£10 deals.

[gavroche]

Tesco, M&S , Morrisons and may be others do a £10 meal deal that includes: side dish, main course, desert and a bottle of wine. I just wonder how they can do it as they can't make anything on it. I suppose they rely on you buying other things as well. We just bought one of them tonight from Tesco. Cracking deal I think.

 

[Gunk]

The M&S deal is now £12, you can still get a bargain, last one we bought would have been over £17

 

[vickster]

Tesco, M&S , Morrisons and may be others do a £10 meal deal that includes: side dish, main course, desert and a bottle of wine. I just wonder how they can do it as they can't make anything on it. I suppose they rely on you buying other things as well. We just bought one of them tonight from Tesco. Cracking deal I think.

Did you get the Kalahari or Sahara or even the Gobi?

 

[screenman]

Did you get the Kalahari or Sahara or even the Gobi?

Or even the arctic roll.

 

[tom73]

Like all deals don’t worry they still make money. It’s all on the shoulders of the supplies

 

[gavroche]

We got Chicken Cabernet Sauvignon with Potato Dauphinoise and Lemon Cheesecake for desert with a bottle of red wine.

 

[keithmac]

Aren't they called Loss Leaders to get you into the shop?.

 

[Pale Rider]

Did you get the Kalahari or Sahara or even the Gobi?

I was going to suggest we should excuse the OP his missing 's' because he's French.

However, wiki reckons the English word 'dessert' is of French origin from 'desservir' meaning to clear a table - the last course of meal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert

 

[vickster]

I was going to suggest we should excuse the OP his missing 's' because he's French.

However, wiki reckons the English word 'dessert' is of French origin from 'desservir' meaning to clear a table - the last course of meal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert

And the equivalent French words are spelt the same, albeit desert has an accent over the first e

 

[Tenkaykev]

Mrs Tenkay and I do keep an eye on the deals. Very occasionally there will be the choice of a couple of bottles of beer instead of the wine.

We've noticed that the vegetarian mains tend to be poor value and limited choice.
The Pizza based meal deals in our local M+S for example will have the "Meat Feast" which is usually £6, and a standard Margarita which is usually £4. There is a " Veggie Feast" elsewhere on the shelves which is usually £6 but that's not included in the deal.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Like all deals don’t worry they still make money. It’s all on the shoulders of the supplies

...who also make money.

Big volumes, low margins, high perceived value**, incremental sales means a successful formula.

**As we see from a couple of the posts above

 

[vickster]

The Waitrose curry deal at a tenner is pretty good value, unless the shelves are bare of non-meat options.
Think M&S do similar but not tried

 

[Tenkaykev]

The Waitrose curry deal at a tenner is pretty good value, unless the shelves are bare of non-meat options.
Think M&S do similar but not tried

I've noticed the Veggie curry choices tend to be the milder ones.
I'd love for them to do a Pathia style Veggie option.

 

[vickster]

I've noticed the Veggie curry choices tend to be the milder ones.
I'd love for them to do a Pathia style Veggie option.

I do quite like the mango prawn from time to time. Peppers don't agree with me so even before I stopped eating meat, I steered clear of some of the chicken ones (and I never ate lamb)

 

[gavroche]

And the equivalent French words are spelt the same, albeit desert has an accent over the first e

In French, we pronounce the two s's when as in English you pronounce them as a z. I am for ever correcting pupils learning French for that because otherwise , sounding like a z , it means the Sahara desert.