12 Walmart Marketside Deli Sandwiches, Ranked - Tasting Table

"Once you make your way past seasonal items or the bright floral arrangements, you'll likely notice colorful bushels of fresh produce. Maybe you take note of the smells wafting over from the bakery, or the orders being placed at the deli counter. Or perhaps what grabs your attention is the grab-and-go food perched in a refrigerated case at the front. This section of the store beckons, promising convenience and no-planning-required meals for busy shoppers."

"It offers a diverse assortment of ready-to-eat fare, including a wide range of sandwiches. You'll find subs packed with various deli meats, chicken salad sandwiches, and even pinwheels and wraps (which technically count as sandwiches). There seems to be an easy lunch for everyone, but which one is most likely to leave you full and satisfied? I aimed to find out by putting several different offerings to the test and ranking them based on their ingredients, quality, execution, and overall flavor."

"I hate to judge a book by its cover, but I could tell just by looking at it that it wasn't going to fare well. At the center of the cut-in-half flour tortilla, all I could see was a tiny sprinkling of Parmesan cheese and a gob of pinkish-grey chicken cubes. They looked nearly raw, and the taste wasn't an improvement. They were gummy and lacked seasoning. I certainly don't believe they were grilled as the packaging notes. I think "boiled" sounds more accurate."

The front of a grocery store commonly presents colorful produce, bakery aromas, deli activity, and a refrigerated grab-and-go section promising convenience and ready meals for busy shoppers. Walmart's Marketside brand supplies a broad assortment of ready-to-eat items, notably many sandwiches such as subs, chicken salad sandwiches, pinwheels, and wraps. A tasting compared several Marketside offerings and ranked them by ingredients, quality, execution, and overall flavor. The Caesar Chicken Wrap underperformed: the cut-in-half flour tortilla revealed minimal Parmesan and an unsettling gob of pinkish-grey chicken cubes that tasted gummy, underseasoned, apparently not grilled, and possibly boiled.

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