TESCO Meal for 2 + Wine: €10. Worth a look

marrm · 23-01-2009 1:53pm #1

Tesco (Clare Hall) - big signs Meal Deal for 2 + Wine €10. Went in, asked about it, staff unaware, found the Meal Deal food section - Main Courses around €5-€7.50, side dishes to about €5.50, lovely desserts up to about €5.50.

Asked about the wine, total confusion, staff did not know about the deal, :eek:

finally got some nice wine (selection was Chenin Blanc, Pinotage etc + some bottles marked "Tesco Wine".

Total Bill - would have been about €25, paid €10.

Worth a look.

I only put this in once, system has duplicated it for some reason

Onikage · 23-01-2009 2:02pm

Sounds good. Hope it's a success and they bring it to more stores.

marrm wrote: »

I only put this in once, system has duplicated it for some reason

At least you can post a new thread! Complains about "length being less than 1" for me.

RATM · 23-01-2009 2:29pm

Anyone know is this offer on in the Clare Hall store only? Cant see anything on tesco.ie about it....

coldfire1x · 23-01-2009 2:50pm

Didnt see anything in newpapers, may be a particular store kind of offer.

It will be nice to find out. Heading for square after work. Update later.

schween · 23-01-2009 2:54pm

marrm wrote: »

Asked about the wine, total confusion, staff did not know about the deal,

Tesco staff never know about special offers, mainly I think because they are never told.
As for the offer, seems like a good one. Though I didn't see it in the local store last night.

the groutch · 23-01-2009 9:58pm

sounds like a poor quality, badly mananged rip-off of an offer provided already by another supermarket

Mick Shrimpton · 23-01-2009 10:13pm

the groutch wrote: »

sounds like a poor quality, badly mananged rip-off of an offer provided already by another supermarket

Centra have jumped on that one as well...

godtabh · 23-01-2009 11:12pm

Its available in Tesco Maynooth. One sign on the way up the stairs only saw it on the way out

marrm · 24-01-2009 12:31am

the groutch wrote: »

sounds like a poor quality, badly mananged rip-off of an offer provided already by another supermarket

No, got about €23 worth of the "tesco finest" range incl a good bottle of wine for only €10.

It may be a copy of the M&S offer, but the quality is excellent.

churrusco2 · 24-01-2009 9:40am

Poison deal for 2. I do not know how they dare to call meals what they sell...

2fivers · 24-01-2009 10:44am

the groutch wrote: »

sounds like a poor quality, badly mananged rip-off of an offer provided already by another supermarket

True enough, but it's not an "originality alert" thread.

Marks have done something worth buying and Tesco have done similar. As for it being badly managed, The staff in the M&S store in Dundrum that I frequented hadn't a clue where the qualifying products were when their offer was first introduced, so everyone has teething troubles when offers are introduced in the FMCG sector.

Tesco may well have jumped on a bandwagon, but not everywhere is served by an M&S, so its all the better for the consumer.

ninty · 24-01-2009 11:58am

Thank You OP,just back from Clarehall,meals are in their own offer section as is wine.Have a Chile white and Australian white.Chips,Potato Gratin and mixed Veg starter.2 Chicken dishes and Pizza main meal.Apple crumble,Choc Cake and bread and butter pudding desert.Offer only in some branches something to do with internet.

ch750536 · 24-01-2009 2:40pm

For €10 I can feed the four of us without stepping inside a Tesco or filling my face with injected additives.

End of off topic rant.

ronbyrne2005 · 24-01-2009 3:08pm

ch750536 wrote: »

For €10 I can feed the four of us without stepping inside a Tesco or filling my face with injected additives.

End of off topic rant.

You can feed an army with a few fish and loaves too i bet.

ch750536 · 24-01-2009 6:31pm

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

You can feed an army with a few fish and loaves too i bet.

Thats fishes and loafs son.

justsomebloke · 24-01-2009 7:43pm

ch750536 wrote: »

For €10 I can feed the four of us without stepping inside a Tesco or filling my face with injected additives.

End of off topic rant.

does that include a bottle of wine though?

the groutch · 24-01-2009 7:46pm

Joe the Santa wrote: »

does that include a bottle of wine though?

yes, because wine is a crucial part of a kid's diet :rolleyes:

Onikage · 24-01-2009 8:04pm

the groutch wrote: »

yes, because wine is a crucial part of a kid's diet :rolleyes:

Having lived in France for many years I can safely say that yes, yes it is.

dudara · 24-01-2009 8:14pm

I don't think the Tesco meals are up the same quality as the M&S ones, and M&S often include fresh meat in their offer (I got ham and scallops in the last one). But even so, it would be handy to have a few things in the freezer for those nights you can't face cooking.

sunnyside · 25-01-2009 12:18am

Seen in Cork Tesco too, I think it's a nationwide offer. It's not just on at the weekend which might give it an advantage over the M+S offer. You can have orange juice instead of wine, just like M+S. I didn't see anything I wanted to eat so didn't buy it.

spatchco · 25-01-2009 12:29am

offer is on every other week in marks and spencers nothing new in this,,only sign of the times,saturday evening and shelves are still full

Rosser · 25-01-2009 12:46am

ch750536 wrote: »

Thats fishes and loafs son.

You should pop into Tesco and get yourself a dictionary 'cause it is 'loaves' and 'fish'

ch750536 · 25-01-2009 8:07am

^huh!

Take a look at the Tesco Value chicken breasts. On the ingredients it tells you they are 85% chicken.

Hmmmm.

2fivers · 25-01-2009 11:12am

We get it. We've read your signature. You don't like Tesco.

ronbyrne2005 · 25-01-2009 11:18am

Tesco finest is usually similar in quality to M&S IMO.

carbsy · 25-01-2009 2:13pm

Anyone know if this offer is available at Tescos, Wilton, Cork? Cheers.

Onikage · 25-01-2009 2:47pm

ch750536 wrote: »

^huh!

Take a look at the Tesco Value chicken breasts. On the ingredients it tells you they are 85% chicken.

Hmmmm.

Yes, yes, they are pumped up with water and dextrose. But it's the same story in every discount supplier, and not everyone has the time to visit organic farmers markets/butchers.

Nonoperational · 26-01-2009 2:02pm

God I really despise the anti-big company brigade. Im sure if people had the time and money they'd pick up organic Irish produced food all the time but they don't. And shock horror the food in tesco tastes just fine, is very cheap if you have to go down the tesco value route and provides an essential means of controlling food expenditure for people that dont have the luxury of being abord such a high horse. Next someone will be telling me McDonalds is the root of all evil and trying to deprive me of the one bloody hamburger I have every few weeks....

Thanks for the post OP, its a good deal. NO need to drag the topic into a discussion that has no place here.

Vic Vinegar · 26-01-2009 3:02pm

Rosser wrote: »

You should pop into Tesco and get yourself a dictionary 'cause it is 'loaves' and 'fish'

It's called a "joke"

gussieg · 26-01-2009 4:03pm

carbsy wrote: »

Anyone know if this offer is available at Tescos, Wilton, Cork? Cheers.

yes, went in last night but as it was past ten o clock , only option was 2 litre of oj. shelves were near empty of all but chunky chips. makes you think the old profit margins must be massive like.

2fivers · 26-01-2009 4:17pm

gussieg wrote: »

makes you think the old profit margins must be massive like

Massive like what?

Anyway, Good selection of meal deals in Dundrum.

messrs · 26-01-2009 4:19pm

supposed to be good - my flatmate got it and said he enjoyed it, think they are doing it to compete with M&S

gussieg · 26-01-2009 4:34pm

like , at the end of a sentence , is cork for posssibly, most probably, or you know like. Im no expert but i'd say you might be from abroad like.
I meant to say the profit margins on the finest range and on the wines must be very large indeed.

As I dont touch the vino its no great deal to myself, but my friend will be more than happy to have the bottle to themselves, as long as its not rotgut.

2fivers · 26-01-2009 5:12pm

gussieg wrote: »

like , at the end of a sentence , is cork for posssibly, most probably, or you know like. Im no expert but i'd say you might be from abroad like.

You'd say incorrectly, unless Kildare is abroad. Like.

My mistake, just thought you had left out a word and I was missing out on some tesco-related gossip.

Big Chief · 26-01-2009 5:14pm

didnt see it on tesco on camden street so im gonna guess that ppl living in or close to town will continue to be ripped off ? :-/

gussieg · 26-01-2009 5:15pm

2fivers wrote: »

You'd say incorrectly, unless Kildare is abroad. Like.

My mistake, just thought you had left out a word and I was missing out on some tesco-related gossip.

ah well it is a long way away and across a few rivers from Cork. LIke.