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Huge discount chain now selling cheapest Quality Street tin that’s bigger and better than tubs at leading supermarkets
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A THIRD retailer is now selling huge retro Quality Street tins that are bigger and cheaper than tubs sold at Tesco and Aldi.
Home Bargains has joined Asda and Sainsbury's in selling the classic festive chocs but for one penny cheaper at just £7.99.
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The 813g metal tins, which typically retail for £12, mean shoppers are only paying 98p per 100g of chocolate.
The price reduction makes them 2p per 100g cheaper than the £6 600g plastic tubs sold at Tesco and Aldi.
One major perk to the Home Bargains £8 tub is that you don't need to sign up for a loyalty scheme to get the cheap price.
At Sainsbury's, you'll need a Nectar Card to get the tin for £8, otherwise it'll set you back £12.
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On Monday, Morrisons slashed the price of individual 600g Quality Street tubs to £3.50 - but only on the basis you buy two for £7.
These work out at 58p per 100g.
You'll need to be a Morrisons More card member to take advantage of the deal.
Elsewhere Lidl is currently offering Lidl Plus members the chance to pick up Quality Street, Roses or Heroes tubs for £4.49 each, or two for £8.
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In any case, if you're looking to snap up Quality Street from any retailer ahead of Christmas, make sure you shop around first.
Retailers tend to battle it out in the run-up to the festive period to offer the cheapest prices on household staples like Irish cream, chocs and veggies.
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You can compare prices of certain products across the major supermarkets through trolley.co.uk.
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QUALITY STREET CHANGES FOR 2024
Customers discovered they can no longer visit their local John Lewis store to create personalised Quality Street tins this week.
The service allowed shoppers to purchase a £17 tin with a personalised gift card and lid.
They could then fill these tins with their favourite Quality Street chocolates from dedicated pick-and-mix counters at John Lewis.
However, while the pick-and-mix counters still exist, shoppers can't get a personalised Quality Street tin this winter.
Instead, they must opt for the £12 non-customised version.
However, Nestle launched a new version of its 813g Quality Street tin in September.
The £12 tub features all the usual classic flavours and plays on Quality Street's Halifax heritage - where it was first manufactured in 1936 and still is.
It can also be purchased empty and filled at any of John Lewis' Quality Street pick and mix stations.
If you're not fussed about the nostalgic tin or picking your chocolates, you'll pay less for a different tub or packet.
Nestle has also brought back a Quality Street fan-favourite for the second Christmas in a row.
The coffee creme flavour chocolate was last seen in Quality Street tubs over 20 years ago until the chocolatier reintroduced it last year.
Instead, the coffee-flavour fondant wrapped in dark chocolate has joined the 11 other Quality Street sweets at pick-and-mix stations across selected John Lewis stores in the UK.
They are also available in a limited-edition cracker at Waitrose and John Lewis stores for £5.50.
For the first time ever, Nestle is launching paper Quality Street tubs.
The tubs are available at 60 Tesco supermarkets.
Their introduction is part of a trial, and Nestle will gauge the product's popularity among shoppers.
It claims the paper tub, adorned in the signature Quality Street purple, boasts a luxurious design and feel.
They feature a "re-close" mechanism that ensures the lid can be securely sealed even after opening.
This isn't the first time Quality Street has introduced new packaging to make the festive favourites easier to recycle.
Nestle left shoppers outraged when it changed the Quality Street chocolate wrappers for the same reason in October 2022.
The iconic brightly coloured plastic and foil wrappers that had encased its famous chocolates for 86 years were replaced with a more understated form of waxed paper.
However, the introduction of new paper tubs does not signal the immediate discontinuation of plastic and metal Quality Street tins.
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Shoppers can still buy 600g plastic tubs of Quality Street chocolates at most major supermarkets.
Tins containing over 800g of the festive chocolates continue to be available too.
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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.
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