TESCO Meal Deal - £9

italiastar

As much as I don't want to push tescos as I only shop there for offers I saw Tescos deal this week - the usual suspects, all Finest - Chicken in a Maderia Sauce, Brie in filo pastry, Potato Daupinous, spinich, Raspberry Panna Cotta - all looked pretty good, but the best was the Italian Prosecco wine - normally retailing at £9.99 (yes I know that this may be inflated, but this is it on Tescos Direct - http://www.tesco.com/winestore/controller.aspx?R=12396792)

Looks like a bargain - will try it later in the week.

Doozergirl

The finest stuff is disgusting. I did the 9 pound deal once and never again. The salt content was ridiculous - didn't look at the box but neither H or I could finish it just on the really strong taste of it and the sauce was gelatinous like any cheap ready meal, no discernable difference for me!

The quality is so far off M&S and Waitrose that it's just worth waiting for their offers. l will never buy a Finest dish again because it felt like a total waste of money. I'd have preferred a decent bottle of wine and a bag of chips.

storminbalder

Doozergirl.

I couldn't agree more. What is it with Tesco and salt.

Once bought a pasta salad from them (was on lunchbreak, starving with no-where else to go - in other words desperate).

Never again. It was disgusting. I looked at the wrapper 78% of the daily allowance of salt!

In future i'd rather starve! Are they trying to starve us? I have never returned to Tesco since.

dancing.diva_2

Not a Tesco fan either....but haven't found their Finest stuff to be disgusting....I guess it depends on what you get....I always tend to be safe anyways if i have to shop at Tesco and don't try anything too ambitious!

babyx1uk3

ive just been over to tesco's (we have one very close by!) and i saw no sign of the deal, havent ever had it before though so maybe im looking in the wrong place for it! Whereabouts is it normally displayed??

swannee_D_3

babyx1uk3 wrote: »

ive just been over to tesco's (we have one very close by!) and i saw no sign of the deal, havent ever had it before though so maybe im looking in the wrong place for it! Whereabouts is it normally displayed??

in the finest aisle in my store , the chicken breasts are v.nice....

jessicar

I really wanted to like the Finest range in Tesco because it's the only supermarket near me and it's a much longer drive to anywhere else.

But I have tried most of the Finest range and, although some of it was ok, can't remember any of the meals being either memorable or really nice. And it doesn't strike me as being any better quality than the rest of their food.

So now I have to take a detour on the way home from work to M&S or Waitrose which is a pain.

DCFC79

jessicar wrote: »

I really wanted to like the Finest range in Tesco because it's the only supermarket near me and it's a much longer drive to anywhere else.

But I have tried most of the Finest range and, although some of it was ok, can't remember any of the meals being either memorable or really nice. And it doesn't strike me as being any better quality than the rest of their food.

So now I have to take a detour on the way home from work to M&S or Waitrose which is a pain.

you either get shopping delivered or make your own tea

jessicar

Thanks for the advice but I work really long hours then I'm on callout all night every night so half the time I start cooking and my pager goes and that's it - the dogs get it!

Three minutes in the microwave is a much better bet - not sure if either Waitrose or M&S would deliver that far away!

Doozergirl

Ocado (waitrose) deliver in the weirdest of places. I didn't even know where there was one when they delivered to me a couple of times. Now there's one in the next town but Ocado use a massive fulfilment centre rather than sending someone round the shop like they do at Tesco, so locality doesn't seem to be much of an issue.

Glad I'm not the only that thinks finest is not finest. I thought I might be odd.

EDIT: I take that back, I am odd.