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The Real ‘Life in the UK’ Test

Vitória Croda examines Britain's obsession with the meal deal.

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Dec 22, 2025
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Good morning, and welcome to Vittles! Today’s essay, our last of the year, by Vittles mentee Vitória Croda, is a tongue-in-cheek look at one of the hardest parts of integration for any immigrant to the UK: the country’s reliance on the meal-deal lunch. It is the third online-only dispatch from the Bad Food Extended Universe.

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