Marks and spencer dine in for £10 Thurs 26 August - Tue 31st August + WINE GLITCH!!

lutzi1

Totally get where you're coming from, Naillig 51 and melandtony, times are tough and we're all being very British and stiff upper lip about it.

However, (though I appreciate it might not be where you're at right now), these are a good deal and with what's on offer, there's more scope than usual to stretch them. A chicken can make a meal or two, then you can boil it up and make stock for a lovely nourishing soup, and then feed any residue meat to any dogs you might own. You can make some lovely gravy with any steak trimmings to liven up bangers and mash, and the fact there's cheese as a pudding option opens a wealth of possibilities for meals with cheese as the protein element.

HTH someone.
x

Kimitatsu

Naillig51 wrote: »

Blimey, i thought these threads were for us that don''t have much money !
I could never afford to spend £60 in M&S on food just like that - i barely have £15 to buy all my shopping for the week and that includes toiletries and everything else !

If you buy these in bulk though then you save a minimum of 40% off the price of the items individually. I realise that on your budget this seems like an extravagence but this board is about all money savers and so for a family of 4 (and I have the littlest appetite of all!! ) then this gives me a welcome break from cooking sometimes.

I will be popping along tomorrow - the paella is always a favourite and the chicken is always really good value.

bethansmum

can any of the puddings be frozen except the apple pie and ice cream?

Ivory_Tinkler

We've got friends coming over this weekend so I might be tempted to go and get 6 lots - we'd have a good selection of food and plenty of wine to keep us going. That Froglet Shiraz is quite a nice easy red too (hic)!

rosieh

Bethansmum, the profiterole stack can be frozen. I've bought this on the Dine in deal before and frozen it for another time.

kari59

Apparently the 25% off when you buy 6 bottles of wine and champagne also applies when you buy 6 bottles of own brand spirits. Its not advertised and not even many staff know as it's a big profit loser. Staff member told me this although haven't tried it as already have a cupboard full of booze collected over the years!

lynnexxxo

Ok, let me check I've got this right : Buy 6 of the meal deals, pick the most expensive wine (say £6.99) get 6 x 6.99 = £41.94 minus 25% discount = £10.49

So therefore 6 X meal deals = £60 - wine discount = £49.51.

Is this right?

So the more expensive the wine the more you save ie if the wine was 8.99 then the discount would be 25 % of 6x8.99 = 13.84 making six meal deals just over £46.

Can anyone confirm the wine prices?

mcphail

lynnexxxo wrote: »

Ok, let me check I've got this right : Buy 6 of the meal deals, pick the most expensive wine (say £6.99) get 6 x 6.99 = £41.94 minus 25% discount = £10.49

So therefore 6 X meal deals = £60 - wine discount = £49.51.

Is this right?

So the more expensive the wine the more you save ie if the wine was 8.99 then the discount would be 25 % of 6x8.99 = 13.84 making six meal deals just over £46.

Can anyone confirm the wine prices?

That's correct - Sorry don't know wine prices - maybe someone that's been today might let us know? Oh, and does anyone know what kind of steak is on offer?

mcallister1

bethansmum wrote: »

can any of the puddings be frozen except the apple pie and ice cream?

Last time the wine deal was on I realised that there was ice cream/ sorbets as part of the deal- there is much more variety than the term' ice cream' suggests!Check the freezer cabinets.EDIT I think the three for two worked on the icecream- it was a while ago.

wattywattwatt

Just remember, you don't have to buy 6 meal deals to get the 25% off wine. For example you can just buy one deal + a minimum of 5 other bottles (or any other combination) as long as you have six or more bottles in total you will get 25% off the wine. I find it's a great way to stock up on the posh wine that I like but am too stingy to buy normally!