September’s only just arrived, but those popular Lindt Lindor selection tins have been spotted on shop shelves once again.
The current two-day heatwave and soaring temperatures may be doing well to distract from the fact that it’s only 109 days until Christmas, but the fact that shops and supermarkets are beginning to stock their shelves full with festive sweet treats won’t let us forget.
Home Bargains, B&M and Asda are among the places that are starting the celebrations early and are already gearing up for the festive season.
And now it looks as though Sainsbury’s is following suit.
According to eagle-eyed shoppers who’ve been taking to social media to share their excitement in recent days, limited-edition Lindor festive chocolate selection tins of have been spotted at the nationwide supermarket chain, and arguably no chocolate signals Christmas more than this beloved Lindt treat.
ADVERTISEMENT
Popular Facebook page Money Saver Online shared a picture of the tins yesterday, and within less than 24 hours, the post has amassed over close to 4,000 interactions and over 8,000 comments from chocolate lovers.
The 400g selection tin features six different Lindor varieties – Milk, White, Extra Dark, Milk & White, Hazelnut, and Salted Caramel.
ADVERTISEMENT
They currently look to be retailing at £15, but are expected to be discounted at some point.
A description for selection tin on the Sainsbury’s website reads: “Share the bliss with Lindt Lindor chocolate truffles Assorted Tin, with six blissful varieties included there’s a flavour for everyone – from classic Milk, White and Extra Dark truffles, or the irresistible Hazelnut, Milk & White, or the new Salted Caramel.
“Since 1845, Lindt Master Chocolatiers have been combining expertise and the finest ingredients to produce the perfectly round chocolate shell filled with an irresistibly smooth melting centre.
ADVERTISEMENT
“The Lindor Assorted Tin is the perfect chocolate selection to make sharing this Christmas truly special.”
The Lindor Assorted Tin is the perfect chocolate selection to make sharing this Christmas truly special / Credit: Lindt
It has to be said though that although thousands of chocolate lovers appear eager to grab a couple of the tins in preparation for the festive season, people who have already got their hands on it in previous years have had less than favourable things to say about the amount of truffles in each tin in the Money Saver Online comments.
“The tin is tiny with very little sweets inside. Not worth the money. Buy a couple of boxes when on special in the supermarket,” one shopper recommended instead.
Another added: “Waste of money. We had them last year. You get more if u do the pick and mix.”
If you’re not put off by the comments though and are planning on stocking up for Christmas, you can find the opening times for your local Sainsbury’s branch via the Store Locator here.
Featured Image – Lindt
Trending
Huge queues form in Manchester as Molly-Mae Hague hands out free coffees and cookies
Daisy Jackson
Hundreds of people have flocked into Manchester city centre for a chance to meet super-influencer Molly-Mae Hague in the flesh.
The 25-year-old former Love Island star is hosting a pop-up for her fashion brand Maebe.
And after briefly promoting it on her Instagram stories to her 8.5m followers, the crowds have formed fast.
Molly-Mae herself is in Manchester handing out free coffees and cookies to celebrate International Women’s Day.
The Maebe coffee truck and pop-up structure are in Lincoln Square, just past the Town Hall.
Fans of the star (who are, yes, mostly female) have been queueing for several hours ahead of the pop-up opening at 10am.
Many have been posing for selfies and chatting to a beaming Molly-Mae after collecting their free treats.
There are also film crews in attendance, who it’s believed are filming for the second instalment of her upcoming documentary, Molly-Mae: Behind It All.
She launched her brand Maebe last September, pitched as offering accessible luxury fashion.
Previous Maebe pop-ups have only taken place in London, despite Molly-Mae living in the north west.
The queues are still raging in Manchester for the pop-up, if anyone was planing to head down.
The 1975 set to release live album of ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ Manchester show at AO Arena
Danny Jones
The 1975 are releasing a live album version of 2024’s ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ tour show at the AO Arena in Manchester.
As someone who was there in the flesh, trust us, it’s a performance worth reliving.
With the Wilmslow-formed Manc adoptees looking like they might be gearing up for another album cycle, not to mention being named as one of the headliners on the 2025 Glastonbury lineup, it seems as though they break from the spotlight is coming to an end.
It’s been two years and a half years since they dropped their last album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, but they’ve been touring around the world pretty much ever since and now they’ve decided to press one of their concert highlights onto vinyl.
As you can see, perhaps the most striking thing about the upcoming live LP is the artwork for it. Although we can’t put our finger on exactly where it is, the imagery looks to be taken from a housing estate somewhere nearby.
To be honest, it wouldn’t matter whether it was in Greater Manchester or somewhere in their home county of Cheshire, for that matter: there’s just undeniably familiar and undeniably Northern-looking about the whole thing.
How on Earth they’ve managed to look something so normal and mundane somehow poetic and interesting we’ll never know, all we can guarantee is that the recordings pulled for this latest release are guaranteed to be brilliant.
Following the first world tour of their critically acclaimed fifth record, we waxed lyrical over the performance and after witnessing the evolution of that admittedly barmy live set all over again just over a year later, we went so far as to dub them among “some of the best performers on the planet”.
The only dilemma we have is deciding which one we prefer more: January 2023 or February 2024. Having said that, one did include a very special surprise guest…
We’re standing by that claim we made above, by the way; maybe it’s because of just how good that Manchester energy was and exactly why The 1975 boys have decided not just to document it but immortalise that particular gig as a live album.
Not only was it their de facto homecoming gig following a gargantuan world tour, but as it was the second iteration of that first ‘At Their Very Best’ show, the chances were it was always going to get better and more refined.
The setlist included the typical title track opening, ‘Looking For Somebody To Love’, ‘Happiness’, ‘Part Of The Band’ and ‘Oh Caroline’; ‘Robbers’, ‘Fallingforyou’, ‘Somebody Else’, ‘Chocolate’, ‘I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)’, ‘People’ and many more.
You can find the full tracklist and pre-order The 1975 ‘Still… At Their Very Best live album, taken directly from the AO Arena performance in Manchester, right HERE.
The cover for The 1975 Manchester live album and the moments it captures. (Credit: Dirty Hit/Audio North)
Emily Sergeant -
7th September 2021 
