Tesco meal deal £2.50 now £3.00 what a scam

Jezza1980

I used to get these all the time and £2.50 was ok I remember when they were £2 now I won’t even get a saving on over half the combinations, I say boycott !!! :mad:

drummer_666

just realised that with mine. i wondered why the 500ml bottle of coke was now included

think it's time i start taking lunch in every day again, but hard when i only have half a kitchen doh.

ShaneUK

Just found this out today, when I went in to get a lunch. Complete rip off. The selection of sandwiches is boring, but acceptable at £2.50.

Decided to go to Boots instead (yes, I know it is more, but nicer selection for just 29p more (rather than 79p more). And Boots include a delicious smoothie drink (this word may get blocked!!) - Naked.

20% increase I think is a bit much in one hit.

sharnad

Boots is much better salads soups sandwiches great range of drinks

jared21

yeah i bought one of these yesterday not even realising, the total savings was about 26p, its pointless really

Voyager2002

jared21 wrote: »

yeah i bought one of these yesterday not even realising, the total savings was about 26p, its pointless really

Don't forget you get Clubcard points as well. Earn enough points, and eventually you will be able to have lunch without paying.

Zero_Gravitas

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Don't forget you get Clubcard points as well. Earn enough points, and eventually you will be able to have lunch without paying.

Just doing the sums - if you buy the meal deal every day, then that's 3 clubcard points per day. At that rate you'd need to buy 100 lunches to get one "free" lunch at a total cost of £300...

Best Regards,

ZG

gilly1964

sharnad wrote: »

Boots is much better salads soups sandwiches great range of drinks

And use an advantage card and you get a lunch for free eventually

Huxy

I tried a change and went in Boots last week, the sandwich I picked up was one of those "Clearance £1.50" ones.

When I got to he till, the lady put it through at a normal priced £2.99 sandwich! I challenged her and explained the label said £1.50 and she tried to tell me that it "worked out cheaper" putting it through that way than normally?!

Can anyone explain this?

£1.50 sandwich + 50p crisps + £1.09 Lucozade = £2.59

How does £3.99 meal deal work out cheaper than £2.59!?

Safe to say, I haven't been back. They're all as bad as each other!

thriftymanc

Huxy wrote: »

I tried a change and went in Boots last week, the sandwich I picked up was one of those "Clearance £1.50" ones.

When I got to he till, the lady put it through at a normal priced £2.99 sandwich! I challenged her and explained the label said £1.50 and she tried to tell me that it "worked out cheaper" putting it through that way than normally?!

Can anyone explain this?

£1.50 sandwich + 50p crisps + £1.09 Lucozade = £2.59

How does £3.99 meal deal work out cheaper than £2.59!?

Safe to say, I haven't been back. They're all as bad as each other!

You're half right - the Boots meal deal would have been more expensive, but only by 20p. The meal is £3.29 not £3.99, and the total sum of the individual items including the reduced sandwich is £3.09 not £2.59. Maybe you and the checkout lady had the same maths teacher?

mpchooligan

Just make a packed lunch. Usually much healthier (depending on what you pu in) and cheaper too.

Boots does a better meal deal tbh because there is much more variety and the food is much better quality than the crap Tescos make. I never buy at full price anyway. For some reason everytime I go in boots there's stuff on clearance. I never pay for a meal deal by the way. They're all a rip off imo. People just see they're getting those fancy expensive smoothies and think they're getting something good. Most smoothies are unhealthy anyway.