Glastonbury 2023 £6 Meal Deal

[stuie]

Glastonbury have announced that over 300 stallholders (over 75%) will be taking part in their £6 meal deal.

Please use this thread when at the festival to highlight the best £6 offerings you can find! 

We'll have a scout around on the Monday and Tuesday as the traders are setting up and let you know what's on offer! 

 

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£6 MEAL DEAL
Affordable food is very important to us at Glastonbury Festival and since 2015 many of our Traders have been helping Festival-goers go easy on their pocket. This year, 300 stallholders – that’s over 75 percent of all traders – will be offering a £6 meal deal. Participating traders will feature a £6 Meal Deal sticker on their menu boards along with information on the food they’re offering, so they will be easy to spot.

Our £6 Meal Deal makes it possible to sample a huge range of delicious world cuisine without breaking the bank. £6 options could include a katsu wrap, Somerset rarebit, muesli & coffee breakfast combination, a bowl of homemade chilli, a kids meal and drink, a falafel pitta, a hearty salad, Thai curry and rice, chicken with roast potato and gravy or a deal on coffee and cakes for two. The choices are endless.

 

[Joshuwarr]

Great news. Heard some horror stories already from other festivals in terms of pricing so this will relieve a few people I'm sure.

[Jacko45]

14 minutes ago, Joshuwarr said:

Great news. Heard some horror stories already from other festivals in terms of pricing so this will relieve a few people I'm sure.

 

Jerk Chicken + Rice at Latitude last year £16.00. 

[scaryclaireyfairy]

Between the Co-op and the £6 whatsit, it makes things less daunting.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Grizzled Glasto veteran:

"Pffft, I remember when it was 'food for a fiver'"

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

The key thing is the definition of a "meal".

[churlie100]

Wow that sounds lovely! Makes money worries a whole lot easier for the fest when budgeting.

[The Pompey Mascot]

Meal deals reduced to £4.30 with a glasto clubcard

[SecretFish]

Very good. Lets hope it's advertised better than previous years!

[scaryclaireyfairy]

Last year, No Bones Jones were doing a big plate of veg pakora type things under the food for a fiver. So full a plate that I had to tell them to take some off cos I'd not eat it all! I think I was there every day. I'm ok with paying an extra quid for stuff like that.

[rosieangel]

Just now, scaryclaireyfairy said:

Last year, No Bones Jones were doing a big plate of veg pakora type things under the food for a fiver. So full a plate that I had to tell them to take some off cos I'd not eat it all! I think I was there every day. I'm ok with paying an extra quid for stuff like that.

it was absolutely divine!

[BambooShanks]

4 minutes ago, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said:

The key thing is the definition of a "meal"

I can't see them being massively generous portions but certainly enough to keep you going for a few hours.

We're probably looking at around a 20% increase on prices compared to last year so I'd imagine most proper servings will be from £15 for a decent meal. 

 

[Leyrulion]

Some places it was like a bowl of chips was all they offered. Hopefully this means you can offer a bit more. 

[nikkic]

15 minutes ago, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said:

The key thing is the definition of a "meal".

Yeah, saw a few places last year selling a “meal” of chips and a bottle of water.

The options mentioned look loads better. 

[RichardWaller]

27 minutes ago, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said:

The key thing is the definition of a "meal".

Oof covid flashbacks. 

Even if it’s just a tray of chips and a bottle of soft drink, that’ll be better than a lot of places…

[Justcalledtosay]

The meal deal for a fiver was often something more akin to a snack last year. Still can't grumble it's better to have something like this on offer than not.

[dondo]

Saw this on FB

Doing a pasty chips and beans for £6 or a breakfast for that.  Never went last year but by all accounts was pretty good

 

[BL1ND T1G3R]

Eat the Farm are back in their usual spot. Last year their breakfast baps for £5 were legendary and perfect hangover stodge. Just confirmed they are now £6 but still an absolute bargain.  

[dondo]

59 minutes ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

Last year, No Bones Jones were doing a big plate of veg pakora type things under the food for a fiver. So full a plate that I had to tell them to take some off cos I'd not eat it all! I think I was there every day. I'm ok with paying an extra quid for stuff like that.

They are lovely (as is all of the food from their stall)

[stuie]

I saw pasty and chips, fish finger sandwiches and burritos last year, so there are some offerings that aren’t just a plate of chips! 

[stopwn1981]

It’s a £1000 weekend these days

[incident]

15 minutes ago, dondo said:

Saw this on FB

Doing a pasty chips and beans for £6 or a breakfast for that.  Never went last year but by all accounts was pretty good

 

Cornish Pasty Mine / Breakfast Bar is fine. The quality is fairly average, but for a straightforward Bacon & Egg Cob, it's one of the cheaper places on site. Only problem is that sometimes means they have "can't be arsed" sized queues especially in the late mornings.

[stuie]

45 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

It’s a £1000 weekend these days

Not for everyone it’s not! Most people will spend nowhere near this. 

[Crazyfool01]

51 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

It’s a £1000 weekend these days

think I spent £80 last year 

[Barneym]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

Not for everyone it’s not! Most people will spend nowhere near this. 

I don’t know if you are including the ticket and transport it’s probably gets close for lots of people, £330 ticket, coach from London £100 that’s a minimum of £440 no food or drinks. I used to budget £50 a day but that wasn’t nearly enough last year to eat two decent meals and drink at the bars (I know this could be done cheaper but I get the coach so limited in how many cans I can bring). Going to budget £70 a day this year that’s another £350 so I’ll probably be up to £790. Let’s not forget the number of people who then pay for accommodation on top of this then you are easily at over £1,000. I bet a large percentage of the crowd do spent about this, although not denying you could do it cheaper.