SHOPPERS are in for a sweet surprise as one supermarket beats the rest on Cadbury Mini Eggs prices – just in time for Easter.
Waitrose has slashed the price of the 80g bag to just £1.50, down from its usual £1.85 – making it the cheapest place to bag the seasonal treat right now.
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Cadbury Mini Eggs have been a firm Easter favourite for decades, loved for their creamy milk chocolate centre and crunchy sugar shell.
But if you’re just after a quick chocolate fix, the 80g bags offer the best value.
Here’s how prices currently stack up:
- Waitrose – £1.50 (was £1.85)
- Asda – £1.64
- Tesco – £1.65 with Clubcard (or £1.85 without)
- Sainsbury’s – £1.65 with Nectar card (or £1.85 without)
That means picking them up from Waitrose this week could save you up to 35p a bag off the standard price.
It’s always worth checking prices before filling your basket, especially when Easter goodies are involved – and stock is known to sell out fast in the final run-up to the big weekend.
Remember to compare prices
It is important to remember to always shop around when buying something like this as you might find a cheaper alternative.
Websites like Trolley and Price Spy let you compare thousands of products across different retailers to find the best price.
Price Spy even lets you see how much an item has cost over time, so you can see if the current price is a good deal.
A quick scan on the Google Shopping/Product tab will also bring up how much retailers are selling a certain item for.
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Sign up to loyalty schemes of the brands that you regularly shop with.
Big names regularly offer discounts or special lower prices for members, among other perks.
Sales are when you can pick up a real steal.
Retailers usually have periodic promotions that tie into payday at the end of the month or Bank Holiday weekends, so keep a lookout and shop when these deals are on.
Sign up to mailing lists and you’ll also be first to know of special offers. It can be worth following retailers on social media too.
When buying online, always do a search for money off codes or vouchers that you can use vouchercodes.co.uk and myvouchercodes.co.uk are just two sites that round up promotions by retailer.
Scanner apps are useful to have on your phone. Trolley.co.uk app has a scanner that you can use to compare prices on branded items when out shopping.
Bargain hunters can also use B&M’s scanner in the app to find discounts in-store before staff have marked them out.
And always check if you can get cashback before paying which in effect means you’ll get some of your money back or a discount on the item.
EASTER DEALS
Asda has slashed the price of its large branded eggs just in time for the bank holiday weekend.
Shoppers can get 20 large branded eggs for £2.32, including Cadbury Crème Eggs, Maltesers Teasers Milk Chocolate Large Eggs and Galaxy Minstrels Large Eggs.
Other big brands featured in the offer include Terry’s, Mini Eggs, Celebrations, and M&Ms.
But the cut-price eggs are only on offer until April 21 so you’ll have to be quick.
You can find your nearest Asda supermarket by visiting storelocator.asda.com or buy the eggs online via asda.com.
Elsewhere, shoppers have been racing to B&M after spotting Cadbury’s Daim Eggs back on shelves for just £1.50.
The Easter treat made its return after the Christmas version, Dairy Milk Robins, was discontinued, leaving shoppers gutted.
Recently, Morrisons slashed the price of a number of its big packs of Cadbury chocolates to just 87p.
The chocolates include Bitsa Wispa, Crunchie Rocks, Oreo Bites, and Cadbury Animals, all going for a fraction of their usual price.
The 110g bags of sweet treats usually range anywhere between £1.75 to £2 at the major supermarkets.
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Go own brand – if you’re not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you’ll save by going for the supermarket’s own brand bars.
Shop around – if you’ve spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it’s cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley.co.uk let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you’re getting the best deal.
Look out for yellow stickers – supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they’ve been reduced.
They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best-before date or the packaging is slightly damaged.
Buy bigger bars – most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar.
So if you’ve got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger.