Sainsbury’s has made a number of changes to the range of items available as part of its £3 meal deal, which offers a discount when a two food items and a drink are bought together.

The money-saving lunchtime meal selection, now rebranded as ‘On The Go’, no longer includes its premium 'Taste The Difference' sandwich range. Subs and pasta pots have also been removed, leaving a signficantly more basic selection of sandwiches available as part of the offer.

Cakes have also been removed from the deal.

As customers began to notice the change, the supermarket’s Twitter account was swamped with complaints: