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AIBU to be annoyed that supermarkets are adding cheese to everything?

155 replies

IdentifyingAsAWoollyMammoth · 30/07/2026 16:11

Why is it that supermarkets have decided to put cheese in bloody everything? Once upon a time, a salmon en croute was just in a white wine sauce; now you can't find one without cheese in the sauce.

Sainsbury's added cheese to several ready meals, such as chicken arrabbiata, so had to switch to Tesco for when I wanted that and a couple of other ready meals for when I don't have time to cook or I've run out of batch cooked stuff.

Today, I really fancied a chicken arrabbiata having been in a car accident last night, aching all over, tired and grumpy, and really don't want to cook tonight. Guess what? Tesco have also now added cheese to it.

Bad enough being lactose intolerant without supermarkets making things even more difficult. And some people just don't like cheese at all, or don't like melted cheese (I mean, cottage pie with cheese on top??).

Why not leave things as they were? If you want cheese, you can just sprinkle it on yourself.

OP posts:
Octavia64 · 30/07/2026 16:40

Yeah I’m lactose intolerant tolerant and it’s in so, so many things where it really doesn’t need to be

Flamingojune · 30/07/2026 16:39

Could u have beans on toast instead

Lexibletheflexible · 30/07/2026 16:26

This is definitely the most problematic take I've seen on this site.

FuzzyPuffling · 30/07/2026 16:23

I feel the same about ham/bacon in chicken dishes.

SandwichSuperstar · 30/07/2026 16:12

YANBU, even though I like cheese.

I feel your pain because I feel exactly the same about them dumping bloody mint all over lamb.

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