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To be frustrated at meal deal selections?

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Yohannsd · 19/04/2024 18:49

In the Meal Deal sections. Went to four shops today and none had a plain cheese sandwich (not even any price labels so assume they don't sell them) but a variety of cheese and pickle, cheese and onion, triple cheese etc.

FFS I just want a plain cheese sandwich!

OP posts:
Flamingogirl08 · 19/04/2024 19:12

Totally not the point but the cheese and piccalilli sandwich from M&S is excellent!

HauntedBungalow · 19/04/2024 19:18

M&S piccalilli is superb all round imo.

The best meal deal is Waitrose though. Ok so it is a fiver but for your main you can have shit like sushi or tuna niscoise. And nice drinks like purdeys.

underscorer · 19/04/2024 19:20

YANBU. Even if they are available they have filthy mayonnaise in them boak

BobbyBiscuits · 19/04/2024 19:21

Loaf of bread and pack of sliced cheddar? You could make that up in a few seconds!

Sunquest · 19/04/2024 19:22

I think Greggs do plain cheese sandwiches for kids.

ThursdayTomorrow · 19/04/2024 19:22

You want to try having Coeliac Disease - there might occasionally be 1 item you can have but to actually have a choice would be like winning the lottery!

Gensola · 19/04/2024 19:23

I can’t do meal deals because of evil evil mayonnaise 😂

zebranotzeebra · 19/04/2024 19:23

M&S do plain cheese and plain ham sandwiches for kids

Sunquest · 19/04/2024 19:24

Oh and Tesco do a pick and mix deal for kids in the cafe.

NeverEnoughPants · 19/04/2024 19:32

In tesco you can buy a load of bread for 45p and a pack of cheese slices for 83p.

You'd be able to make quite a lot of cheese sandwiches for less.

If you are buying for multiple people, add a six pack of crisps for about £1.65 or less, and a six or eight pack of soda for about £4, and you've got six meals for the price of two.

Sweeties1989 · 19/04/2024 19:35

My son is 6 hates mayonaise and he likes plainer sandwiches like ham, cheese etc. I got him a cheese and ham sub from tesco. He was munching through it at the park and the mayo was hidden in the middle under the ham. So annoying

curlycurlymoo · 19/04/2024 20:02

Tesco always do! And plain ham

IBegYourBiggestPardon · 19/04/2024 21:49

Try being gluten free. I can't find a gluten free sandwich anywhere nowadays. All this plant based shite seems to have taken over, and on the very rare chance I can find one it's either something I'd never eat. Or something I could easily make at home such as plain ham or ham and cheese.

Toddlerteaplease · 19/04/2024 22:03

Tesco do plain cheese.

notzoe · 19/04/2024 22:07

M&S do as do Morrisons and Boots for future reference.

EveryKneeShallBow · 19/04/2024 22:10

Try having a grandson that’s dairy and egg intolerant, hates baked beans and won’t eat ham. The amount of bread that has dairy in it is unreal.

MintTwirl · 19/04/2024 22:13

I hate mayo and I find it so frustrating that the plain cheese or ham sandwiches are so hard to come by, even if they stock them online it doesn’t translate into store. M&S do a kids sandwich which is plain cheese, it’s 3 quarters of a sandwich.

Marmite27 · 19/04/2024 22:15

Our tiny Greggs has plain ham and plain cheese. They are packaged for children though. I bought some for my DV last week.

idontlikealdi · 19/04/2024 22:18

No plain cheese in my local tesco, it's cheese and onion or cheese and pickle.

burnoutbabe · 19/04/2024 22:20

OneRingToRuleThemAll · 19/04/2024 18:53

Do you not play the best value meal deal game? Massive sandwich, best snack and most expensive drink.

I know! That's the best fun!

I feel bad if the drink I want on the meal deal is in promotion so it's not a £2.70 one but suddenly £1.20. It irrationally annoys me to feel I am losing value!

JennyfromtheBlok · 19/04/2024 22:21

@Elephantswillnever was there an Innocent Smoothie in there… or a coconut water???

Elephantswillnever · 19/04/2024 22:26

@JennyfromtheBlok Costa coffee is part of the meal deal in my Co-op it’s £3.25 on its own. 🙈

Tryingtokeepgoing · 19/04/2024 22:27

Sainsbury’s will do you one for £1.40, and it’s in the £3.50 meal deal. You’d be losing money by going for the meal deal I reckon though 😂

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-cheese-sandwich--no-mayo?

JennyfromtheBlok · 19/04/2024 22:29

@Elephantswillnever so clever!
so better value than buying it on its own 🤷🏻‍♀️