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.
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
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 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.
Next time you should go to morrisons an go to the salad bar area, its £3.50 for a medium size pot an you can fill it up yourself with all kinds like, spicy chicken pasta, potato salad, rice, peppers, etc its really good
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.
Duck wraps, never seen one in Australia but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist somewhere. Plus I detest cucumber so would have to take it all out, along with the duck that I don’t like either so it would have to be chicken, lettuce and sauce 😂 which actually sounds pretty nice to me. I’m in a country town in Victoria so pre made wraps are not a big thing here though I’m sure that there are some yummy ones in Melbourne these days. I just make them at home and I would love to see some pre-made ones here too. New big supermarket coming after decades of only one with a monopoly so I know that they have them, something to look forward to.
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.
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!
As a uni student I love a good meal deal. I’ve only tried Tesco, Sainsbury’s, coop and Morrisons but here’s my review: Tesco - a lot of variety. There’s plenty of different options and they always have something that I want. Flavours are mid. Coop - really weird selection of stuff, i rarely see something appetising. Sainsbury’s - basic selection, but taste is hit or miss depending on the item. Morrisons - the salad bar is my best friend. There’s not an overwhelming number of options, however the snacks here feel different from snacks elsewhere. The drink selection is limited. (I’m also biased because I get 10% discount making it £3.15) Item shoutouts: Morrisons salad bar, Morrisons vegetable sushi, Sainsbury’s tuna pasta and Tesco duckless wrap.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 :)
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
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.
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.
That's interesting, here in the UK duck is pretty much a staple fairly mainstream meat available in most supermarkets. Something like duck legs are more expensive than chicken legs but then again they are much larger, and we have quite a range of duck ready meals too from all the major supermarkets.
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.
Hey Sam, I hope you see this! My fiancée is a huge fan and it’s her birthday coming up soon. It would mean the world to her (and make her year) if you could record a short birthday message for her. I’d be more than happy to make a donation to any charity of your choice as a thank you for your time. Please let me know if this is something you’d consider-it would be a special surprise she’d never forget!
The burner email address isn't the problem. They'll link your payment info and track you anyhow. The problem is making the normal price essentially conditional on the loyalty and inflating the standard price.
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 👍
I mean yeah that is piss poor but tbh why the hell is it attached in the first place? I just rip them off but it’s an inconvenience that I didn’t have before and so yeah it annoys me. I love the environment but it’s things like these that make me want to purposely go and burn some plastic just to piss people off 😂 Like cardboard straws… jog on. I very rarely ever used a straw but now I have a bulk pack (the extra thick reusable plastic ones) and throw them away regularly (mostly unused) I know I’m an asshole but I’m not the only one.
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 😏
![[#2024MAMA] BIGBANG (빅뱅) - 뱅뱅뱅 (BANG BANG BANG) + FANTASTIC BABY | Mnet 241123 방송](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EQsYfiPR9uM/mqdefault.jpg)
The meal deals I get the most are Tesco and Poundland, Poundland is only £3 so is the cheapest but limited choices, worth the price though
@@robotwars123wiki I had no clue Poundland had one!
@@SamWilder. I'm very surprised you didn't know Poundland has a meal deal as it's been around for a very long time.
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.
I've watched alotta "meal deal" videos but I have to say your way of scoring everything is the best I've seen...I love a meal deal
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.
@fafski1199 ive worked in multiple one stops and currently do, we get greencorn nearly every day so it might be a location thing
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
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 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.
I am coming to London in three weeks. I am excited to see what you have got in store for me.
Next time you should go to morrisons an go to the salad bar area, its £3.50 for a medium size pot an you can fill it up yourself with all kinds like, spicy chicken pasta, potato salad, rice, peppers, etc its really good
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.
Some dude called Ciaran Carlin actually tried everything on the Tesco lunch meal deal. Good you tuber well worth a watch 👍
Duck wraps, never seen one in Australia but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist somewhere. Plus I detest cucumber so would have to take it all out, along with the duck that I don’t like either so it would have to be chicken, lettuce and sauce 😂 which actually sounds pretty nice to me. I’m in a country town in Victoria so pre made wraps are not a big thing here though I’m sure that there are some yummy ones in Melbourne these days. I just make them at home and I would love to see some pre-made ones here too. New big supermarket coming after decades of only one with a monopoly so I know that they have them, something to look forward to.
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.
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!
Awww the puppy ❤
I didn't know for that long either but satay is just the dish, meat on a stick with a sauce, usually a peanut sauce but not always.
I get the poundland meal deal or morrison as the salad bar got alsorts of pasta and stuff
As a uni student I love a good meal deal. I’ve only tried Tesco, Sainsbury’s, coop and Morrisons but here’s my review:
Tesco - a lot of variety. There’s plenty of different options and they always have something that I want. Flavours are mid.
Coop - really weird selection of stuff, i rarely see something appetising.
Sainsbury’s - basic selection, but taste is hit or miss depending on the item.
Morrisons - the salad bar is my best friend. There’s not an overwhelming number of options, however the snacks here feel different from snacks elsewhere. The drink selection is limited. (I’m also biased because I get 10% discount making it £3.15)
Item shoutouts: Morrisons salad bar, Morrisons vegetable sushi, Sainsbury’s tuna pasta and Tesco duckless wrap.
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 🤘🤘🤘🤘
I always go for the salad for the Morrison meal deal
yeah i like that too
I love Naked Green Smoothie ❤ so delicious
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.
love the videos sam keep it up mate
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.
Co op include the Costa drinks in the meal deal, they don't advertise it but it rings up as part of it
@@mrsgee2897 that’s sneaky
tesco too
Great video Sam! Mostly agree with the M&S one but i do find the drink selection on the meal deal a bit crap!
Those drinks lids are a pain in the a55 until you realise you snap one side off and BOOM they are manageable and not annoying
I've got arthritis so have to snap the ruddy thing off with my teeth or I can't get the lid back on. Defeats the purpose!
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
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.
why does find the spoon sound like the food is making you a threat? "You can eat this BUT FIRST FIND THE SPOON"
@@ChilleUK 😂 I didn’t show it but it did take me a minute
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.
9:57 in tesco, the most expensive meal deal drink is actually Costa Regular hot drink, which costs £3.25, almost the price of a meal deal
I based this more on what was in my Tesco at the time! My big one doesn't have a Costa machine :(
@@SamWilder. oh, sad
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 :)
Also, you could do microwave/ready meals because Tesco and m&s have similar pricing but m&s are way better in my opinion so would be a good video.
If your tesco has a Costa express machine you can get a drink from there as your drink in the mealdeal
7:56 that was the last law the tories added before they left
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
@@HippoCrisis I always look for the mayo one 😂😅
It’s more likely to be allergies to egg
What is pink lemonade please ?
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.
My favourite is Co op but I don’t really get meal deals
I got a really nice pasta pot from there last week. It had pesto and roasted veg
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.
That's interesting, here in the UK duck is pretty much a staple fairly mainstream meat available in most supermarkets. Something like duck legs are more expensive than chicken legs but then again they are much larger, and we have quite a range of duck ready meals too from all the major supermarkets.
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.
i recently discovered that poundland had a meal deal. could you review it?
You should take a visit to Poundland
Do Boots get an extra point for the free ashtray with the GÜ pot? 😂 xxx
Yes
Couple of years ago wraps were rarely included in the meal deals, had to be a sarnie
Hey Sam, I hope you see this! My fiancée is a huge fan and it’s her birthday coming up soon. It would mean the world to her (and make her year) if you could record a short birthday message for her. I’d be more than happy to make a donation to any charity of your choice as a thank you for your time. Please let me know if this is something you’d consider-it would be a special surprise she’d never forget!
Hope he does!
Very interesting - definitely a worthy winner there though
I was wondering sam if you are aware of olio and if you use it would be intersting to see you do a challenge
The burner email address isn't the problem. They'll link your payment info and track you anyhow. The problem is making the normal price essentially conditional on the loyalty and inflating the standard price.
Actually, M&S came up with the concept of a meal deal after they invented 'take away' sandwiches - it was on QI a few years ago.
I'm a Hosin Duck fan too
Amazon fresh have some unreal meal deals
Boots meal deal is best
I thought people that were annoyed by those lids were like me and just ripped the lid off. Why keep it attached?
Coop does do a duck wrap
Boots is only £3.60 with a Boots card.
Hi Sam could you compare vegan meal deals please?
No
@@EllaDeanPendragon why?
Nah
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.
@@jamiebartlett4608 it was the most expensive thing in the shop I was in 🤷🏼♂️
@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
Not true. Sainsburys cheddar and ham sub is different to Tesco cheddar and ham sub.
@@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
@@chai_ste so they're not the same 👍
@@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 👍
I love Bailey sticking her nose in.
Your sore is exactly where I'd expect... I'm a huge fan of sainsbury's
Unrelated but, in my opinion, Nectar is the WORST loyalty card out of the major uk supermarkets
Tesco meal deal, Chicken club sandwich, grab bag of McCoy’s and either a big monster or red bull 👌🏼
BOO, Hi young Sam, Great vid as per.😊
@@SuperLisalis thanks!
Did you use a co-op card ?
Rotate the lids by 90 degrees so they don't hit your nose.
But then they hit your face instead
cute doggie
the lids do my head in, i rip them off. So stupid.
sorta looks like starbucks cup lol
lol i came for the comments lol
Boots the chemist does meal deals ?
@@202kittykat they started them!
every time I see a grown man complain about those lids I realise why we never advance as a society, you realise you can turn the bottle right?
I agree, so many minor things that people complain about.
@@Uber_Markusthe irony of you complaining about the “small” things people complain about on a RUclips channel is hilarious 😂
also it takes just a little jab to tear them off.
@@alexpiptom it's not really me complaining, its more just me pointing out what people do.
I mean yeah that is piss poor but tbh why the hell is it attached in the first place? I just rip them off but it’s an inconvenience that I didn’t have before and so yeah it annoys me. I love the environment but it’s things like these that make me want to purposely go and burn some plastic just to piss people off 😂 Like cardboard straws… jog on. I very rarely ever used a straw but now I have a bulk pack (the extra thick reusable plastic ones) and throw them away regularly (mostly unused)
I know I’m an asshole but I’m not the only one.
You bite Colin's bottom off, then chat to him like he's your friend. The cheek! (get it?)
😂
The Air drier i bought after your recommendation is still in the box..i know not what todo !!
Open the box!
@@janetwoodley9382😅😅
@@SuperLisalis open it and use it!
I love these videos and that it’s not being sponsored by one of the companies to promote their product.
'Comes in bottom'
Heh.
co-op is £3.50 with members card or £5 for the premium
Waitrose and m and s have always been expensive. All the snobs shop there so they can afford it
😊👍
Thats alot of duck wrap for one man. Nice different video there Sam well done
Co op card saves you 50p, making it £3.50
@@grahammc3189 think you gotta pay for a co-op card though?
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 😏
Why get the Ginsters if you wasn’t going to eat it??
@@bkk565 was getting the most expensive item to show the best value! It got eaten by others don’t worry :)
I don't eat duck as I like seeing them on the river and don't want to encourage farming of them.
Farming of them won’t ever change though
I saw a cow in a field this morning but I still eat them 😂😂
@@kateking1980😂😂😂
Bottles become un recyclable without the lid, it’s to prevent waste
Boots is not a supermarket. I’ve never heard of someone doing a weekly shop in boots
😂 good point! They pioneered it though!
Lol just twist the bottle cap around & it'll be facing downwards
All sugar and sh**, unfortunately. I'm sorry 😅
Honestly it’s not, it’s furrrrrrpttttttttttttt… it’s fine it’s tasty… lol
9:32
😂😂