There is no "high cost of living" priced Tesco. Or Sainsbury's. Or 5 other supermarkets.
- ralferoo 4mo agoMeal deal prices are higher in certain places, like motorway service stations. If there's a captive market, they'll sneak the price up just like every other company. If there's competition they'll use lower pricing.
- ffsm8 4mo agoMmh, you can get 3 el cheapo sandwiches for 1.99€, a 100g bag of chips for 0.99€ and a liter of water for 0.90€ or flavoured /coke for 1.99€ in Germany Considering a £ is more then a €, supposedly at last - it doesn't sound like a good deal to me
- mikestorrent 4mo agoI don't think I could find a sandwich anywhere around here in Canada save maybe one of those awful gas station ones for under $6
- Symbiote 4mo agoThe ones being discussed in the UK are in the triangular box like that, but there's so much competition between the shops that they're ok. It's also a dense enough country that they will be at most a day or two old.
- Symbiote 4mo agoCan you give an example, as I'm not sure it's a fair comparison? https://www.tesco.com/shop/en-GB/products/262308005 https://www.tesco.com/shop/en-GB/products/262308005
- ffsm8 4mo agohonestly, they depend on the store you chose to go to. they always taste the same. and the last time i ate one of the sandwidches in the UK they tasted the same there too - but it's been a pretty long time, admittedly (like 20 years or so) eg https://www.rewe.de/shop/p/ja-bacon-ei-sandwich-160g/7878218 https://www.rewe.de/shop/p/ja-bacon-ei-sandwich-160g/7878218 cheap sandwidches (2€) https://www.rewe.de/shop/p/lay-s-chips-red-paprika-150g/8940323 https://www.rewe.de/shop/p/lay-s-chips-red-paprika-150g/8940... chips 150g (99c) https://www.rewe.de/shop/p/coca-cola-1-5l/6730574 https://www.rewe.de/shop/p/coca-cola-1-5l/6730574 cola, 1.25l (1.19€) personally i'd skip the sandwiches in all cases - the wraps, baguettes or ready to eat salads are way better and cost the same. and i'd skip the chips too. i mean thats just pure calories. rather eat a great salad for 3€ instead of the el cheapo sandwidches and chips :)
- wil421 4mo agoIf you want a shitty sandwich you can find it for $5 in the US no problem. Plus some variation of the sausage roll that will clean you out just as well.
- mattoxic 4mo agoAnd by "clean you out" you mean financially or both?
- mikestorrent 4mo agoOh, you'll be able to afford it... but you may end up having to spend some time instead
- lbreakjai 4mo agoGosh, it used to be £3 not that long ago. About £5 for a wrap at Prêt if I couldn't be bothered to go fight with the tourists to cross the road down Kingsway.
- 8ytecoder 4mo agoCostco sells really good hotdogs with a large coke for $1.50.
- sandworm101 4mo ago[dead]
- swarnie 4mo agoMechanically reclaimed meat and a half gallon of high fructose corn water isn't much of a comparison.
- cucumber3732842 4mo ago[dead]
- 8ytecoder 4mo agoI honestly can’t understand why not wasting meat is such a bad thing?
- swarnie 4mo agoSure from an efficiency point of view its fantastic, personally i like some texture from my meal deal.
- gib444 4mo agoMeal deal = main + snack/side + drink The "main" has expanded to Huel, salads, wraps, sushi, even hot food The "snack" can be more than crisps: small bags of fresh chicken, 2 boiled eggs, small sushi pack, gyozas etc The "drink" includes quality smoothies, acceptable vending machine coffee etc Meal deal value maximizing is the whole game lol. There are also lots of healthier options if you choose carefully In certain Sainsbury's you can get hot food as the main such as a small green curry or chicken goujons, and wedges or hash browns as the side But the price creeps up £0.50 practically yearly. I think it's £5.50 already in Sainsbury's It's better to view it as a cheaper alternative to eating at a restaurant rather than somehow saving money compared to bringing in leftovers. People who think £5.50 a day for lunch is saving money versus cooking themselves are delusional
- jpfromlondon 4mo ago£3.85 in my nearest central-London Tesco, it even includes some premium energy drinks like Tenzing that alone would get close to the cost of the deal.
- gib444 4mo agoAh thanks I haven't been paying close enough attention. That's good
- pjc50 4mo agoThere's a lot to complain about in the UK, but food price/quality is actually pretty good. Not the absolute best, but far from the worst and certainly not Scandinavian prices.
- cucumber3732842 4mo ago$6.5 is about what you'd spend to get a bag of chips, hot or cold sandwich and drink from any Walmart that's been renovated recently enough to have a "Grab and go" or whatever they're calling it.
- vel0city 4mo agoA sandwich, a bag of crisps, and a drink at the grocer near me is $8. I don't exactly live in a super low cost of living area, nor is it one of the most expensive in the US.
- deleted 4mo ago[deleted]
- SCdF 4mo agoMeal deals are in every supermarket in the UK. Petrol stations even do them. Also, as a foreigner who lives over there, I think they are... sad? I'm surprised they got a positive reception from your coworkers. For me they are a backup and a failure to do something more interesting.
- cryo32 4mo agoWhat people don't realise is the startups here in the UK run on miserable sandwiches, tasteless crisps and energy drinks. Middle management lives on slightly more expensive platters from Pret.
- nasretdinov 4mo agoLocal food markets offer much better options than Pret to be fair
- cryo32 4mo agoIt varies. They have cranked the prices up in the last couple of years.
- cjrp 4mo agoTrue, but it avoids any unknowns when the office manager is organising a senior leadership lunch meeting. "Nobody ever got fired for buying Pret".
- IshKebab 4mo agoA great Pret baguette is like £5. Food from a food market is £10 or more these days. They massively increased in price after covid.
- zeristor 4mo agoFortnum and Mason were cheaper than food markets for quite a while.
- 4mo ago
- petepete 4mo agoThe meal deal was a Boots invention around the turn of the century. It's amazing that now it's a thing in every supermarket and petrol station.
- hinata08 4mo agoGarment section is also amazing, british ppl are so classy while having timeless thick pieces I ended up flying back home with some oxford shirt from the Tesco, and it's really cool (vneck pull over - tie - shirt sets were sold out with my size unfortunately)
- EspadaV9 4mo agoNot ashamed to say that visiting the UK again for the first time in about 12 years, getting some Boots/Tesco/Greggs meal deals was on my to-do list. Something I missed moving to Australia. Not that they are _good_, just that they are so readily available, cheap, and have a lot of choices. Woolworths in AU have started doing premade sandwiches, but they are just bad, and don't come in a deal. I doubt they would even try to hit the A$10 price range if they ever did introduce deals.
- to11mtm 4mo agoI've seen 'Close enough' locally. One supermarket close to me, has a wall of various pre-prepared lunch items and I think there's a deal if you get the soup as well. Another chain shop has a smaller selection of items... But does have the '5$ cluck' on thursdays, i.e. a pre-cooked hen for 5 USD. Grab a bag of good add-water mashed potatoes or some corn and/or perhaps a veggie, and you can get a proper dinner for at least 2, maybe 3 people out of it for under 15$.
- mhh__ 4mo agoyou will wet yourself in an M&S