Tesco shoppers fume as meal deal price hike leaked
The lunchtime option, which includes a main, snack, and drink, will cost £3.85 with a Clubcard, a 25p increase.
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Non-Clubcard shoppers will see the price rise by 25p to £4.25.
The premium meal deal will also increase from £5 to £5.50 for Clubcard holders and from £5.50 to £6 for non-Clubcard holders.
The news broke after a leaked image of the new prices was posted on Reddit writing: "hardly a deal."
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Users quickly responded to the thread with one saying: "All the supermarkets raising their meal deal prices is so so so stupid, why would you not want to be the best price? Greed vs greed."
Another posted: "I hope this isn't true. Might as well get rid of the meal deal if Tesco keeps upping the price."
A third added: "I will be boycotting the meal deal from when this hike occurs."
A fourth moaned: "£3.60 I could still defend, getting a bit mad now though."
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A year ago, Tesco raised the meal deal price from £3.40 to £3.60 for Clubcard holders and from £3.90 to £4 for non-Clubcard holders.
And in October 2022, the price increased for the first time in a decade, from £3 to £3.40 for Clubcard members and from £3.50 to £3.90 for others.
Tesco's lunchtime meal deal is popular, offering a wide variety of choices, from sandwiches, wraps and sushi for the main, to snacks such as crisps, chocolate or fruit, along with drinks including Lucozade and iced coffee.
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