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Topic ID 4530
15/09/2010 by mb1
It's Christmas in Tesco!!
Last week Tesco brought in stacks of mince pies and offered them on a BOGOF deal. Noticed today that the 'seasonal' section is full of Father Christmas chocolates and other stocking filler type stuff. Never mind Halloween, we're just going straight to Christmas only around 125 days early!
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Reply ID 51614
15/09/2010 by Winter
As long as they're not playing the music in there....
Reply ID 51616
15/09/2010 by Plus 1
I was there when they started stacking that section up with Christmas stuff and I thought I had missed something. I think it's called greed, and live in hope someone is going to start Christmas shopping early September.
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Originally posted by mb1
Last week Tesco brought in stacks of mince pies and offered them on a BOGOF deal. Noticed today that the 'seasonal' section is full of Father Christmas chocolates and other stocking filler type stuff. Never mind Halloween, we're just going straight to Christmas only around 125 days early!
Reply ID 51618
15/09/2010 by mb1
Thank goodness no Christmas music yet, perhaps they're waiting until October 1 for that!
Reply ID 51621
15/09/2010 by Surfer Rosa
No way would shops fill up shelves and take up valuable retail space with products that don't sell. Lots of Ware customers must be buying this Christmas stuff, this early. Who? Who are these people? I don't know anyone. Would any WOLer like to 'fess up? And maybe wear a Santa hat and bring some BOGOF mince pies along to your September drinks meet-up?[:)]
Reply ID 51629
15/09/2010 by trev
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[i]Would any WOLer like to 'fess up? And maybe wear a Santa hat and bring some BOGOF mince pies along to your September drinks meet-up?[:)]
Talking of which, have we got a September drinks meet up arranged?
Reply ID 51636
15/09/2010 by spear
I haven't been in to check but Van Hage's usually have the Christmas stuff in by now.
Reply ID 51638
16/09/2010 by kate darcy
yes Van Hagues have started to put christmas stock out.[:)]
Reply ID 51640
16/09/2010 by Scottman
Have you heard that lovely song
'The 80 days of Christmas' ?
Reply ID 51653
16/09/2010 by Ted
I'm a sucker for Christmas and I love getting in the mood at Van Hages hence I won't be complaining!
Reply ID 51666
16/09/2010 by kevinyeah
only 100 days to go!
Reply ID 51668
16/09/2010 by Scottman
Sorry - you're right.
'On the 100th day of Christmas my true love said to me
Half price mince pies
chocolate stocking fillers
christmas tree lights
etc etc
and a partridge in a pear tree'
Reply ID 53634
18/11/2010 by Winter
The tree is now up I note....
Reply ID 53636
18/11/2010 by Craig
Be sure to check the 'sell by' dates on these early Christmas food products.
Many of them expire early December.
Reply ID 53642
18/11/2010 by Whereaami
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Originally posted by Craig
Be sure to check the 'sell by' dates on these early Christmas food products.
Many of them expire early December.
Some mince pies with Christmas packaging (Holly etc) expire at end of November!
Reply ID 53649
18/11/2010 by Andy B
One would not really know down here, there are Christmas bits and pieces about but it's not in your face like the UK its also warm with light evenings so few twinkly lights.
It's a pleasant change.
Reply ID 53651
18/11/2010 by kate darcy
I bought mince pies on buy 1 get 2 free last week, no problem with the sell buy dates I only have 2 of the 18 mince pies left!
Reply ID 53653
19/11/2010 by IGS
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Originally posted by kate darcy
I bought mince pies on buy 1 get 2 free last week, no problem with the sell buy dates I only have 2 of the 18 mince pies left!
What was wrong with those two?
Reply ID 53654
19/11/2010 by Speculator
I've avoided Kiplings mince pies after finding pieces of black rubber mixed with the filling three years ago.
Reply ID 53655
19/11/2010 by Andy B
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Originally posted by Speculator
I've avoided Kiplings mince pies after finding pieces of black rubber mixed with the filling three years ago.
Not much consolation but all food and pharmaceutical processing has to use food grade seals and lubricants as sometimes the equipment fails. Reply ID 53665
19/11/2010 by kevin phillips bong
Ghastly place just wish we had a Waitrose[:)]
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