£13.40 for two tins of tuna???

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I thought Sainsburys had made a mistake when about 7 things cost me 50 quid. But, no it's correct.
I can't stand the cheap stuff and it will form the basis of a meal....but really??

Assume this is actually tuna caviar?

What brand was it??

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/ortiz-bonito-tuna-in-olive-oil-158g

This?

Bloody. Hell.

Why would you not check the price before you bought it?

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-tuna-chunks-in-spring-water-4x160g

4 tins for £2.50.

Yeah I wouldn’t choose expensive tuna then complain about the price, just pick a cheaper option?

I generally check the price of things before I buy them. There's no doubt it's expensive but why buy it?!

I knew it would be Ortiz. It’s outstanding quality. It’s not really expensive if you consider it the ‘meat’ of a meal.

One tin does three of us (adults) for dinner in a salad - a jar of butter beans, the tuna, red onion, parsley, cherry tomatoes and a nice sharp dressing, served with fresh bread or flatbreads. Maybe a little gem lettuce on the side. It’s very filling because of the beans and it’s a nice quick summer dinner.

Well it's Ortiz, not sure what you expected?

Eat the cheap stuff then? You don’t have to get the basics range but princess is ok, but then I’m not a tuna snob

I saw this stuff advertised and was all keen to buy it until I saw the price! Yes, try it if you really prefer the taste but as @MoistVonLsays, treat it as an expensive good q meat, rather than inexpensive option. Alternatively have you tried tinned mackerel? I prefer it to tinned tuna, and there are good lower cost options too. Though I don’t really mind the cheaper tuna either.

To be fair you picked a premium brand. Thinking of buying a fillet steak rather than cheaper stewing beef.

I would cry if a third of a tuna salad was all I was getting for dinner!

"I bought the luxury brand and it was expensive" SHOCK.

FWIW overfishing and poor technique is decimating the oceans. Tuna should be expensive. And fish should be a luxury. There are more sustainable foods.

It is seriously good tuna! If you fancy a treat it is well worth it for a meal. The cheap stuff is fine for tuna mayo; Ortiz is only worth buying when you let the tuna be the star.

Funnily enough, smoked mackerel is my other quick summer meal standby.

That's nothing, I just paid £2.29 for a fucking Yorkie bar at Newcastle station.

That’s like buying fillet steak and moaning that it costs so much more than stewing steak. You should have looked at the price on the shelf.

I’m not a competitive under eater and I am aware I sound at risk of “a massive Mumsnet salad”! I’m actually a dreadful greedy guts and about half my body weight is due to cheese.

But seriously, those jars of nice butter beans are so, so filling, especially when mixed with everything else. They are 700g, which when mixed with a diced red onion, a 300g punnet of cherry toms, a large bunch of parsley and the tuna, makes a whopping bowl of food. Then flatbread and some lettuce and Bob’s your uncle.

Popped into the local veg shop yesterday. Grapes, few cherry tomatoes, cucumber. £9.

You could almost get two fresh tuna steaks for that

Ooh, John West is as luxe as I've ever had, might treat myself to this one day!

I actually prefer tinned. Not as bad as my dad, who prefers tinned salmon.

I know I'm an embarrassment.

That sounds really nice.

I knew what brand it would be to when looking at this thread! I have used it before for tuna nicoise and agree it’s really good. I prefer it to fresh steaks.

This sounds lovely, what dressing would you recommend.
I'm tempted to buy some of this tuna myself now!

Oh come on 😂One tin of tuna, some butter beans, a red onion and some cherry tomatoes is NOT a "whopping bowl of food" between 3 people. And parsley is a herb, not a salad ingredient.

Was it covered in gold leaf? £3.40 for 4 tins in morrisons, what did you expect buying luxury brands?