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The Great Meal Deal Swindle
Jaktan86
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Has anyone else noticed how sandwich shops are reducing the value we get with "meal deals" by removing items? This seems in a similar fashion to the reduced pack sizes we see in supermarkets, sold at the same price and marketed as "better value" of course.
Previously I could get a proper meal deal from Greggs, consisting of a sandwich, crisps and drink for £3. Now, I pay £2.79 and the store is covered in advertising HOWEVER for that £2.79, I only get the sandwich and drink NO CRISPS. This is still marketed as a meal deal and is far worse value than the previous offer, which actually was a meal deal.
This seemed to begin when Subway cancelled their sub of the day and replaced it with the £3 meal deal. Previously, you got a sandwich, drink and crisps for £2.99, now you only get sandwich and drink but the cost has GONE UP!!!! They also still call it a £3 meal deal, even though it is not a meal and certainly not a deal.
I've seen supermarkets and other smaller sandwich shops also giving one price for a sandwich and drink, referring to it as a meal deal. Do these places think we cannot work this out for ourselves? Do they really think we will just roll over and think we're getting great value?
A meal deal is not a MEAL DEAL if it doesn't include a minimum of three items. I don't know if this is law, but it is the generally accepted definition. How do these places get away with it?
Previously I could get a proper meal deal from Greggs, consisting of a sandwich, crisps and drink for £3. Now, I pay £2.79 and the store is covered in advertising HOWEVER for that £2.79, I only get the sandwich and drink NO CRISPS. This is still marketed as a meal deal and is far worse value than the previous offer, which actually was a meal deal.
This seemed to begin when Subway cancelled their sub of the day and replaced it with the £3 meal deal. Previously, you got a sandwich, drink and crisps for £2.99, now you only get sandwich and drink but the cost has GONE UP!!!! They also still call it a £3 meal deal, even though it is not a meal and certainly not a deal.
I've seen supermarkets and other smaller sandwich shops also giving one price for a sandwich and drink, referring to it as a meal deal. Do these places think we cannot work this out for ourselves? Do they really think we will just roll over and think we're getting great value?
A meal deal is not a MEAL DEAL if it doesn't include a minimum of three items. I don't know if this is law, but it is the generally accepted definition. How do these places get away with it?
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On the plus side, the removal of so much fat from people's regular diet could do a lot to improve cardiac health in the UK.There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.0
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Its a case of remove one item or put the price up, costs do rise as I'm sure you know. They are being honest, they don't say it includes crisps then not supply them do they?I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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peter_the_piper wrote: »Its a case of remove one item or put the price up, costs do rise as I'm sure you know. They are being honest, they don't say it includes crisps then not supply them do they?
They call it a "meal deal". How can a meal deal one day include three items, then the same meal deal only include two the next day. They need to use a more appropriate name.0 -
My definition of a 'deal' would be if the price of the combined items was less than buying them separately, regardless of the number of items involved?0
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A meal deal is not a MEAL DEAL if it doesn't include a minimum of three items. I don't know if this is law, but it is the generally accepted definition. How do these places get away with it?
Do you not think parliament has enough on it's hands with the economy, terrorism, Syria etc without wasting time passing laws re how many items constitute a meal deal? Seriously.
If you don't like the deal, don't buy it. No harm done.0 -
This seemed to begin when Subway cancelled their sub of the day and replaced it with the £3 meal deal. Previously, you got a sandwich, drink and crisps for £2.99, now you only get sandwich and drink but the cost has GONE UP!!!! They also still call it a £3 meal deal, even though it is not a meal and certainly not a deal.
How is a sandwich and a drink not a meal?0 -
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My definition of a 'deal' would be if the price of the combined items was less than buying them separately, regardless of the number of items involved?
This.
The 'deal' price should be less than the cost of each individual item in total.Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
It might not be a big meal but its still a meal, I dont see how having one non drink component against multiple non drink components dictates the definition of a meal.0
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