SHOPPERS are raving after a savvy customer found luxury chocolates on offer for just £1.50.
Chocoholics who have munched through their Christmas stock are now flocking to their local Tesco store to scoop Lindt’s Lindor 70% chocolate truffles.
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The mouthwatering treat has been slashed from its original £7.50 price.
One excited Lindt fan posted the special offer on Facebook with the caption: “Possibly the best bargain I’ve ever found. £1.50 for a box of Lindor in Tesco.
“Bought two boxes and left the four remaining for someone else.”
Bargain hunters flocked to the comments to hail the find.
“My fave…keep your eyes peeled please,” one wrote, tagging a pal.
A second weighed in: “My favourite.”
A third added: “Mmm, bargain!”
“Discover our sumptuous selection of Lindor Dark 70% Chocolate Truffles,” the item’s description reads.
“Inside this dark brown box lies luxuriously smooth and intense dark chocolate truffles, hiding irresistibly creamy, melt-in-the-mouth, dark chocolate centres perfect for treating yourself, or your loved ones.”
Meanwhile, Tesco fans are also rushing to scoop an Easter favourite.
The supermarket has brought back Kinder Bueno mini eggs that combine milk chocolate with a gooey hazelnut centre.
It’s not the first time the sweet bites have been on sale at a major retailer, but it hasn’t stopped fans giving them all the love.
One commented: “I eat the whole bag in seconds, they’re amazing”.
A second proudly stated: “I got myself eight bags. They are so good!”
PRICE OF CHOCOLATE SOARS
Experts have warned of chocolate price hikes due to a global shortage of cocoa.
Cocoa production in West Africa accounts for around 70% of global supply but harvests fell by 11% last year.
Prices hit a record high in March following El Nino weather conditions, pests and diseases affecting crop yields.
The crisis led to bean costs per ton hitting £7,800 – up 350% from September 2022, and issues aren’t abating any time soon.
A spokesperson for Mondelez, which owns Cadbury, recently said cocoa and dairy costed “far more” than they have done previously, on top of high energy and transport costs.
This has led to it having to increase the price of certain products, including Mini Eggs, while shrinking other items and keeping their price the same.
Sophie Jewett, owner of York Cocoa House, a chocolate factory, previously told The Sun: “We need to be rethinking how we consume and source things. The era of cheap chocolate is over.”
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.
