AIBU to think that Tesco should still stock Easter eggs on Easter Saturday.....

[CurlyhairedAssassin]

......rather than clear it all for Passover stuff which isn't for another 3 weeks?

It seems to be getting worse each year. Middle of January was when they first started stocking Easter stuff. I'd only just got the house clear after the mess of Christmas, why would I want to buy Easter stuff then and have to find somewhere to store it all for 2 months.

It boils my piss. There are not even any mini eggs or Lindt bunnies left. All cleared for Passover stuff which is still a few weeks off.

Tesco do know that people want to shop for Easter during Easter bank holiday weekend because they've got the usual traditional food in like lamb and hot cross buns. but their Easter display which they've had for weeks and weeks has been switched to Passover.


Aldi seem to get it right- stock the seasonal stuff a few weeks before and there are usually a few bits left a day or two before the seasonal event. Dunno about the others cos I haven't been anywhere else today.

But tesco......grrrrrr......

[damibasiamille]

Still at the thought of Marmite Easter eggs.

MARMITE EASTER EGGS ?? Are they halfway edible?

Someone please explain.

[BikeRunSki]

There were some in my little Tesco local this morning. Not many, but some big ones, and a few packets of mini eggs and the like.

[MadisonAvenue]

After trying Tesco yesterday morning (oldest son wanted to buy some as gifts) and having no luck, we went around a nearby (small) city and found nothing apart from HUGE handcrafted ones. Tried Asda last night and all they had left were Marmite ones (I suspect they won't be manufactured next year...).

[SINdicator]

Chatting with Tesco Manager a while back about what happens with out of date food that is still edible. Clearly they wish to promote themselves as ethically responsible by cutting down on food waste and involving charitable organisations to redistribute what they can.

Involving charities in your business dealings is obviously a good idea to promote your company's image (what do you mean? not cynical in the least). In a similar way; it wouldn't surprise me ('though I don't know) that they might have promised some charity for disadvantaged children to supply them any remaining Easter Eggs. It would need the Saturday to administer/collect/transport/deliver if so.

I don't know what's in the "Passover" aisle either, as I've always passed over it.😁

[thesockgap]

I popped into Tesco yesterday to try and get 2 Easter eggs as although I'd bought what I thought I needed, to give to the children in extended family, over a month ago, I realised I'd forgotten 2 (think huge family!)
There wasn't a single egg left, nor even anything like those Malteaster bunnies or Mini Eggs.
Where all the Easter stuff had been, was an aisle dedicated to "Al Fresco dining" - plastic plates and cups, garden chairs, barbecue aprons etc. For one thing it's still March, freezing and blowing a gale, but for another why not wait until Easter Monday to get rid of all the Easter goodies?!

[CurlyhairedAssassin]

Glowfrog: Happy Birthday! . Hope you've had a couple of cards and presents off someone at least, if not your DP!

SIN: I would love to think that Tesco cleared the Easter stuff away to take to children's homes and the like. it would be nice though, if they at least put something like the following sign up on the giant wall of Easter eggs that has not gone down in size in all the weeks it's been there, something like "these are all the Easter eggs we have - we have no more in stock in our storeroom so please don't ask, and we aren't getting any more deliveries, so when they're gone, they're gone. Which we anticipate will be the day before Easter Sunday." It's the lack of info that irritates me.

Just literally a few days ago there was still a massive wall of eggs on pallets at the entrance and I haven't seen anyone buying ANY during my last 2 visits in the last week. So I do like to think that some kind of Daddy Warbucks figure came in just before 11pm on Friday night and bought the lot to distribute to needy children.

[notamummy10]

To answer the question why can't shops wait until Easter Monday to get rid of the Easter stock: because Easter Sunday is the main event. Easter Monday is just a bank holiday (precisely the first Monday bank holiday of the year).

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

At my local Tesco they had pretty much run out of everything but mini eggs, chocolate mint and broken bits by Wednesday

[TooAswellAlso]

My local Mccolls has the kids sizes eggs reduced to 50p today. A whole trolley full.

[thebestfurchinchilla]

Been to Aldi today and they still had Easter stuff. Not big eggs but bunnies and small eggs.

[HarlotBronte]

I quite like kosher wine. And I'm about as Jewish as a bacon and brie baguette.

[blobbityblob]

It drives me mad too. You have to pre-plan your easter egg buying here - the whole town stops selling them on Good Friday. Tesco replaced the egg aisle with gardening things here.