I saw Easter eggs in the supermarket today!

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I know I dont have to buy them, but AIBU to think this is marketing gone mad? Shoot me now...

Every year this thread comes out. :)

I worked in retail as a student, nearly 30 years ago and my last job before the store (Tesco) shut on Christmas eve was to put out the mini eggs.

Nothing new.

The apple ones are lovely too.

Tesco had half an aisle full of discounted mince pies (62p a box) and were setting out the Easter eggs on the other half.
No nice Christmas stuff like chocolate Yule logs were left. Hardly anyone i know likes mince pies.

So, you're surprised because of this why? Do you live such a sheltered life that you don't realise this happens every year?

It’s a shame the shops have started acting so crazy. They are supposed to cater for the seasonal events, not contort the events to fit into their marketing schedule. I just don’t buy things out of season and it seems nobody else does either judging by the shops I have been to

Obviously. It's the same every year

My DH has always said Easter egg chocolate taste so much nicer. I always buy the 3 for 2 for him, he is 70.😆

They wouldn't waste shelf space on things that aren't selling.

Wtf? Why didn't you eat it Xmas day morning?! 🤣

More fool you

I find it so upsetting! It wasn't until 2020 after Covid they stopped having them left over to get a bargain.

They were in the shelves on Boxing Day here.

Why the surprise? It happens every year.

I just saw someone eating a hot cross bun 😲

I saw some in a Tesco Express on the 27th December!

So what? It’s been like this for absolute years now.

B&M had Easter stuff out mid December.

One seasonal aisle in most supermarkets. So I really couldn’t care less.

I've worked in retail for 20 years. Easter stuff has always been in the warehouse the week before Christmas, and in the shelves Boxing Day. And people will buy them!

When I was a teenager I had a Saturday job in a newsagent. Christmas Eve was always my favourite time as that's when we put the mini eggs out. This was 1987, it's nothing new!

10 years ago i lived in a country that a) didn't do proper chocolate (I called it hot weather chocolate - it didn't melt properly) and b) didn't do Easter.

It filled me with great joy to stuff Easter eggs (mini eggs and creme eggs, rather than hollow ones) into my suitcase at Christmas, fly them home, and hide them for 3 months before wowing the kids.

Honestly the people complaining about Easter Eggs are the same ones that say “I can’t believe how dark is it” every year when the clocks go back.

Easter isn’t until 20 April this year so it does seem a bit early.

Nov 2023, I was sorting out the totes of the small cases into aisles - think lip balm, stock cubes, cake decorations etc. Found the Crème Eggs. Shouted FFS. Before you ask, I was in the warehouse!

Manager said he has never seen Crème Eggs in November- even with 32 years of retail experience

This doesn't bother me too much, but what does annoy me is that shops seem to clear out all the seasonal stuff a week or so before the event

I went into b&m a week before Halloween to get costumes for the kids and they had completely disappeared, and in their place was Christmas stuff, I had been waiting for payday!