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Cadbury slashes the price of Freddo bars to 25p from TODAY
Freddo bars are coming down in price from 30p to 25p
CHOCOLATE lovers rejoice, Cadbury has announced that the price of its Freddo bars will revert back to 25p.
Sweet-toothed customers have endured a tough few months amid headlines that some of their favourite treats are getting smaller and more expensive.
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So it will be welcome news that Cadbury is now turning back the clock to 2017 prices of 25p, down from 30p, for its 18g chocolate frog bars.
Cadbury's decision comes just days after it was revealed that the little sweet has soared in price by 200 per cent since the year 2000 - faster than wages and inflation.
A spokesperson for Cadbury told the Sun Online: "We’re pleased to announce that Freddo will become available for 25p once again from March onwards, across price marked packs in independent retailers."
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Cadbury added that the price reduction isn’t just on Freddo bars, but it’s being applied across a number of their small singles products like Chomp and Fudge bars.
Despite the price cut, Freddo bars still cost more than double the price than when they were first introduced in our supermarkets.
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The small frog shaped chocolate is remembered as selling for 10p from its launch in 1994 and throughout the noughties.
It's not just not just those with a sweet tooth that have been hit by price rises.
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A study found that the average weekly food shop per person had shot up 54 per cent from £24 in 2000 to £37 now.
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Using historical inflation data from the Bank of England, MoneySuperMarket found that £10 in 2000 holds the equivalent value of £16.51 today.
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