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The Official Roses/Heroes/Quality Street/Celebrations et al Thread

vicwatson · 2014-10-29 20:52:11

Roses - 753g Quality Street - 780g €6.00 until 2nd November in Tesco IIRC these got down to a fiver last year pre Christmas? Any other place have any of the ones listed in the thread title on special at present i.e. €6.00 or below ?

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#242 21-08-2016 5:40pm
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Wait bud and you will get them for €5.

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#243 21-08-2016 5:40pm
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Probably out of date by☆☆☆☆☆☆mas . I can't even write the fookin word,let alone say it

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#244 21-08-2016 5:42pm
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Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Probably out of date by☆☆☆☆☆☆mas . I can't even write the fookin word,let alone say it

LOL Yeah they are dated to 04/17

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#245 21-08-2016 5:45pm
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Still not buying them. Saw them on Friday and nearly threw up....

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#246 21-08-2016 5:47pm
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Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Still not buying them. Saw them on Friday and nearly threw up....

Same here pathetic really in August

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#247 21-08-2016 5:48pm
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Summer holidays not over, schools closed but let's start bringing xmas sweets out. Just feck off

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#248 21-08-2016 5:49pm
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€8 is not a bargain.

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#249 21-08-2016 5:51pm
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snubbleste wrote: »

€8 is not a bargain.

As OP said "Not sure if a bargain" But first batch out,lets see who follows and their price. Shall we call it waybeforexmastubsofsweetsalert ??:)

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#250 21-08-2016 6:57pm
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jimmynokia wrote: »

Spotted in Dunnes stores at €8 not sure if bargain buy hey they are here again..Too early????

Thanks Jim, they'd be a bargain if they didn't make the tubs smaller and smaller every year and stopped removing nice sweets.

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#251 21-08-2016 7:00pm
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deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Thanks Jim, they'd be a bargain if they didn't make the tubs smaller and smaller every year and stopped removing nice sweets.

476g without wrapper i think it said,yeah they seem less for more

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#252 21-08-2016 9:46pm
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Mega thread here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057317092

Wayyyyy too fecking early for this sort of chat though

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#253 21-08-2016 9:55pm
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Tesco Newry had them for £5 yesterday and still couldn't bring myself to buy.

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#254 21-08-2016 10:06pm
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Sweets are for life though, not just for Christmas!

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#255 22-08-2016 8:04am
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Unless they are smaller tubs, they were a fiver in tesco Carrick last week. Still, imagine trying to live with tubs of chocolate in the house until christmas and not eating them. Never going to happen.

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#256 22-08-2016 10:51am
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Innervision wrote: »

Sweets are for life though, not just for Christmas!

Yes exactly, I'm still carrying around the sweets I ate the last few Christmases

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#257 22-08-2016 1:57pm
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Typical Dunnes. No supermarket pushes ****e food as much as them. Their special offers are invariably made up of 75% chocolate, crisps and coke

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#258 22-08-2016 2:59pm
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These tubs are poor value. They are not nice sweets.
You'd be better off buying a few large bars of Toblerone or chocolate.

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#259 22-08-2016 3:02pm
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ebbsy wrote: »

Wait bud and you will get them for €5.

snubbleste wrote: »

€8 is not a bargain.

Someone might want them now, and not have to hang on months until christmas week. Some people like the small size.

jimmynokia wrote: »

476g without wrapper i think it said,yeah they seem less for more

that is a huge reduction if correct. Celebrations were 750g without the wrapper last year. The only celebrations I see on tesco online is a 70g pack for 1.99, so 28.43 per kilo

Twix Fun Size 275G

Rest of Chocolate - Multipacks shelf
€3.79 (€1.38/100g)
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Twix Twin 50G

Rest of Chocolate - Single Bars shelf
€1.00 (€2.00/100g)
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1
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Twix Biscuit 9 Pack 207G

Rest of Chocolate Biscuit Bars shelf
€2.29 (€0.25/each)
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1
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Twix (Twin) Multi 7 Pack 350G

Rest of Chocolate - Multipacks shelf
€4.00 (€1.15/100g)
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Mars Twix 4 Pack (Twin) 160G

Rest of Chocolate - Multipacks shelf
€1.50

A 4 pack of twix is 1.50 in tesco, which is an ok price, though only 40g. Its the cheapest twix per gram at 9.40 per kilo. If the celebrations are still 750g and 8 euro its not that much more at 10.70 per kilo.

Only the heroes one appears to have christmas packing too.

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#260 22-08-2016 5:21pm
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tayto lover wrote: »

These tubs are poor value. They are not nice sweets.
You'd be better off buying a few large bars of Toblerone or chocolate.

Or a 20 pack box of Tayto

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#261 22-08-2016 5:55pm
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jimmynokia wrote: »

476g without wrapper i think it said,yeah they seem less for more

I now definitely think it must be more than that. I see 450g pouches here in dublin airport, €10.60 BTW

https://www.theloop.ie/p/15782/mars-celebrations-pouch-450g

vicwatson wrote: »

Or a 20 pack box of Tayto

or these, the best/worst of both worlds

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#262 22-08-2016 6:19pm
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We got these yesterday to watch the Rose of Tralee in Dunnes. There's 500 net grams and 514 grams including wrappers in the roses. There's 490 grams in the Celebrations. Their €4 each so they work out better value than the tubs.

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#263 28-09-2016 8:16pm
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Saw the tubs out in Tesco today.
Celebrations were €7
Quality Street were €5

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#264 28-09-2016 8:19pm
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soc wrote: »

Saw the tubs out in Tesco today.
Celebrations were €7
Quality Street were €5

They can stick them up their Christmas jumpers at that price, €4.00 or nothing :P

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#265 28-09-2016 8:21pm
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Are they still the same size as last year, or have they put the tins/tubs on a diet again since last season?

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#266 28-09-2016 9:17pm
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Rosemary Zealous Lapel wrote: »

Are they still the same size as last year, or have they put the tins/tubs on a diet again since last season?

No actual sweets this year Im afraid - they're only selling photos of the tins / tubs :pac:

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#267 28-09-2016 9:19pm
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Rosemary Zealous Lapel wrote: »

Are they still the same size as last year, or have they put the tins/tubs on a diet again since last season?

I know at the end of August Dunnes were bags of sweets and whilst there was less on them than the tubs they worked out better value with the special offer!

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#268 02-10-2016 9:04am
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Quality Street "TUB" 756g - €5.00, like i'm going to pay a fiver for QS, but some might like them !

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#269 02-10-2016 9:30am
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vicwatson wrote: »

Quality Street "TUB" 756g - €5.00, like i'm going to pay a fiver for QS, but some might like them !

Where?
7 quid in Dunnes Maynooth for all tubs this weekend- and 12 quid for Christmas biscuit boxes. No compelling reason to buy (esp. given how small the boxes are). Biscuits looked nice- but price is just a bit ridiculous.

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#270 02-10-2016 9:39am
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The_Conductor wrote: »

Where?
7 quid in Dunnes Maynooth for all tubs this weekend- and 12 quid for Christmas biscuit boxes. No compelling reason to buy (esp. given how small the boxes are). Biscuits looked nice- but price is just a bit ridiculous.

http://m.tesco.ie/mt/www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=284743878

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#271 02-10-2016 9:43am
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The_Conductor wrote: »

Where?
7 quid in Dunnes Maynooth for all tubs this weekend- and 12 quid for Christmas biscuit boxes. No compelling reason to buy (esp. given how small the boxes are). Biscuits looked nice- but price is just a bit ridiculous.

Apologies, Tesco, as per Davy post

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