Here at The Trading Post we have been checking out some online reviews for some of our most popular products, as posted on the websites of some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets. We’ve then compiled the results, to give us a near-scientific meta-score of these reviews. At the same time we’ve had a look at some of our favourite reviews and tried to make some overall sense of what people are thinking… Here is the third and FINAL engaging instalment of our very exciting Easter Special!
Terry’s Milk Chocolate Orange
Sainsbury’s: 3.6 stars (46 reviews)
Tesco: 1.5 stars (4 reviews)
Asda: 4.8 stars (103 reviews)
Morrisons: 4.1 stars (14 reviews)
Average Score: 4.3 stars
Review Highlights:
pointless review
This is an orange. it is Chocolate. it was very nice.
Asda website (5 stars)
TP: Nailed it. Realised the futility of it all, yet still wrote the review. Kudos.
Great tasting chocolate orange
As always Terrys chocolate orange us delicious. This was fresh and irresistable.
Asda website (5 stars)
TP: “Fresh and irresistible” eh? I understand “irresistible” as, if nothing else, it links up with the visceral “chocolate urge” expounded by the earlier Buttons Easter Egg reviewer. “Fresh” is a slightly weird flex, but ok.
Terry can keep it!
Terry’s doesn’t taste like it used to, it’s got a waxy taste and texture. Does not leave a pleasant aftertaste.
Asda website (3 stars)
TP: Texture again! Perhaps we haven’t been paying enough heed to the texture of chocolate. Is this seriously a thing? Is this some sort of textural synesthesia? Still 3 stars though, so by no means a deal-breaker.
shrinkflation
I can't believe the price has gone up as well as the product size has reduced.
Tesco website (2 stars)
TP: This has only been a review of three products’ reviews, but seriously Tesco reviewers, why do you hate the things you buy? All the Tesco reviews reference the reduced size compared to apparently previous iterations of the chocolate orange, but surely this doesn’t make it a bad product. The other three supermarket websites average solidly about 3.5 stars and Tesco is below 2! This is actually quite a common thing on supermarket reviews; rather than reviewing the product “in hand”, customers use the review to air other perceived grievances with the product, the supermarket, the delivery driver or, xenophobically, other nations… It’s a bit weird and arguably missing the point.
yanks ruined this
made by Frys these were yummy now they are too sweet and reduced in size, USA company that bought Frys ruined this like new owners of Cadbury did cream eggs. If you never knew the originals maybe ok but otherwise forget it.
Asda website (3 stars)
TP: This is very much the “vanilla” end of xenophobia you can find on supermarket reviews. Blame aside, it seems a fairly balanced review although it is from 2018 and we’re pretty sure people were still riding horses and using a mangle (not at the same time) back then…
Well orange flavor
Its truly taste well orangey my kids love it
Asda website (5 stars)
TP: Don’t want to go down the “yank-blaming” route but not a massive fan of “flavor” which could be an autocorrect issue. However, US-spellings aside, you have to love the simplicity of this review. Written from the heart, possibly entirely bypassing the brain.
Terry’s Milk Chocolate Oranges are available for delivery throughout in France at The Trading Post.
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