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Tesco prospects have been left fuming after it emerged that the retail large is now promoting fruit pots as a predominant dish in its Meal Deal, with one shopper branding the transfer “offensive”.

The grocery store chain, which has over 2,800 branches within the UK, has a preferred deal providing a predominant, snack, and drink for £3.90 – with Tesco Clubard holders in a position to decide one up for £3.40.

The predominant is often a sandwich or a wrap, with varied snacks on supply similar to crisps and fruit as a facet.

But Meal Deal regulars had been despatched right into a panic after a photograph emerged on-line displaying a fruit pot crammed with berries labelled as a predominant inside the supply.

The submit, shared on X by a buyer in a Tesco retailer, included a photograph of the up to date meal cope with a grape and berry medley pot as a predominant, quipping: “Fruit pot as a main, bring the general election forwards.”

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The revelation appeared to unsettle some prospects, as up to now fruit choices have been accessible alongside predominant and a drink for the lowered value.

But these selecting one of many bigger fruit pots wouldn’t be capable to embody it as a facet to a wrap or sandwich – a indisputable fact that sparked fury.

“No, this is wild,” one shopper wrote, whereas one other referred to as the change: “Actually mad. MAD!”

A 3rd mentioned they’d picked the “mango part of it thinking it was a side and ended up paying £8 for 3 things”, with a fourth including: “This is so offensive.”

A spokesperson for Tesco informed MailOnline: “We’re always looking for ways to expand, improve, and update our meal deal offering depending on the evolving tastes of our customers.

“Over a yr in the past, we launched some bigger fruit pots (between 230-300g) as a predominant choice in response to prospects telling us they want extra mains which can be appropriate for breakfast.”

They pointed out that their smaller fruit pots (between 80-145g) “are all nonetheless classed as snacks in our meal offers.

“Across our large stores, customers can choose from more than 10 million meal deal combinations and in Express stores there are still more than 4 million possible meal deal combinations.

“This large selection means there are alternatives for many tastes and dietary necessities,” they added.