People are sharing their blunt views on Meal Deals in a hugely popular Facebook group – and scores of members are rating the lunchtime ensembles
‘Meal Deal Talk’ follows a simple format – simply share a photo of your meal deal and get ready to embrace the haters
LUNCH-LOVERS everywhere – there’s a Facebook page you need to know about.
‘Meal Deal Talk’ follows a simple format – simply share a photo of your meal deal and get ready to embrace the haters.
Users can upload pictures of their meal deal for it to then be judged by other food-fanatics.
But some of the comments are hilariously brutal.
Fancy having your favourite meal rated and ranked? Comments such as these may put you off the idea...
"If I were stranded on a desert island with a gun and only one bullet I'd shoot this meal deal and eat you."
"20 fags but has a bottle of water?!?! You absolute lunatic! Do you want to be healthy or not??"
Some comments even ignore the grub itself, opting rather for complete character assassinations based entirely of course on one's lunch break preferences.
"I bet you still play pinball when the Internet works ya creepy little bike seat sniffer”, one commented.
The page has now become so popular that fans can even buy 'meal deal talk' merchandise.
The brains behind Meal Deal Talk is Theo Edwards, 21 who said: "Meal Deal Talk is a Facebook group where exclusive members can share, rate and post their chosen meal deals."
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"As the creator of the group, I certainly did not expect the huge interest and it is quite remarkable how it's happened in such a short amount of time."
Page administrator Kieran Hayden, 19 said: "Although the page was initially made for constructive criticism, it is known for its 'roasting' and 'banter'. These comments are slightly more hostile, but are still just friendly, and are fundamentally based on humour."
The boundaries for insult have been made clear by the admin team: No racist, homophobic, threatening or transphobic comments but anything else goes.
When MasterChef 2016 finished a generation raised on TV food critics took matters into their own hands with Meal Deal Talk, a community where everyone is Gordon Ramsey.
Theo from High Wycombe said: "We have members from other countries involved and from a group that started off with a few friends; I never would've thought it would reach this level.
"We have a lot more to come, we have released our merchandise, Twitter and Snapchat accounts and we also have a Meal Deal meet-up on September 17 in Hyde Park, London. "
Kieran from Southend-on-sea said: "I believe the group has been so successful due to it being such a unique idea, a first of a kind, but also something that can appeal to a huge audience.
"There's no correlation in age or gender when it comes to meal deals, they're something everyone can enjoy and benefit from.
"Another thing I think people love about the page, and also what the page is quite famous for, is the extremely dry British humour it revolves around.
"The group has taken off really well. We have had our problems with a few members being abusive but when a giant influx of members join, you have to expect a few bad apples.
"We do block users who take things too far, but most things said revolve around a dry sense of humour and that's what attract people to the group!"
After creating a community of meal deal lovers the next step for the Meal Deal Talk admin team is campaigning to keep these supermarket lunches a deal worth buying at £3.
Kieran said: "Personally I'd say the cost is one of the main things about getting a meal deal. When you buy a meal deal you want to buy as much as you can for the price, it wouldn't really be classed as a deal if it's over £4."