Marks & Spencer to sell 75p jam sandwiches

amcluesent

"Billed by the supermarket as the perfect quick fix, credit crunch lunch, it is the ultimate sign of how busy we have become.

Free from the flourishes of many M&S products, the sandwich is exactly as it says on the pack: two slices of white bread with butter and jam.

The simple snack would take just seconds to prepare in a kitchen, but M&S is offering to remove the effort in return for 75 pence."

Austerity Britain!

davilown

amcluesent wrote: »

"Billed by the supermarket as the perfect quick fix, credit crunch lunch, it is the ultimate sign of how busy we have become.

Free from the flourishes of many M&S products, the sandwich is exactly as it says on the pack: two slices of white bread with butter and jam.

The simple snack would take just seconds to prepare in a kitchen, but M&S is offering to remove the effort in return for 75 pence."

Austerity Britain!

Fantastic - kids sorted without going to those fast food restaurants (and preventing me putting the extra weight on my middle tyre!).

tanith

Sorry but if you can't even bother to make a jam sandwich yourself you deserve to pay 75p for one :eek:

lostinrates

amcluesent wrote: »

"Billed by the supermarket as the perfect quick fix, credit crunch lunch, it is the ultimate sign of how busy we have become.

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How busy we have become? Or how unable to plan ahead; or how lazy?

A_fiend_for_life

Ah jolly good - tried working this out. I put the jam on then tried putting the butter on but it wouldn't stick. Any tips?:A

beecher

I couldn't believe how busy the M&S foodhall was at lunchtime last week. A huge line of people queuing up for unhealthy sandwiches when they could've made healthy ones at home for a fraction of the price. I thought it'd be the first thing to go, but obviously not in Glasgow city centre.

davilown

Sorry Repeat Post

A_fiend_for_life

Austerity Britain? Can't see why? Ready made jam sarnies and a bottle of water?

Conflict

beecher wrote: »

I couldn't believe how busy the M&S foodhall was at lunchtime last week. A huge line of people queuing up for unhealthy sandwiches when they could've made healthy ones at home for a fraction of the price. I thought it'd be the first thing to go, but obviously not in Glasgow city centre.

Think most people would prefer to give up anything else but there nice prepacked sandwich and tea/coffee/coke at dinner. Really is a good example how soft we have all become due to largely fantasy wealth.

lostinrates

There are occasions when buying food like that is sensible. DH weektime usually gets food at work...three times a day, or business lunches or whatever. Occasionally working out of the office at short notice he's better spending his time working than buying unnessarily loaf of bread, jam, butter...all of which he'll use a fraction of. Occasionally if working late he just doesn't fancy the restaurant food thats delivered and needs to strectch his legs and he'll pop to a supermarket or M and S to buy something, but its very rare. If you have a very unpredictable timetable, if plans have to change last minute, if you are with a child who really is very hungry...there are reasons, its just the false assumption this lead to, and the fact that it is matter of course for so many people that gets my goat a wee bit.

Any

lostinrates wrote: »

There are occasions when buying food like that is sensible. DH weektime usually gets food at work...three times a day, or business lunches or whatever. Occasionally working out of the office at short notice he's better spending his time working than buying unnessarily loaf of bread, jam, butter...all of which he'll use a fraction of. Occasionally if working late he just doesn't fancy the restaurant food thats delivered and needs to strectch his legs and he'll pop to a supermarket or M and S to buy something, but its very rare. If you have a very unpredictable timetable, if plans have to change last minute, if you are with a child who really is very hungry...there are reasons, its just the false assumption this lead to, and the fact that it is matter of course for so many people that gets my goat a wee bit.

Exactly!:T
I usually tell my OH to at least take fruit for the journey, but I don't buy fresh bread every day (only 2 of us, bread lasts week) and he preferes fresh bread if he does want a sandwich...And especially in the summer, sandwich that was on a car seat all day is not very nice, let's face it...
So I have pre-packed lunches, he doesn't. Convinience.