Christmas crackers Morrisons 42p

sirbrainy

Christmas crackers costing just 42 pence each from Morrisons have finished top in a consumer test above those from Harrods costing £3.74 each.

They are a low-budget option for an austerity Christmas – but the combination of a child-friendly appearance and an earth-shattering bang meant Morrisons' crackers finished on top in a Sunday Telegraph consumer test.


At a cost of only 42p per cracker, our expert panel rated them more highly than a luxury offering from Harrods costing nine times as much. Of the 10 crackers examined, only Asda's was cheaper, at 33p. The Harrods Vintage cracker, at £3.74, managed 4th place, behind the runner-up, House of Fraser, and third-placed Waitrose. The panel scored each cracker on five qualities - appearance, loudness of snap, and quality of gifts, hats and jokes.


The triumph of the Morrisons cracker was due in large part to its 82.5-decibel bang, which made it the loudest of all surveyed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/8196050/Morrisons-Beats-Harrods-To-Become-King-Of-The-Crackers.html

Grabbit because there will be a run on Morrison's crackers today thanks to the article.

Official MoneySavingExpert.com insert:

The box of 12 crackers is £5 and is available in stores nationwide until Christmas. Thanks to sirbrainy for the top tip.

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sirbrainy

susiecm3

And they always reduce them before xmas :-)

sirbrainy

Anybody find them?

Spendnsave2010

they were half price two weeks ago i think it was i got a box for £2.50 but they will be back on half price again soon

MorrisonsEmployee

These will sell out in the next few days now they have been recommended - Happens every year:rotfl:

lutzi1

I love the concept of "an earth-shattering bang" being so important in their winning. It would never occur to me to choose my crackers on that basis, and how would you know in the shop unless they had free samples?? :rotfl:

sirbrainy

I would test a couple, that's what you do with the electronic music keyboards after all?

sirbrainy

lutzi1 wrote: »

I love the concept of "an earth-shattering bang" being so important in their winning. It would never occur to me to choose my crackers on that basis, and how would you know in the shop unless they had free samples?? :rotfl:

lol :rotfl:

sirbrainy

Cracking one - well worth it