Food recommendations from Marks and Spencer please

xxdeebeexx

Hi I have a £100 gift voucher from transferring my bank account to M&S. There is nothing clothes wise that I want so thought I would use the card for food.
I have some food vouchers £5 off £25 so thought that this would help my money go a bit further.


I have only ever bought potatoes and ready oven chicken from M&S before- both of which compared well, price wise, to Tesco & Sainsburys.


What else is worth buying at M&S that is value for money..?


tia


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eleanor73

Try and use it on the £10 dine in deal which is good value. Apart from that I only ever get the yellow label reductions in M&S so can't help further.

7_week_wonder

I can definitely recommend the 3 for £10 on meat. If you pick carefully you can get plenty of meals out of the selection: my favourites are the whole chickens and the gammon joints.

luvchocolate

Remember the £10 meal deals including wine....brilliant, but I love m and S food especially at the end of the day! I am lucky mine is a 5 min walk away so fill my freezer with bargains

Nada666

luvchocolate wrote: »

Remember the £10 meal deals including wine....brilliant

...but don't get confused with the deal which includes only a free bottle of wine and swan over to the checkouts with four meals and wonder why you are being charged £82 instead of £40.

(I was wondering why the selection of options seemed so much better than usual.)

xxdeebeexx

Thanks for your suggestions.

I popped in today and bought
2 lots of 3 for £10 meat and
a chicken for £5.
I put my £5 off a £25 spend through the check out and paid £20 with my gift card.

I had a quick look at the meal deals but decided against it as I have 2 teenage boys both over 6' 2" - the portion sizes weren't big enough!

I loved the look of the Maris Piper potatoes but I had a long walk to the car and didn't fancy carrying them all that way.

I was surprised that some of the prices were similar to Tesco/Sainsbury's - 3 for £10 meats for example.

I think I should visit earlier next time as a lot of the meat had already been bought (big gaps in the chiller) - I got there about 11am.

Mmm, what to buy next!
thanks for the help

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Maryland_Cookie

I love M&S food, especially when it's yellow labelled! I go first thing on a Saturday and usually get lots of bargains. The 3 for tenner meats are better than Tesco's IMO x

TravellingAbuela

We love the Lightly Dusted and Seeded Haddock (and Cod) from the chilled section. A bit pricey but it's quite often on 3 for £10 which cushions the blow a bit!

Calling14

I also have vouchers for tf bank. Used some on lingerie - needed bras. Will wait for Dine in for 2 as their whole chickens on it usually good value. Will probably do 3 for 10 on meat as well. Bought ready meals in the past and I was not impressed. Let us know if you find anything worthy of spending on.

marrbett

Nada666 wrote: »

...but don't get confused with the deal which includes only a free bottle of wine and swan over to the checkouts with four meals and wonder why you are being charged £82 instead of £40.

(I was wondering why the selection of options seemed so much better than usual.)

I'm confused, are you saying you can't get 4 meal deals and 4 bottles of wine for £40?

bellajack

I really like the chicken linguine (3 for £7 in the Italian section). Garlicky and creamy with loads of good quality chicken and Parmesan.