Tesco cafes offering free meals for children during the summer holidays
Tesco is offering free meals for children with any purchase in its cafe-supermarkets during the summer school holidays to help families struggling with the cost of living crisis.
The free meal, worth up to £3.25, is available to Club Card holders with any item purchased at the retailer's 311 cafes between July 25 and August 26.
Asda and Morrisons have already announced meal deals to support parents during the summer holidays.
The cheapest item shoppers can buy to qualify for Tesco's special offer is a piece of fruit for 60p. Other low cost menu items include a bottle of water for 85p, biscuits for £1, baked goods for £2 and breakfast tea for £1.80.
< p class="dcr-xry7m2">The kids' breakfast menu includes beans, eggs or avocado on toast, and the hot meal options - which come with vegetables, a side dish and a drink - include sausages , macaroni and cheese, chicken goujons or fish sticks.There is also a cold packed lunch option, including a sandwich, drink, fruit and two snacks.
Other supermarkets have launched similar offers to help parents with rising costs. Asda is selling children's meals for £1 from Monday, with no minimum spend for adults. Kids can eat free at Morrisons cafes when adults buy a meal for £4.99 or more.
Asda offer has been included in aid campaign to government households to support struggling Britons as food prices and bills rise. The package also includes the reintroduction of the 'feed your family for a five' campaign by Sainsbury's.
The government's move has been criticized by campaigners for not making it enough to support families.
Alison Garnham, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, has accused the government of 'abandoning' children to 'face a difficult summer with inadequate support'.
Experts have argued that supermarket cafe free kids' meal offers are encouraging low-income households to feed their children ultra-processed junk food during the summer holidays. summer.
Barbara Crowther of the food charity Sustain said children's menus were often overloaded with foods high in saturated fat, salt and sugar. She said, "Too much of these types of meals during the summer could rack up major health issues for children in the longer term."
Tesco is offering free meals for children with any purchase in its cafe-supermarkets during the summer school holidays to help families struggling with the cost of living crisis.
The free meal, worth up to £3.25, is available to Club Card holders with any item purchased at the retailer's 311 cafes between July 25 and August 26.
Asda and Morrisons have already announced meal deals to support parents during the summer holidays.
The cheapest item shoppers can buy to qualify for Tesco's special offer is a piece of fruit for 60p. Other low cost menu items include a bottle of water for 85p, biscuits for £1, baked goods for £2 and breakfast tea for £1.80.
< p class="dcr-xry7m2">The kids' breakfast menu includes beans, eggs or avocado on toast, and the hot meal options - which come with vegetables, a side dish and a drink - include sausages , macaroni and cheese, chicken goujons or fish sticks.There is also a cold packed lunch option, including a sandwich, drink, fruit and two snacks.
Other supermarkets have launched similar offers to help parents with rising costs. Asda is selling children's meals for £1 from Monday, with no minimum spend for adults. Kids can eat free at Morrisons cafes when adults buy a meal for £4.99 or more.
Asda offer has been included in aid campaign to government households to support struggling Britons as food prices and bills rise. The package also includes the reintroduction of the 'feed your family for a five' campaign by Sainsbury's.
The government's move has been criticized by campaigners for not making it enough to support families.
Alison Garnham, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, has accused the government of 'abandoning' children to 'face a difficult summer with inadequate support'.
Experts have argued that supermarket cafe free kids' meal offers are encouraging low-income households to feed their children ultra-processed junk food during the summer holidays. summer.
Barbara Crowther of the food charity Sustain said children's menus were often overloaded with foods high in saturated fat, salt and sugar. She said, "Too much of these types of meals during the summer could rack up major health issues for children in the longer term."
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