When talking with a fellow American-in-Britain and lexicographer recently (hello, Katherine!), the topic of meal deals came up. I thought: great topic for a blog post. Then I discovered this is something that this US-UK lunch-consumption difference has been discussed a lot on the web already. But that's never stopped me from (BrE) having a more linguistic go at a topic...To quote Wikipedia (but with links to my relevant blog posts): In the United Kingdom, a meal deal is a sales promotion which consists of three items: a main* (often a sandwich or salad box), a drink, and a snack...