The aisles at Home Bargains and B&M are piled high with Christmas goodies at this time of the year, but which discount store has the cheapest products?
I put the shops to the test to find out how much specific items cost and find out the overall cheapest.
Both Home Bargains and B&M were busy with shoppers buying Christmas items when I visited them on a Thursday lunchtime, so it’s no surprise that some items weren’t in stock.
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However, I was able to get my hands on some festive goodies. Here's what I was able to buy from the Christmas aisles and how much it cost me.
Home Bargains
Cadbury’s Selection box (6 chocolate bars) - £1.50
Christmas tree lights (400 LED lights) - £14.99
Medium gift bag - 69p
Wrapping paper (12 metre) - 99p
Small baubles (pack of 34) - £1.99
Small Christmas stocking - £1.99
Christmas reed diffuser - £1.99
Mr Kipling mince pies - 99p
Baileys replica (Irish Meadow) - £5.99
Christmas crackers (pack of 6) - £1.99
After Eights - £1.99
Total spend = £35.10
B&M
Cadbury’s Selection box (6 chocolate bars) - £1.50
Christmas tree lights (360 LED lights) - £8 (in the sale down from £15)
Medium gift bags (set of 3) - £1.99
Wrapping paper - £1
Small baubles (pack of 20) - £2.50
Small Christmas stocking - £3
Christmas reed diffuser - £3
Mr Kipling mince pies - £1 (in the sale down from £1.50)
Baileys replica (Derry’s Country Cream) - £5.49 (in the sale down from £5.99)
Christmas crackers (pack of 12) - £4
After Eights - £1.99
Total spend = £33.47
Verdict
Both shops had the majority of what I was after, however B&M had no packs of Christmas cards in stock and Home Bargains didn't have any Lindt Lindor chocolate boxes. Home Bargains also only had one damaged box of Christmas Crackers left.
B&M came in cheapest, but only by £1.67. If the Christmas tree lights, mince pies and Derry's Country Cream weren’t in the sale, Home Bargains would be the cheapest by around £6.
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