Only 97 days to go: Supermarkets under fire for selling Easter eggs - on Christmas Eve
You may be looking forward to tucking into your turkey or unwrapping those long-awaited Christmas gifts, but it seems that Britain's supermarkets are already looking to capitalise on the next major UK religious holiday.
With Easter still a little under 100 days away, supermarket giant Tesco has come under fire - for having its chocolate eggs on sale already.
Shocked shoppers spotted the eggs on sale last week and many took to Twitter to vent their disbelief.
Emma Dockerty posted: 'According to Tesco, its officially Easter! Hello chocolate bunnies!'
While another user, named only as Tres Bien said: 'Tesco are already starting to sell easter stuff? My god why didn't the world end last friday...'
And despite Tesco claiming that the early Easter displays in some stores were a mistake and that they had now been removed until the new year, it seems that some stores may have still be taking deliveries in preparation.
Mark Brown tweeted: 'Local Tesco just got a delivery of Easter eggs this morning...He's not even born yet and they've him dead & buried already!'
The decision to put the eggs on sale also incurred the wrath of the Church of England who were outraged at Easter goods being on sale in December.
CoE spokesman Steve Jenkins told the Sun: 'Christmas celebrates Jesus’s birth — a different message from Easter, which marks the end of his life.
'Supermarkets should not be selling Easter eggs now.'
Let's celebrate Jesus!
Let's celebrate Jesus!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Let's celebrate Jesus!
That is a bit much...
I expect starting tomorrow to see the Valentines Day stuff show up, but usually they don't start the Easter thing till after that....
I expect starting tomorrow to see the Valentines Day stuff show up, but usually they don't start the Easter thing till after that....
Last edited by Lord Jim on Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Let's celebrate Jesus!
Hey at Wally World the day after Christmas they start selling pagan Easter hams, all they do is relabel...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
Re: Let's celebrate Jesus!
Well pancake day is months away but Coles already have eggs and flour on the shelves..
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
Re: Let's celebrate Jesus!
Yeah but I use pancake mix...Sean wrote:Well pancake day is months away but Coles already have eggs and flour on the shelves..
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is