PRODUCT REVIEW - Can I have a slice of Mint Supreme?

The thrifty shopper R&D Department has spent a valuable weekend trawling through supermarket aisles to bring you another product review.

This week, we deal with mint slice biscuits and compare two brands for you:

(1) Arnotts Mint Slice and (2) Coles Chocolate Mint Supremes.

Sorry for the sideways pic, our IT department have the day off today...

A simple price comparison shows that the Arnotts variety goes for $2.89 per packet ($1.45/100g), while the Coles variety will set you back $2.39 ($1.20/100g).

A tip-off from a work colleague led us to the snack aisle to test out these little suckers. And we have to say, we were impressed. The Coles variety ticked all the boxes that you expect a choc mint biscuit to tick. It was both chocolatey and minty, it didn't crumble once you had a bite, and it was able to withstand the Adelaide heat in the cupboard.

I suggest that you place your Coles Chocolate Mint Supremes in the fridge, because, quite frankly, they just taste better with a bit of chill in them. My dad once told me, "Son, you wouldn't drink a warm beer, so you shouldn't eat a warm mint slice." I think that family rule was passed down by his dad, and even his dad before that.

At a saving of 50c per packet, with a better than or equal to taste as the big name Arnotts Mint Slice, you cannot afford not to buy the Coles Chocolate Mint Supremes. I know double negatives can sometimes be confusing, so i'll make it clear for you: buy the Coles Chocolate Mint Supremes.

I've done a simple calculation for you:

If you were to buy 1 pack of Coles Chocolate Mint Supremes per week across the whole year, compared to 1 pack of Arnotts Mint slice you would save:

$0.50 x 52 weeks = $26. Divide $26 by the price of a Coles packet ($2.39) and you get 10.88 extra packets of mint slice per year. Assume you have 10 biscuits per packet and that's an extra 108 delicious choc mint biscuits for the year. For free! Now, if that isn't thrifty shopping, I don't know what is!

I must also declare that I do not own shares in Coles or any of their budget brands, I just like bargains and getting value for money!

Banjo.