Best Value Meal Deal?

Cornucopia

I've been out and about a fair bit recently, and have been trying different "Meal Deals" for lunch. I'm pretty sure that they used to all be pretty much the same - sandwich, crisps & a drink for £3. But in my recent travels, there seems to be quite a difference now in range & VFM.

What I've found:-

Best Value: Co-op: pretty much any sandwich or salad, a snack up to £1 value and a wide range of drinks for £3

Morrisons: Restricted range of salads & sandwiches, fruit or crisps, restricted range of drinks: £3

Asda: Restricted range of salads & sandwiches, restricted range of drinks: £2.50

Are there any other deals I should be looking out for? Any other FMs have favourite lunchtime meal purchases?

Diane60

Boots meal deals are £3.29 (last time I had one!). More choice of sandwiches and snack items than the supermarket.

alanq

Diane60 wrote: »

Boots meal deals are £3.29

From £3.29. I think £3.69 in London.

Payless_2

Sainsbury's do a huge variety of sandwiches and most are in the meal deal. A sandwich, bag of crisps and drink for £3. Every sandwich I've had from them has been lovely

flea72

I find Boots is the best value, as they do triple pack sandwiches (chicken salad/BLT/prawn salad) and you can choose any drink, and a snack up to £1.35 in value

Due to the price limit on the snack, this means you can buy the sharing bags of sweets, so alot more choc than the standard bars/bag of crisps that other places off.

I think the triple sandwich on its own, is more than the £3.29 price of the meal deal. So add in an innocent smoothie and youre saving alot

However, if i want a basic flavour sarny (egg cress/tuna mayo) then i go to poundland, as the sarny is £1 and you can add 4 snacks for another £1

dandelionclock30

Best value meal deal is to make your own sandwich at home and buy crisps and cans in bulk.
If you worked it out you could get this for less than a pound per day.

LadyCoupon

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Best value meal deal is to make your own sandwich at home and buy crisps and cans in bulk.
If you worked it out you could get this for less than a pound per day.

I agree, loads cheaper to do your own.

pakokelso93

Have one of these on rare occasions. However best value is the Sainsburys ones. Most other shops have a 'delux' range with ham hock sandwiches etc but it's usually a £4 meal deal, then your standard £3 meal deal.

At sainsbo's You can get their more 'delux' sandwiches (or at xmas their xmas trio sandwiches) which are £3 normally, so you are getting a drink and snack for free effectively...

MysteryMe

Other than make your own, Subway do a freshly made 6 inch sub with your filling of choice and hot drink for around £3.30 and bottle of water for £3.

jadorevintage

Diane60 wrote: »

Boots meal deals are £3.29 (last time I had one!). More choice of sandwiches and snack items than the supermarket.

If you have a Boots card they often send vouchers for 30p off a meal deal, so it'd work out at £2.99. Plus you can earn Boots points when you buy a meal deal.

mulronie

Agree with pakokelso93, Sainsbury's meal deal is by far the best! The "Taste the Difference" meal deal fuels me on the 2 days a week I'm in London.

£3 gets you a sarnie, drink (fizzy, OJ, etc), and a snack (crisps, Mars bar, fruit pot). The sarnie is genuinely decent, the beef/ham/chicken is all British and quality. Compare to Tesco where the chicken in their meal deal sandwiches is from Thailand... sorry but that seems so grim and unnecessary to me.

Oh and they've just started stocking 500ml Coke Vanilla in the Saino's I visit - ideal!