Major Australian supermarkets Coles, Woolworths, and Aldi have faced backlash from shoppers for stocking hot cross buns just a day after Christmas. While some welcomed the early arrival of the Easter treat, many expressed outrage at the seemingly premature placement of the seasonal product.
A notorious Boxing Day tradition has created a wave of angry shoppers after major Aussie supermarkets filled their shelves with one controversial product.Shoppers are outraged after Coles, Woolworths, and Aldi rushed to fill their shelves with hot cross buns a whopping four months before Easter and just 24 hours after Christmas Day.
“Dear @woolworths & @Coles - how about we let this year end first before putting out Hot Cross Buns for the Easter of a year that hasn’t even started yet - surely you can wait 7 days?” “The really good thing about Christmas Day is that we only have a day or two to wait now before Hot Cross Buns and Easter eggs are available again," one happy customer wrote.“Honestly I love the apple cinnamon ones. It’s just a bit funny to see, as soon as Christmas is over it’s time for hot cross buns.”
The supermarket is also taking it one step further this year, with 20 cents from every six and nine-pack of Coles brand hot cross buns sold going towards families facing childhood cancer.
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