I was robbed! Tesco £3 Meal Deal in Fake Price Shocker...

paddyrg

Exile_geordie wrote: »

How much was each kiwi fruit?

-2.5p each, if bought in multiples of 2

Malthusian

One memorable occasion in Tesco; I wanted a sandwich and a bottle of water which together came to more than the price of a meal deal which included some crisps/snack thing as well. I ended up just dropping unwanted crisps in their bin as I went out.

I've had this as well, but it isn't really any different from a BOGOF offer on something perishable you only need one of. More than once I've said "keep it, I wouldn't use the other one".

Meal deals are a menace though, they encourage people to get into the habit of buying a sandwich, crisps and bottle of water day in day out and think they are saving money, when they are spending 3-5x times what they would if they made their own sandwiches and filled a bottle with tap water. (And most of it on additives and salt.)

catwoman73

If it's cheaper to get a meal deal than just a sandwich and water, why don't you take the crisps, cake or whatever looks most robust (eg something like a mars bar) and put it in the Food Bank box rather than the bin. Most supermarkets have one just after the tills. Win win for you and the Food Bank.

dragonsoup

catwoman73 wrote: »

If it's cheaper to get a meal deal than just a sandwich and water, why don't you take the crisps, cake or whatever looks most robust (eg something like a mars bar) and put it in the Food Bank box rather than the bin. Most supermarkets have one just after the tills. Win win for you and the Food Bank.

It was one of the small Tesco convenience stores so didn't have one but even so I would not imagine a food bank would actually want such nutritiously worthless "food" ( if you can even call it that!) like that?

catwoman73

dragonsoup wrote: »

It was one of the small Tesco convenience stores so didn't have one but even so I would not imagine a food bank would actually want such nutritiously worthless "food" ( if you can even call it that!) like that?

Food banks serve people who have no food and no money during hopefully a short term emergency such as delays in benefits. People in this situation often have no cooking facilities and no money to feed their electricity pre-pay meter. Meeting nutritional guidelines is a luxury they are often unable to service and the primary aim is to stop people going hungry.

If you look at the list of things that people are requested to donate to a foodbank it is mainly food that is not perishable, can be eaten cold, or perhaps prepared with only a kettle (eg pot noodles, instant soup or porridge, canned rice pudding) or maybe a few treats to brighten the day in desperate times. Bearing all this in mind, a mars bar would be a perfectly appropriate donation to a food bank.