A MAJOR UK supermarket has slashed the price of Quality Street chocolates and they’re the cheapest around.
Iceland has dropped the cost of its 600g tub from £6 to £3 giving shoppers a 50% discount.
Bargain hunters can bag themselves the cut-price container on Iceland‘s website.
But make sure you factor in the cost of delivery, with charges starting from around £3.
Iceland slashing the price of the Quality Street 600g tub makes it the cheapest option to buy it out of all the major supermarkets too.
Tesco is selling the box for £6 while Ocado was selling the container for the same price but it’s no longer in stock.
Bear in mind, we have only checked how much the major supermarket chains are selling the tub for and you might find it cheaper elsewhere.
You can use websites like Trolley and Price Spy to compare prices on thousands of products including chocolates.
Or, you can use the Google Shopping/Product tab to trawl the internet and see how much retailers are selling a particular product for.
The latest deal from Iceland comes after Aldi shoppers were left rushing to one branch after spotting Quality Street chocs on the cheap.
The German discounter was flogging the 300g pouches for 49p down from £1.99 – a 75% discount.
Bargain hunters were quick to comment on a post on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group flagging the deal.
One shopper reacting to the find said: “Lovely bargain. Yum yum!”
A third shopper said: “I paid £1.99 on Tuesday gutted…”
A fourth added: “Not had any in ours for months.”
QUALITY STREET NEWS
Festive-themed chocolates have been shrinking in size as manufacturers face mounting costs.
Celebrations, Roses and Quality Street have all shrunk in recent years, but prices have either stayed the same or gone up.
The weight of the tubs has been lowered by as much as 50g, with the cost going up as much as 50p.
Meanwhile, Nestlé recently faced criticism after being accused of shrinking the size of the iconic Purple One chocolate.
The maker of Quality Street later confirmed it had reduced the size of the much-loved hazelnut-filled treat by over 10%, sparking outrage among loyal customers.
Nestlé previously stirred controversy by altering the iconic Brazil nut-shaped design of the caramel treat, replacing it with a circular swirl.
However, fans also picked up on a change in size, with one even weighing both versions to calculate the extent of the “shrinkflation.”
Originally, the chocolate weighed 9.6 grams, but the new version tipped the scales at just 8.4 grams – a reduction of 12%.
Quality Street lover Rebecca Gracey fumed online: “Half of the appeal of Quality Street is/was aesthetic.
“Changing the shape and size of much loved favourites is sacrilege.
“I’ve never forgiven Nestlè for changing the diamond of fudge into a most uninteresting shape.
“However, the final straw was changing the shiny cellophane and foil wrappers to dull waxed paper.
“I have not purchased them since that abomination.”
How to save money on chocolate
We all love a bit of chocolate from now and then, but you don’t have to break the bank buying your favourite bar.
Consumer reporter Sam Walker reveals how to cut costs…
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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