CHOCOLATE fans should mark next Wednesday in their calendars, as Sainsbury’s is slashing the price of Cadbury favourites for five days only.
The promotion will take the price of Heroes and Roses tubs down from £7 to £4.50 – perfect for anyone looking to stock up ahead of the festive season.
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A large box of Milk Tray will see its cost halve from £11 to £5.50
And pouches including Cadbury giant buttons, crunchie rocks, oreo bites, twirl bites, will fall from £1.95 to 97p.
Large 90g bars of Cadbury Dairy Milk will drop from £2.20 to £1.50.
The discounted prices take effect from Wednesday September 17 and will last until Sunday September 21.
However, they are only available to Nectar account holders, so you’ll need to sign up for the loyalty scheme if you are not already a member.
It’s free to sign up and you can then collect points on shopping and petrol bought at Sainsbury’s which can then be turned into money off spending.
In a post on forum hotukdeals.com users showed their excitement about the upcoming Sainsbury’s Cadbury promotion.
One user said: “Good deal.”
Another said: “Got some from last time they had this offer.”
Others noted that the deals are popular with shoppers and it’s a good idea to get in quick if you want to bag a bargain.
One said: “If it’s anything like last time our local only had the dairy milk buttons left all week it was on.”
Christmas chocolate price wars
Sweets under the tree are a big part of Christmas for British households.
Supermarkets often offer flash promotions giving shoppers a chance to get their festive favourites at a discounted price.
But these offers aren’t around for long.
Earlier this month, Tesco slashed the price of Quality Street tubs to £2.95.
The price drop gave shoppers a chance to stock up ahead of Christmas.
You’ll need to hide away the tubs to avoid the temptation of tucking in before December.
Besides the big chocolate tubs, other Christmas favourites are starting to land on shelves.
Cadbury’s Mini Snow Balls are one of the best-selling chocolate treats during Christmas time.
And the balls are already on sale at Asda. Terry’s chocolate has also announced new ranges of its classic orange chocolate.
And Mars has revealed its new festive range too.
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.
