Major supermarket slashes price of Celebrations tubs to just £1.75
CHOCOLATE fans are racing to a major supermarket after it knocked down the price of a family favourite selection tub to less than £2
Tesco shoppers have spotted 550g tubs of Celebrations on shelves for just £1.75 at the Bloomfields store in Bangor, Northern Ireland.
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The product usually retails for £7.
The deal was spotted by an eagle-eyed bargain hunter and shared on money-saving forum HotUKDeals.com – and it’s already causing a stir.
One witty shopper joked: “That is a Bangor of a deal.”
Another quipped: “Time for a day trip to Bangor?”
The 550g tub is sold out in various major supermarkets including Iceland and Sainsbury's.
The item is currently being sold on Amazon for £9.99.
Last month, Farmfoods dropped the price of Celebrations 550g tubs to just £2.99.
This made it the cheapest deal on the market before the offer expired.
Two weeks ago, the 185g version of Celebrations was spotted at B&M for just 20p.
The item had been reduced from £3.15.
Elsewhere, shoppers have been racing to B&M after spotting Cadbury’s Daim Eggs back on shelves for just £1.50.
The Easter treat made its return after the Christmas version, Dairy Milk Robins, was discontinued, leaving shoppers gutted.
Recently, Morrisons slashed the price of a number of its big packs of Cadbury chocolates to just 87p.
The chocolates include Bitsa Wispa, Crunchie Rocks, Oreo Bites, and Cadbury Animals, all going for a fraction of their usual price.
The 110g bags of sweet treats usually range anywhere between £1.75 to £2 at the major supermarkets.
It is important to remember to always shop around when buying a selection box as you might find a cheaper alternative at a rival supermarket.
Supermarkets regularly reduce the price of these tubs on special promotional deaks.
Websites like Trolley and Price Spy let you compare thousands of products across different retailers to find the best price.
Price Spy even lets you see how much an item has cost over time, so you can see if the current price is a good deal.
A quick scan on the Google Shopping/Product tab will also bring up how much retailers are selling a certain item for too.
EVERY little helps when it comes to saving money at Tesco.
The Sun's Head of Consumer Tara Evans explains how you can save money at the UK's biggest supermarket.
Clubcard points
Tesco first launched its loyalty scheme back in 1995. You get one point for every £1 you spend in store. If you spend points in store then 100 points is worth £1. You can spend your points via its reward partners and get triple and even sometimes quadruple the value.
Extend Clubcard points
You can find lost Clubcard points and find the last two years of unused vouchers by logging into the Tesco Clubcard site.
Clubcard prices
If you do not have a Clubcard, then you will miss out on its cheaper Clubcard prices. However, don't forget to check prices before you shop because it might not be cheaper than elsewhere, especially on big value items like washing powder and loo roll.
Yellow stickers
Shops vary the times they reduce groceries with yellow stickers, but Tesco tends to be between 7pm and 9pm.
Save money if you shop online
If you get your Tesco food shop delivered then it might be worth buying a delivery saver pass to help cut the cost of delivery fees.
If you live near a Tesco then you can get click and collect slots of as little as 25p, so it might be cheaper than getting your food delivered.
Meanwhile, Tesco shoppers are just realising they can bag freebies and discounts on their receipts.
But many shoppers are unaware that receipts are always a great way to nab a bargain.
In the past, eagle-eyed customers have gotten free Pampers nappies worth £10 just by checking their receipt.
Speaking at the time, the mum said: "It pays to always select receipt at Tesco, you never know what free offer would come your way".
If you find a freebie on your receipt you will then need to hand it over to a store worker to claim your item.
So, before you shop, make sure your app is up to date – and keep an eye on your receipts.
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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