Sainsbury's issues two-day warning for shoppers buying Quality Street or Celebrations

Sainsbury's has issued a two-day warning to anyone planning to buy Quality Street, Cadbury Heroes or Roses for Christmas. Sainsbury's has slashed the price of Quality Street across its UK stores in a bid to get shoppers into the festive spirit.

The supermarket - which is rivalled by Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Lidl, Aldi and more - has dropped the price to just £3.95 for a 600g tub, down from the usual £6. However, you will need a Nectar card to take advantage of this offer.

The discount is also only available for a limited time, running until next week on Monday, December 2, Sainsbury's - which also counts its rivals as the likes of M&S - says. According to the price comparison site Trolley.co.uk, this is currently the best price on the market, even beating Aldi's £4.49 offer.

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Other supermarkets including Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Iceland and Ocado are selling the Christmas treats for £6. Online, Sainsbury's Quality Street tubs and tins have a three out of five star rating currently, with one shopper typing: "Only 2 weeks ago I bought some of these via Nectar at £3.50p now Asda has increased the price to £3.95p increase of 45p, cashing in on the run up to Christmas..."

"Other tinned sweets will never compete with Quality Street but over the last few years the tin has got smaller, the contents lighter and the price higher. Not the value for money it once was," another fan of the Nestle made confectionery wrote.

Another fumed: "I bought a tub recently, hoping to refresh Christmas memorise of yester year. What a shock, the contents of the Quality Street in the box bore no resemblance to those I remember. Indeed, I hardly recognised any of the sweets contained either in shape or taste. I note I am not alone in my opinion and hope the manufacturers do something about it. Until this happens Quality Street will never feature in my Christmas."