Mango Chutney Chips

Is this one worth buying?

Mango Chutney Chips is currently listed at $1.25 at Coles, against a usual price of $2.50. The dollar saving is small, so treat it as something to add to a shop you were doing anyway rather than a deal to chase.

Nuts are the one genuinely valuable item here. They are expensive, they are discounted less often than confectionery, and they keep for months in a sealed container — longer in the fridge or freezer, which also stops the oils turning. Biscuits and chips are cheap enough that a half price saving on a single pack is small; the discount only really adds up if you were going to buy several anyway.

Half price specials at both Coles and Woolworths normally run for one week, from Wednesday to the following Tuesday, and the same lines tend to come back on promotion every couple of months. If you miss this one it will very likely return — but the price shown here is the current one, and prices can change without notice.