John Lewis’s Christmas Quality Street pic’n’mix runs out of favourites as shoppers hoard Purple One and Strawberry Delight
Customers write down their favourite sweets on a card and staff fill up a tin with the choices indicated and but they routinely run out of a variety of sweets with staff unable to say when they'd be replenished
JOHN Lewis’s new Christmas Quality Street pick n mix offering has hit a snag - they keep running out of favourites like the Purple One and Strawberry Delight.
The service has been a hit with choc lovers fed up with the annual problem of being left with scores of unwanted ones - often the Toffee Penny - while the favourites get picked out right away.
But some types are so popular, stores are running out.
Fans have tweeted about the problem and when The Sun went in-store they were out of the Chocolate Toffee Finger.
A member of staff said: “It’s far from the first time. But before it has been different types of sweet.
“We don’t even know when we will get more in. Not today.”
A spokesman for the chain said: “The Quality Street pop ups in our shops have been incredibly popular. We temporarily ran out of a few flavours in our Oxford Street shop and we’re really sorry that some customers were left disappointed. All shops are now fully stocked again.”
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