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The Irish Sun
16-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Major supermarket sends shoppers into a frenzy after slashing chocolate to 20p & it's over 10x more expensive elsewhere
A MAJOR retailer has sent shoppers wild after slashing the price of popular chocolate to just pennies. So if your secret stash is running low and you fancy a sweet treat to celebrate the arrival of weekend, you've come to the right place. 2 A major retailer has slashed the price of a popular sweet treat to just 20p Credit: Getty Images - Getty 2 The same mini eggs go for more than £1 elsewhere Credit: facebook/extreme couponing and bargains uk group While Easter may be long over, that doesn't necessarily mean we're sick and tired of sweets just yet - and now Informing other bargain-mad chocolate lovers about the epic deal, one woman, Kate Pickering , took to Facebook. ''Maybe not everyone's taste but only 20p in Lidl,'' she wrote in While some may wonder if there's a catch or if the treats will expire soon, there's no need to worry. Uploading a snap of her mini haul, Kate revealed that the mini eggs are still good to enjoy until March 2026. This offer is indeed not one to sleep on if you love chocolates - as the same treat retails for more than a whopping 10x elsewhere. Rival Tesco shoppers can expect to fork out £1.50 for the chocolates - so if you want to save some serious cash, best get racing to the local German retailer now. Needless to say, the offer has already taken the internet by storm, winning Kate a staggering 140 likes. Most read in Fabulous Fellow bargain-mad shoppers flooded to comments to tag their friends and family. One Lidl customer revealed which location still had loads of the cut-price chocolates left in their store. You asked, we delivered' says Irish supermarket as viral chocolate lands in stores but 'they won't last' ''Had plenty in Wisbech!!'' Unfortunately, not everyone had luck finding the cheap treat at their branch. ''None in mine. I love these.'' 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 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. This comes after the mega discount retailer warned shoppers not to eat a popular product over fears it Lidl is recalling Alesto Raw Fruit and Nut bars and offering customers a full refund. The affected fruit bars are Cocoa & Orange, Blueberry Muffin, Salted Caramel, and Berry flavours, with a best-before date of November 2025 and batch code L24316. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) notice told shoppers that Lidl was recalling the products "due to the potential presence of plastic foreign bodies which may present a choking hazard". The FSA continued: "Customers are asked to return this product to the nearest store where a full refund will be given. Read more on the Irish Sun "We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your cooperation." These warnings aim to protect the public from harm and help remove dangerous items from shelves quickly.
The Sun
16-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Major supermarket sends shoppers into a frenzy after slashing chocolate to 20p & it's over 10x more expensive elsewhere
A MAJOR retailer has sent shoppers wild after slashing the price of popular chocolate to just pennies. So if your secret stash is running low and you fancy a sweet treat to celebrate the arrival of weekend, you've come to the right place. 2 2 While Easter may be long over, that doesn't necessarily mean we're sick and tired of sweets just yet - and now Lidl shoppers can snap up Terry's Orange Chocolate Mini Eggs for spare change. Informing other bargain-mad chocolate lovers about the epic deal, one woman, Kate Pickering, took to Facebook. ''Maybe not everyone's taste but only 20p in Lidl,'' she wrote in the post, shared on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group. While some may wonder if there's a catch or if the treats will expire soon, there's no need to worry. Uploading a snap of her mini haul, Kate revealed that the mini eggs are still good to enjoy until March 2026. This offer is indeed not one to sleep on if you love chocolates - as the same treat retails for more than a whopping 10x elsewhere. Rival Tesco shoppers can expect to fork out £1.50 for the chocolates - so if you want to save some serious cash, best get racing to the local German retailer now. Needless to say, the offer has already taken the internet by storm, winning Kate a staggering 140 likes. Fellow bargain-mad shoppers flooded to comments to tag their friends and family. One Lidl customer revealed which location still had loads of the cut-price chocolates left in their store. ''Had plenty in Wisbech!!'' Unfortunately, not everyone had luck finding the cheap treat at their branch. ''None in mine. I love these.'' 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 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. This comes after the mega discount retailer warned shoppers not to eat a popular product over fears it could contain plastic. Lidl is recalling Alesto Raw Fruit and Nut bars and offering customers a full refund. The affected fruit bars are Cocoa & Orange, Blueberry Muffin, Salted Caramel, and Berry flavours, with a best-before date of November 2025 and batch code L24316. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) notice told shoppers that Lidl was recalling the products "due to the potential presence of plastic foreign bodies which may present a choking hazard". The FSA continued: "Customers are asked to return this product to the nearest store where a full refund will be given. "We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your cooperation." These warnings aim to protect the public from harm and help remove dangerous items from shelves quickly.
