Arglwydd Golau
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I make my own.
Agreed. It's the only way.
I make my own.
that is very bad for you. eat your lunch, if only to have a break!
I have a break! No way would I work solidly all the way through the day!
Perhaps you should have a Kit Kat - normal one not those awful chunky efforts
It's not the same Brie and Grape any more either. Irrelevant on the basis that it's unlikely to be worth £2.50 on its own.
Boots has by far the best meal deal because everything they sell in each category is included, and the range is huge. Triple or specialist sandwiches (although there's a Jamie Oliver premium) and unique snacks such as sushi and cakes are included. I reccomend an Advantage card too, and you can occasionally get a voucher for your next meal deal for £3. However, I often find you can get a better deal than a meal deal. For example, you can often get your hands on a packet of sliced cheese for £1 and a couple of fresh bread rolls for 50p or less. Flavoured water in 1 litre bottles at Tesco, Sainsburys Asda or Co-op is also less than 50p. Elsewhere, a soup at Greggs is very filling and only £1.20, you can get a slice of cheese on toast and a sausage roll, including vegetarian sausage, from Pound Bakery (or 70p each). For nicer drinks, packs of chocolate or multipack crisps (tricky to carry I agree) Poundland is often a good choice. Aldi or Lidl have decent bakery items too that are very cheap indeed. Only this afternoon I was considering a £3.25 meal deal at the Co-op. I eschewed it for a reduced pain as chocholat at 19p and a pack of transform-a-snacks at 30p, then went to Sainsburys and bought a pack of two vegetable samosas for £1. Waitrose can also be excellent for reduced cakes, donughts and pastries in the afternoon. They have a decent range of sandwiches that are under £1.50 too, I think you can have cheese or egg. Egg and Cress is my preference and I think that's slightly more. If you can bear it, most 'local' supermarkets and all medium or large versions still stock rice cakes (or Sainsburys 'corn thins' which come in handy packs of 4) and a tub of cottage cheese. You can then take them home with you. Finally Morrisons is also excellent but frustratingly they closed down M Local. Of the ones that remain, such as the one on Piccadilly Gardens in Central Manchester, the salad bar and hot food counter is highly rateable. Baked potato with cheese and beans for £1.50.
especially so with the £1 O2 Priority deals.
Love the way that this thread always starts off asking which shop has the best meal deal then the self righteous jump in with make your own. I agree its better and cheaper but to stick to the question asked then its got to be the Subway 6 inch and a drink for £3
Or one of each from Greggs'
OBVIOUSLY Greggs is the finest place in the world to fulfill your lard based lunchtime requirements. Now, if only they would sell a stottie down here..............
It depends how you value your time. Spending an extra 10 minutes every morning making lunch to save a pound is valuing your time at less than minimum wage.
I don't buy this argument as I don't value my own personal time in terms of a financial cost, however some people are not fortunate enough to be able to make their own lunch and take it to work because they don't have the facilities at work to keep it fresh, so I would agree with the view that you shouldn't be expected to make your own.It depends how you value your time. Spending an extra 10 minutes every morning making lunch to save a pound is valuing your time at less than minimum wage.
It depends how you value your time. Spending an extra 10 minutes every morning making lunch to save a pound is valuing your time at less than minimum wage.
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The new offering in Sainsburys is now one of the worst.
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I suspect Sainsburys might introduce a "premium" meal deal to include some of the items they have removed, probably at a £4 price point.
similar to the M&S one?
I've also not yet see anyone mention Pound Bakery's £2 offer: not the most filling or comprehensive, but certainly good if there's nothing else about.
Whilst the deal only includes basic flavours, the non deal stuff is without question the best quality in my opinion. I had a sainsburys chicken fajita wrap yesterday, it had more filling and better flavour than any other pre packed fajita wrap lunch product from any supermarket.
I bought a 1litre sparking flavoured water (50p) and 1 loose banana (10p) added to the £2.20 for the wrap. So for £2.80 I got in my opinion better choice than the £3 deal offered, and for 20p less. Let's look beyond what's marketed as a deal and the wider picture the deal may not be such a deal.
A loose piece of fruit is 10-20p by weight. A 2 litre bottle of lemonade is cheaper than a 500ml bottle that came in the meal deal (40p roughly for a mid range own brand 2litre lemonade)
I used to buy a meal deal because the marketing suggested it was a deal, without the deal I can customise more to my own taste and it's actually cheaper!
Ah yes that one is really excellent! Think it was with you last time I had one?
Sandwich, crisps, cookie AND a drink for £2
I was kind of thinking that when someone mentioned the apparent saving at Boots. Prices can of course be inflated to be discounted...
I dont rush to greegs iether, in fact Id say it was my last choice when theres not really anything else.