CASH-SAVVY foodies have been raving over a secret website where shoppers can snap up posh chocolate for under a quid.
Christmas may be over – but that doesn’t mean that we’re sick of eating chocolate just yet, and if your secret stash is running low then you might want to check out this bargain deal.
According to thrifty fans of the sweet treat, shoppers can now get their hands on luxe chocolate more than three times cheaper than elsewhere – and the offer could be worth skipping your New Year’s resolutions.
Informing others about the bargain find, one mum, Leighanne Fuller, took to Facebook where she revealed that the chocolate brand Lindt were having a mega sale online.
Sharing screenshots of the cut-price goodies foodies can now order with significant savings, Leighanne captioned the post: ”Lindt website sale…”
Some of the purse-friendly sweet treats in the sale include Lindt TEDDY Milk Chocolate five-pack, which has been reduced from £3 to a mere 98p.
Other goodies to look out for include Lindt LINDOR Cracker that was £3.60 and now will set you back just £1.08.
The special promotion, which appears to be getting rid of all of the festive stock, also include Lindt TEDDY Blue & Green Mixed Milk Chocolate, which was retailing for £3.60 before the price reduction to just £1.13.
A little bit more expensive, but still affordable, is the Lindt TEDDY Tree Decorations, which would’ve set you back almost a fiver – but now cost £1.44.
If you’re willing to fork out a little more, other items that have been slashed in the sale are Lindt Teddy & Lindor Gift Box (£19 cut to £9.50), Lindt Signature Collection (£33 to £24.75), as well as Best of Lindt LINDOR Selection Box – on offer from £33 to £24.75.
Those with a sweet tooth have been loving the news, as the post has since racked up close to a whopping 150 likes in the space of a few hours.
As dozens of people tagged their chocolate-loving pals, one wrote: ”Yum, I bought a bunch of the 125g Santas just now, they cost the same as the reindeers and bears but have 25% more chocolate.”
Another had already bagged several sweet treats and revealed that the chocolates won’t be expiring any time soon.
”My order arrived yesterday, the small bears 5pk was may expiry date, the 125g santa was march expiry date, the 100g bear and reindeers was may expiry date and the lindor 100g cracker was may expiry date.”
Someone else couldn’t resist the temptation and had bagged several of the treats, writing: ”Thanks for this, I just ordered £30 of Santa’s and reindeers lol.”
A fourth warned: ”£30 spend to get free delivery otherwise is £5.99 postage.”
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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.
Looking for more chocolates to add to your collection?
One shopper took to Facebook to share the news that Tesco is selling Cadbury multipacks for just 75p until all stock is gone.
Posting on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group, Kim Jayne Louise Banner shared pictures of the stacks of discounted chocolate treats.
She wrote: “75p in Tesco not sure if it’s all shops.”
One of the products slashed in price was the Cadbury’s Santa Selection Box featuring five different chocolate bars and one bag of chocolate buttons.
The festive treat features one of each of the following bars: Crunchie, Dairy Milk, Fudge, Wispa, and Double Decker.
Usually, the box is £2.50 at Tesco and Ocado, £1.50 at Asda and £1.75 at Aldi.
Also included in the deal spotted at Tesco is a Malteaser multipack featuring Malteasers, a Twix, a Mars Bar, and a Milky Way all for 75p.
