A MAJOR supermarket has slashed the price of chocolates in the lead up to the festive season.
Morrisons has introduced a two for £8 deal across its popular Christmas chocolate tubs.
Quality Street (600g), Celebrations (550g), Cadbury Heroes (550g) and Cadbury Roses (550g) are all part of the festive promotion.
Customers can make a purse-pleasing saving of 33 per cent on these household must-haves, which would otherwise cost £6 each without having a Morrisons More Card.
The offer is available in-store and online for one week only from October 2 – 8, so customers will need to be quick if they want to get their hands on these festive favourites.
Lee Mountain, Category Director of Impulse at Morrisons, said: “Tubs of chocolate are a must-have for the festive season with every family member having their own preferred sweet treat.
“Our deal allows customers to pick up two different options for just £8 to ensure everyone is happy – not just your pocket.
“It’s never too early to start stocking up and help spread the cost of Christmas celebrations.”
It comes as Quality Streets tubs have landed on shelves as the countdown to Christmas begins.
Usually, the octagonal tins don’t make an appearance on supermarket shelves until the winter months but recently they have started cropping up as early as July.
They can retail for up to £6 at most retailers but if you are savvy there are chances to nab them for a bargain.
Shoppers have noticed the pricey sweets for sale at supermarket Tesco.
“It’s that time of year to stock up,” wrote one bargain hunter in a social media post.
The UK’s biggest supermarket is running an offer where you can pick up a 600g tub of £3.95 but the offer is not available to everyone.
To cash in on the deal you will need to scan your Tesco Clubcard at the till otherwise you’ll have to pay £6.
This offers a saving of £2.05.
The loyalty scheme allows shoppers to earn points as they shop, which can be turned into money off food or other items.
Quality Street tubs are available to buy at a discount from Tesco supermarkets and online.
Supermarket Asda is also stocking Quality Street tubs, but they do not have any tubs on offer.
So if you buy from here you will have to pay the full price of £6.
When on the hunt for a bargain it is important to not only look at the retail price but the unit price as well.
German discounter Aldi is also selling Quality Street tubs for £4.49.
They are only available to shop in-store so it is worth ringing up ahead of time to see what stock is available.
The tubs are £1.51 cheaper than what Asda and Tesco charge at full price.
When looking at the unit price, it comes in at 75p per 100g.
This is 25p cheaper than Asda’s but remains pricier than Tesco’s offer of 66p per 100g.
However, it is the second cheapest place to currently buy the sweets.
The nation’s second-largest supermarket is also charging £6 for a 600g chocolate tub.
But there is a chance to nab a bargain.
If you have a Nectar Card you can pick up the tin for £4.50, offering a saving of £1.50.
If you take the unit price into account it works out at £1 per 100g if you pay full price.
Alternatively, it will cost 74p per 100g if you scan your loyalty card.
Tesco’s offer for Clubcard holders is still the cheapest by around 8p.
A number of other supermarkets are selling tubs of Quality Street, but Tesco has continued to come out on top.
These include:
Supermarkets tend to run offers on chocolate and other sweets in the run-up to Christmas so it is always worth keeping your eyes peeled.
When hunting for a deal it is important to shop around to make sure you are not being overcharged.
There are plenty of comparison websites out there that’ll check prices for you – so don’t be left paying more than you have to.
Most of them work by comparing the prices across hundreds of retailers.
For example, Google Shopping is a tool that lets users search for and compare prices for products across the web. Simply type in keywords, or a product number, to bring up search results.
Price Spy also logs the history of how much something costs from over 3,000 different retailers, including Argos, Amazon, eBay and the supermarkets.
Once you select an individual product you can quickly compare which stores have the best price and which have it in stock.
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Go own brand – if you’re not too fussed on flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you’ll save by going for 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.
