Sainsbury's set the pulses of shoppers racing when it flagged up a current offer which it claimed would be perfect for stocking up before Christmas . However some were in no mood to wait with one saying 'Sc**w Xmas…I need this now.'

The office is for 'new in' Baileys x Terry's chocolate orange Irish cream! Without a Nectar card it's £16.50 but currently it's slashed to £11 with one." The offer ends on October 14.

However, some watchers were not pleased with the timing—after all, it's still several months until the big day. Linda said, " Christmas is NOT calling! It's mid-September!!"

Paula replied: "Took the words out of my mouth! Exactly." Sally said: "TOO EARLY......must be awful if you have young children thinking Christmas is nearly here !!!!!!!"

Linda added: "They will have Vale

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