Major supermarket slashes price of Quality Street, Celebrations & Heroes tubs as shoppers rush to nab deal
SHOPPERS are rushing to buy tubs of chocolate after a major supermarket slashed their prices.
Quality Street, Celebrations, Cadbury's Heroes and Roses are going for £6 each at Morrisons, but the retailer is offering a deal for More Card customers who buy two tubs.
Those who are signed up for the scheme can pay just £8 for two of the Christmas choc tubs.
But it's important to note that there is a maximum of two per customer.
This means that with a More Card, you're paying 67p per 100g.
The offer was posted in the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group.
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In comparison Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Iceland are selling the classic chocolate box for £6.
Aldi is offering the tub for £4.49 and Ocado for £5.
Asda currently has a deal on the 300g of Quality Street pouches, making it cheaper than buying a 600g tub.
The current promotion is on offer to Asda Rewards members who can purchase two pouches for £4, making each pouch £2.
Asda is also selling 600g tubs of Quality Street for two for £9,
It means that two pouches are 67p per 100g, making it cheaper than the current two tubs which comes to 75p per 100g.
This means if you bought two pouches at Asda you'll be paying the same per 100g at both Morrisons and Asda - but at Morrisons, you have to buy two tubs to get the special price.
To find your nearest Morrisons or Asda, just simply head to the website and look for the store locator tool.
Quality Street was launched in 1936 and has been a favourite with families since.
The selection includes 'the purple one' which brings together hazelnut and caramel, the toffee finger, orange chocolate crunch, strawberry delight and 'the green triangle'.
If you're looking to stock up on the festive favourites ahead of Christmas, make sure you shop around and check the variety of products available.
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.
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 logs the history of how much something costs from over 3,000 different retailers, including Argos, Amazon, eBay and 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.
Not everyone was impressed with the Morrisons though.
One group member said £8 was "expensive" for the treats.
Another member said the items were £4.40 in Tesco with a Clubcard.
One user wrote: "For everyone getting confused, this offer is two tubs for £8 when you scan your Morrisons More Card.
"Not £8 each. And yes I’m sure we are all aware that Asda had two tubs for £5 last weekend."
Another wrote: "I got a tub of Quality Street in Aldi for £3.49."
The Sun reported last month how a Cadbury treat that shoppers thought was "extinct" was spotted on the shelves at B&M.
It marked the return of an iconic chocolate bar - but this time in miniature form.
A picture of the Cadbury Fuse Mini Treats was posted to a Newfoodsuk Facebook group.
It wracked up more than 500 reactions and 70 shares.
Overexcited chocolate lovers rushed to the comments, with one telling their friend: "If you see these buy all of them."
Others pointed out that the Mini Fuse Treats hailed the return of a cult classic - the Fuse bar.
Fuse, consisting of milk chocolate, nuts, raisins, crisp cereal and fudge pieces was another Cadbury's classic.
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The bar was originally launched in 1996 but lasted for a decade and disappeared from shelves in the mid-2000s.
After being discontinued in 2006, it does occasionally appear on specialist websites such as Bombon.
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