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Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by seszett on Saturday September 07, 2019 @02:08AM (#20902101)
Usually you can go to a bakery and get a much better sandwich, from fresh ingredients and usually much cheaper than what you'd get prepackaged.
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by maccard on Saturday September 07, 2019 @02:48AM (#20902195)
Pretty much every town or villiage in the UK has a Tesco/boots/coop, all of which offer pre packaged sandwiches for less than £2. I don't think I've ever come across a bakery that sells pre made sandwiches for that price. YMMV on the mainland though
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by NeedMoreTea on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:29AM (#20902354)
My experience mainly outside the South East is virtually every half decent UK bakery will make barmcakes and sandwiches to order, for about the same or if they are more it's only by a little - say 10-40p. Yet you'll usually get vastly more fillings, so they work out much cheaper, along with scope for customisation.

The chain bakeries like Gregg's etc just offer the same sort of carefully rationed pre-pack choices as supermarkets.

Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by ljm on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:36AM (#20903384)
> barmcakes

So, the north west then ;)

Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by noir_lord on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:55PM (#20906457)
Funny how you can place people by what they call them.

In my case breadcake, southerners, roll or bap.

Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by seszett on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:49PM (#20906068)
Maybe not in the UK, but in France it is quite normal to have ~3€ sandwich in a bakery. Not premade though, they would make it on demand.
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by lrem on Saturday September 07, 2019 @02:42PM (#20905688)
Wait, really two pounds? In Dublin it used to be more like a fiver...
Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by maccard on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @07:24AM (#20927035)
Tesco has them for €3 https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=288175714, and I'm sure Spar/Mace have their own versions which manage to be cheaper. £1.90 in Tesco in the UK https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/274622236

If you go back to ~2015 or so, befire the pound tanked, the numbers were pretty much the same.

Re:Why Americans pay more for lunch than Britons do by lrem on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:55AM (#20928905)
I remember Spar specifically in the €4-€5 range.