I tried every supermarket lunch meal deal, to find out which is the tastiest and the best value for money! Who will win? Instagram: / samwilderofficial
In asda, you can get any combination in the 3 for 2 meal deal. You can get 3 drinks, 3 snacks, 3 mains, 2 snacks and 1 main, 2 snacks and 1 drink, 2 mains and 1 snack, 2 mains and 1 drink, 2 drinks and 1 snack, 2 drinks and 1 main, or 1 drink 1 snack and one main.
I don't think you realise this, but pretty much most of the wraps that you tried where made by the same company called Greencore and where made at the same factory, using the exact same ingredients. Although, some may have been made by another large rival company Samworth Brothers (Tesco's range for example). Both companies mass produce wraps, sandwiches and subs for supermarket chains, convenience stores, coffee shops, petrol stations and discount stores. The only real difference between most of the wraps, is the box that they came in and the quality of the ingredients and wraps that where produced that day. BTW, I've worked for both companies and both of their largest factories are located on the same industrial estate in Manton Wood, Notts. Between the pair of them, they produce around 85% of all UK supermarket bought pre-packed sandwiches, wraps, subs and paninis (~3 billion per year) And Yes, it is true!! Many factories produce the exact same product that is just repackaged in a different box for a different company/brand. On top of that they are also often priced differently, even though it contains exactly the same product.
from my experience, tesco do use greencore produce, i work in one of the sister stores and we get greencore delivery n some will be labled with tescos labels
@@effy3981 Samworth Brothers do most of Tesco's sandwiches, subs and wraps, same with One Stop (Tesco owned convienice stores) and Tesco petrol stations. It's possible Greencore might do some though, like the specially selected subs ect.
work for a co-op, all ours are delivered by Greencore in our shop and its based on location, when we get our deliveries, we have to enter the temperatures on arrival and the company it was delivered by, there are options to select a number of different suppliers who also produce sandwiches, etc other then just Greencore and its a co-op only system so its highly likely that not only could all the wraps be produced by the same factory with the same ingredients, they could have also been on the same delivery van as each other too, as Greencore deliver to shops with their own vans
I thought the lid hitting your nose when you drink was a bit people did, but everyone does it. Just turn the bottle 90 degrees to the side and it never gets in the way.
If you have a Co-op membership card you can save 50p on your meal deal, so taking it down to £3.50. You can also get a Ginsters Cornish pasty which is £2.00. Even more savings.
What's funny to me, as an American, is that you rate down for things NOT being duck wraps. Duck is just not a thing in the US for takeout like meal deals. Duck is very high end. I can't even buy duck at my local supermarket, except as an ingredient in dog foods! This was interesting.
If you wanted to maximise the saving on the Sainsburys meal deal you could have gone for a medium Starbucks/Costa hot coffee which is over £3 on its own. This includes any of the flavour shots or hot chocolate too.
I think the "no mayo" is just to advertise that it doesn't have mayo for people that don't like mayo. I always feel like it implies another version of the same sandwich but with mayo, but it seemingly doesn't
I love the Co-op meal deal and when I get one the side I usually have is a full size Ginsters Cornish pasty. Our local Co-ops are part of the Southern Co-op group, and with a Co-op loyalty card the meal deal is £3.50 instead of £4.
My husband sometimes does the premium meal deal when we pop into Sainsbury’s, as he loves the hot smoked salmon sandwich. It’s got spinach, crème fraiche and lemon or something 😂 But I’m gluten free, and they often only have really horrible looking ones if any, so I don’t bother!
Very small bottle of coconut water that I drink the 1 litre ones. Plus it doesn't leave a bad after taste in your mouth. However, Thanks for the video 🤘🤘🤘🤘
My favorite meal deal is Tesco. I love the Cheese deli sandwich on rye bread it's stunning. Runner up for me is Sainsburys as long as I can get the Seafood cocktail salad sandwich in oatmeal bread- also yummy.
It;s interesting, how each country has their own staples that are available. I don't think duck is all that common in the US as a regular sandwich filling. Also, I do love the Colin the Caterpillar cakes. They are very cute.
The thing about rating meal deals is most of the food and drinks come from the same companies so it's hard to rate every supermarket on their food unless you get their own branded food. You might think because it has a different name it's a different company but most of the time it's not. But either way meal deals are aren't that bad it just depends on where you go.
Love the videos, but you should have done one sandwich one wrap and one pasta pot to really feel the comparison but good video nonetheless, but maybe you can do the same but with most expensive pasta pot or sandwich love the videos tho :)
20 years ago when I worked in one of Wolverhamptons homeless hostels we used to get M&S' left over sandwiches delivered at the end of the day, that's probably the closest I've ever come to a meal deal.
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Sainsbury's, Waitrose, and M&S are my goto's. I saw someone already mentioned Poundland's meal deal...had it, it's okay if you're skint, otherwise, go to one of the others.
Hi Sam, This was great fun watching you De-Ducked a point for Duck-less-ness. I for one adore duck and the Chinese incarnations of it are what I most enjoy. Here in Mexico there simply arent that many duck options. And not that many Chinese restaurants. I do enjoy the thoroughness of your analyses. Jacques sans Canard. 😥
The aftertaste in the coconut water is probably the brown part of the white flesh. If I don't want to drink it I use it in Thai Cooking, or coconut cake.
Think its a little flawed the points system I could just put the price of every individual item up so it comes to £20 but make the meal deal £4. I suspect shops do this allready to some degree as I often see 2l bottles of pop cheaper than the 500ml version. If your only thirsty you end up getting the meal aswell because it's only a pound or more so. Clever or sneeky marketing
Yes it's 1 pound but if you're going to shop there in the future it is a good deal as the app gives you savings that take on to account previously purchased items 😏
The lemonade is not the most expensive drink for the M&S meal deal. It's the £4.50 large wild bean cafe coffee. M&S is actually the better value meal deal odd them all I get them all the time they are brilliant.
@SamWilder. You was in an BP M&S right. I'm not sure they advertise its included but the coffees are served behind the counter fresh and a large one is Included in the meal deal and costs £4.50 on its own. (The meals deals use to be £5.50 only went up last month lol) I rate the wild bean cafe coffees over Costa and Starbucks handdown 😊
sorry to break the illusion of choice, however from the inside, I can tell you that meal deal sandwiches and wraps are produced by massive companies like Greencore who supply mostly all supermarkets, all they do is change the packaging theres a high chance that you've eaten the same wrap like 9 times
@@MrGreenYeti "mostly all supermarkets" doesn't mean all supermarkets and Tesco are an outlier, most are supplied by Samworth Brothers where possible, mostly every other supermarket gets theres made by Greencore
@@MrGreenYeti yep, Tescos are an outlier, however they do use Greencore products in some areas of the country depending on convenience, so there is still a possibility that they could all be the same wraps 👍
Absolutely no value in a meal deal overpriced for what you get ,Average £1200 a year based on a 5 day week and the sandwiches and wraps are all made in the same factory.
