Saw these in Asda today..

uncomfortablydumb53 · 16/08/2023 18:42

@liveforsummer
Well you have to test the flavours don't you!

UpUpUpU · 16/08/2023 18:40

Now with picture!

UpUpUpU · 16/08/2023 18:40

My garden centre last weekend…

guiltyfeethavegotnorythym · 16/08/2023 18:37

DappledThings · 16/08/2023 11:17

It's a balancing act to forecast amounts but ideally they want to be completely sold out by or just before Xmas Eve.
Which remains infuriating because that's a whole fortnight before the end of Christmas.

I hate how shops are so out of sync with the actual season. But I accept it will always be thus.

Clothes shops are just the same , they are always thinking a season ahead .

liveforsummer · 16/08/2023 18:32

@uncomfortablydumb53 they are there on the bottom shelf (I bought one today 😅)

uncomfortablydumb53 · 16/08/2023 18:26

Yes, I saw those yesterday in Asda!
It gets earlier each year
Tins of chocolates next

BlairWaldorfOG · 16/08/2023 16:58

All I took from this post is Christmas Puds are back 🤤

Don't get me wrong I'm still in summer mode but those bad boys are something else.

PieonaBarm · 16/08/2023 16:42

somethinghastochangesoon · 15/08/2023 22:43

Love them Christmas pud sweets. I'm going to get some tomorrow to eat tomorrow

I was just about to post this, those Puds are epic!

Disturbia81 · 16/08/2023 11:41

HalloumiLuvver · 16/08/2023 11:06

Why isn't extra stock ordered then so it is still available on Xmas Eve

Because no retail company wants to be left with seasonal stock. It's a balancing act to forecast amounts but ideally they want to be completely sold out by or just before Cmas Eve.

It's really shit.

DappledThings · 16/08/2023 11:17

It's a balancing act to forecast amounts but ideally they want to be completely sold out by or just before Xmas Eve.
Which remains infuriating because that's a whole fortnight before the end of Christmas.

I hate how shops are so out of sync with the actual season. But I accept it will always be thus.

Tdcp · 16/08/2023 11:07

lorn195 · 15/08/2023 22:36

No not surprised at all. DS 21 works shifts at our local Asda, as he is home from Uni. He told us that they were getting deliveries of Christmas chocolates already (2 weeks ago) 🤦🏻‍♀️. I'm not surprised they are already on the shelves.

I used to work for Asda, we used to get easter eggs delivered the first week after Christmas 😂 they're nothing if not prepared.

HalloumiLuvver · 16/08/2023 11:06

Why isn't extra stock ordered then so it is still available on Xmas Eve

Because no retail company wants to be left with seasonal stock. It's a balancing act to forecast amounts but ideally they want to be completely sold out by or just before Cmas Eve.

blobby10 · 16/08/2023 11:04

Would be interesting to see the Best Before dates on those!!

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 16/08/2023 11:03

DappledThings · 15/08/2023 22:41

I hate this shit. I refuse to engage with any of it till Advent. August is utterly preposterous.

Yup, I'm with you. It's part of the reason I really dislike Christmas. It doesn't exactly make it special.

Smudge77 · 16/08/2023 10:53

Our Home Bargains had Halloween and Christmas out on Saturday Madness!

Disturbia81 · 16/08/2023 10:51

BooksAndHooks · 16/08/2023 10:37

Same every year. I always buy the extra large tins of Quality Street from Costco in the summer holidays. First Christmas sweets always come out now then Halloween then the full Christmas range.

Then people are shocked every single year when the Easter stock comes out on Boxing Day. It is the same every year.

Not shocked, just disappointed 😂

lovewoola · 16/08/2023 10:47

Same with back to school things. Both my dc have left school now, but it's worse now. It used to be the first week of the 6 week holiday they would start, which was bad enough I thought. But now, before the kids have even broken up for the long holiday, our shops have all back all these back to school signs, stands and specials on.

My dc have 7 wks off, I don't want to by school stuff until the end of summer

beguilingeyes · 16/08/2023 10:42

When I'm Queen/Prime Minister I'm going to make it illegal for anything Christmas related to be advertised until we've at least got Bonfire Night out of the way. Similarly Halloween before October 1st.
It's one long commercial season and I'm sick of it. Let's enjoy the summer at least (what there is of it).

DappledThings · 16/08/2023 10:41

BooksAndHooks · 16/08/2023 10:37

Same every year. I always buy the extra large tins of Quality Street from Costco in the summer holidays. First Christmas sweets always come out now then Halloween then the full Christmas range.

Then people are shocked every single year when the Easter stock comes out on Boxing Day. It is the same every year.

I'm not shocked by it, I expect it these days. But it still pisses me off and makes me dig my heels in even more to wait until.the appropriate season before purchasing anything.

Obviously the tiniest of drops in the biggest of oceans but I like to imagine one day there will be a great swell of shoppers who ignore Christmas till Advent and Easter till Lent, continuing to buy Christmas and Easter things right through those seasons (i.e. until 6 January and throughout the week that begins on Easter Sunday) and retailers will be stuck with a load of stuff they can't sell so they don't start making it available till a reasonable time.

I know it's never going to happen but I can dream!

lovewoola · 16/08/2023 10:41

Loads of people do their main xmas food shop on xmas eve

lovewoola · 16/08/2023 10:40

@CarlaH I shop in M&S, as do my parents. They always cater for the last minute shoppers!

isthismylifenow · 16/08/2023 10:39

Disturbia81 · 16/08/2023 10:35

And yeah with Halloween, Easter and Christmas sometimes us last minute shoppers can't get what we need, but there's plenty of us. How can it make more sense to have stuff available in august but not on the eve of the actual day..

Same with back to school things. Both my dc have left school now, but it's worse now. It used to be the first week of the 6 week holiday they would start, which was bad enough I thought. But now, before the kids have even broken up for the long holiday, our shops have all back all these back to school signs, stands and specials on.

OhYetAnotherBrickInTheWall · 16/08/2023 10:37

Thank you @BrutusMcDogface

BooksAndHooks · 16/08/2023 10:37

Same every year. I always buy the extra large tins of Quality Street from Costco in the summer holidays. First Christmas sweets always come out now then Halloween then the full Christmas range.

Then people are shocked every single year when the Easter stock comes out on Boxing Day. It is the same every year.

Disturbia81 · 16/08/2023 10:35

And yeah with Halloween, Easter and Christmas sometimes us last minute shoppers can't get what we need, but there's plenty of us. How can it make more sense to have stuff available in august but not on the eve of the actual day..