To think M & S are taking the absolute p... with Dine in

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Popped into M & S to buy the usual Dine in £12 for two. Lovely food and a great option that we use regularly.

It's now £15 for what is basically EXACTLY the same thing in slightly different packaging with Tom Kerridge's name on it. That's a 25% price increase. Are you kidding me M & S?? I don't seem to remember inflation suddenly jumping up overnight...

A few years ago it was £10 for 3 courses including a bottle of wine. Then they took the wine away. Then they increased it to £12 but no wine added back in. I felt £12 was a lot but the food quality was good... I just feel this is a complete p-take putting the food in different packaging with a celeb chef name on and thinking we will pay 25% more for the privilege. Well I didn't and I won't.

I presume a chunk of this has been paid to Tom Kerridge for his branding. I'm sorry but I'm not bank rolling your lifestyle.

Am I just being a stingy northerner or have M & S completely effed up one of the best things they did and will find that there is a barrier to how much we will spend on a ready meal we have to cook ourselves and they have just hit it??

The Tesco dine in meal is worth a look. £12 including wine!

The last time I bought it it had wine!
£15 just for the food? Nah, no thanks.

M and S have always been dear.

Given he charges north of 32 quid for fish amd chips I'm not surprised.

Where have you been? Everything has gone up. If you are only just noticing that the COL is increasingly exponentially because your M&S meal deal has gone up 25% then you're probably doing a lot better than many people who were noticing that their basic own brand pasta has gone up by 141%

£15 for ready meals is obscene.

What might have been a weekly treat will have customers thinking they'd rather get deliveroo of restaurant food once a fortnight instead.

I've been massively aware of price increases (and when things have been dropped again and by how much etc..) I know £12 or £15 is loads for a meal for two but as a special treat I always thought of it as good value compared to eating out. But to overnight increase the price by 25% not because of increase in cost of ingredients or inflation really pisses me off. They have just repackaged something and then it feels like they have sat in room and wondered how much they can get away with charging...

Yep its a lot. The good old days of dine in for £10 is a distant dream!!!!!!

Happier days! Red or white or beers or bottles of Coke.

Don’t buy it then. 🙂

Isn't the offer now a main, a side and a starter OR a dessert? I remember thinking it was stingey when I looked last week.

I did not know they had removed the wine from this!! I agree op £15 is way too much

Their new cream filled yumnut doughnuts are more than £5 😳. I too remember the £10 dine in days. Shame.

I heard him advertising his new range from Marks this morning. I thought he was on a health kick now? Sounded very creamy, rich, cheesy etc, can't recall what the actual product was but I raised an eyebrow. Raised the other one now I know the cost. Tesco please.

Like I say I didn't buy it. But it was a once in a while treat that I looked forward to.

When the dine in for £10 with a bottle of wine first came out I made a promise to myself that my husband and I would have this every day when we retired. Alas I haven't retired and the deal has long gone.

When they dropped the wine they lost our custom, I was only in it for some cheap mid-week vino.

OK but the ad with the braise beef cheeks has me salivating.

https://www.coop.co.uk/products/deals/mains-side-and-drink-for-10

Coop have one for a tenner atm. No dessert but there is wine!🍷

I'm totally going to try the Tesco one though. Does include wine?

On Ocado there are two M&S meal deal choices - £12 for main, side dessert/starter or £15 for main, two sides, dessert and wine/beer.

ETA this is Ocado Zoom.

I have just ordered my Christmas food (very early I know but I needed a slot that I can get to) and I was shocked at the price rises…

I thought the ocado one had disappeared?

Ocado Zoom. So delivery within an hour.

Sainsburys have a taste the difference meal deal for £12 includes wine