Shoppers ‘fuming’ as supermarkets selling Easter eggs straight after Christmas

Shoppers have already spotted Easter eggs filling supermarket shelves so soon after Christmas and they’re not happy.

It’s the start of the new year 2024 and as we’re all just getting over the Christmas festivities after eating tins of chocolates for breakfast, but supermarkets are already filling the shelves with more chocolates for yet another holiday.

We know Easter falls a little earlier this year but perhaps it’s a bit too keen to be already prepping for the holiday, which isn’t until the end of March?

As it turns out, some customers aren’t happy about egg-shaped chocolate stacked on shelves so soon after seeing months of Christmas confectionery displays.

One person took to Twitter to vent their rage after being reminded that the Easter Bunny is on its way, as they put: “They’ve put out Easter eggs in our Sainsbury’s and I am fuming. IT IS THE FIRST OF JANUARY!”

Another shopper spotted the huge chocolate eggs even sooner, as they wrote: “Spotted in my dad’s local Co-op on December 27th. You can see from the blur how shook I was.”

Someone else said they’d even seen B&M stocking Easter Eggs controversially before Christmas.

A fourth person was fuming that their local Co-op had taken ‘Christmas decorations down’ on Boxing Day, and started displaying their Easter confectionery on the very same day.

Even Diversity star Jordan Banjo took to Instagram to plead with supermarkets to ‘rest a bit’.

Posting on his Instagram stories the dance group member looked shocked as he wrote: “Just left Sainsbury’s…there’s already Easter eggs on the shelves. Christmas is truly over, it’s Jan 1st man, rest a bit,” followed by a laughing emoji.

Bargain retailer B&M was slammed towards the end of 2023 for offering Easter treats alongside Christmas goods.

Some shoppers labelled the move as ‘terrible’ as one person deplored: “We live in relentless capitalist consumerism hell.” 

However, one person urged people to stop complaining about the chocolate eggs appearing on shelves as they referred to them as ‘shelf fillers’. They explained: “They need to fill seasonal space and need to price establish it before it goes on ‘offer’ legally.”