SHOPPERS are scrambling to get to a major supermarket as boxes of chocolates have been slashed.
So if your purse is feeling tighter than ever before and you’re on a mission to cut costs where possible, we’ve found just the thing.
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And you’ve got a sweet tooth and fancy stocking your cupboards with tasty snacks, then you’ll need to check this out.
One chocolate fan was left open-mouthed when browsing in her local supermarket, when she noticed that boxes of Celebrations had been massively reduced.
Thrilled with her find, which Cathy Pennington spotted in a Tesco store in Altrincham, the bargain hunter took to social media to alert others, leaving many open-mouthed.
Posting on BARGAIN LOVERS Poundland, Home Bargains, B&M, Primark, The Range & More, a public Facebook group with 805,900 members, Cathy shared a snap of the cheap treats, which many of us can’t get enough of during the festive season.
Alongside her post, she simply beamed: “Tesco £1.50.”
The 300g variety boxes of chocolates were once priced at £5.35, but have since been slashed down to only £1.50.
In this large box, you’ll find all of the iconic favourites – Snickers, Twix, Mars, Malteasers, Milky Way, Bounty, Galaxy and Galaxy Caramel.
The milk chocolate treats are still marked at £5.35 online, but if you fancy saving £3.85, then you’ll need to move fast.
The yellow sticker deal is being sold while stocks last, so you’ll have to head down to your local store as quickly as you can to nab this bargain.
Cathy’s post has clearly impressed many, as it has quickly amassed 237 likes and 32 comments.
Not only were shoppers impressed with the hefty reduction, but others were tempted to stock up for Christmas – yes, you heard that correctly.
One person said: “That’s Christmas sorted.”
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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.
Another added: “Beautiful.”
A third commented: “Very nice.”
That’s Christmas sorted
Facebook user
Meanwhile, one foodie tagged a loved one and penned: “You missed these.”
Despite this, at the same time, someone else wrote: “Probably next week will be expired.”
But in response to this, Cathy confidently wrote back and beamed: “Getting eaten tonight anyway.”
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