Another supermarket giant selling huge retro Quality Street tins that are bigger & cheaper than tubs sold at Asda & Lidl
ANOTHER retailer is now selling huge retro Quality Street tins that are bigger and cheaper than tubs sold at Asda and Lidl.
Aldi is the latest supermarket to slash the price of the 813g tins of festive favourites.
The discounter is selling the giant tins for just £7.99 – 1p cheaper than Asda.
These 813g metal tins, which typically retail for £12, have been reduced by £4.01, meaning shoppers pay only 98p per 100g of chocolate.
This price reduction makes them 2p per 100g cheaper than the 600g plastic tubs sold at most supermarkets, which cost £6.
The same plastic tubs contain 213g less chocolate than the metal tins.
This makes the latest offer from Aldi the most cost-effective choice for those seeking a metal tin.
You can only get the tins in branches too as Aldi no longer offers a home delivery service.
It’s worth phoning ahead to your local Aldi to make sure they have the tins in stock.
Although Asda is only 1p more expensive at £8 a tin, it’s also worth bearing in mind that Ocado is currently selling them for £8.50.
If you’re after a 600g tub, Aldi is your best bet too, the discounter is selling smaller tubs too for £4.49.
If you fancy two tubs you could head to Asda which is selling them for £9 if you pick up a couple – otherwise, they’re £6 each.
Big retailers including Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Iceland are also selling them for £6.
Asda is also stocking new refill packs of Quality Street, made by Nestle, for £5 down from £6.99.
The bag weighs in at 750g, 150g more than the 600g tub, but costs the same per 100g.
The bags feature dark chocolates, toffees, the famous Green Triangle and The Purple One and can be bought in-store and online.
The same refill bags cost £5.50 for those with a Nectar card at Sainsbury’s, or £6 for those without.
Large refill bags cost £6 for customers with a Clubcard at Tesco or £7 for those without. Their 600g tubs cost £6 for all customers.
Of course, make sure you compare prices across different retailers through websites like Trolley or Price Spy to make sure you are definitely getting the best price.
Retailers often battle it out to offer the cheapest prices on popular festive chocs like Quality Street, Heroes and Celebrations at this time of year.
The majority of the deals seem to have expired but they may be reduced again post Christmas.
It’s always worth keeping an eye out, as well as checking discounters in store prices too like B&M and Home Bargains.
QUALITY STREET NEWS
Nestle recently confirmed a popular Quality Street box had been discontinued in a blow for chocolate lovers.
The Honeycomb Matchmakers are understood to have been axed from shelves six years ago but some shoppers only just realised earlier this month.
Nestle told The Sun the chocolate sticks were only ever a limited edition, signposting shoppers to its Hazelnut Matchmakers which have been newly-released this year.
Meanwhile, Quality Street’s Favourite Golden Selection has been slammed by shoppers as “tooth destroying”.
The limited-edition pack features only toffee fingers and caramel swirls.
On Reddit, one user fumed: “These are arguably the worst lot out of the entire selection!
“I feel like they are actively mocking us!!”
Another chipped in: “These were so bad that my family members call each other the toffee penny as an insult.”
Others aired frustrations over the lack of some long time favourites.
One lamented: “Why oh why do they never make a Green Triangle package?”
Another added: “If they made a Green Triangles & Caramel Barrels tin, it would essentially be a licence to print money.”
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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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