Logo

 

Banner Image:   National-News-banner-Purple
Template Mode:   Baptist Times
Icon
    Post     Tweet

Real Easter Egg Now Stocked by Tesco and Sainsbury's 

The UK's two biggest supermarkets are to stock a religious-themed Easter egg for the first time

Real Easter Egg now stocked by
 
Tesco and Sainsbury's will this year sell the Real Easter Egg, so called because it is the only Easter egg to explain the religious significance of Easter on the box.
 
The egg launched in September 2010 but started life as mail order only after supermarkets initially turned down the idea.

The likes of Booths, Co-op, Morrisons and Waitrose changed their mind just before Easter 2011. Now the biggest two have now come on-board, thanks in part to customer requests and letters from bishops to senior management.

The Real Easter Egg features an Easter story activity pack, while the Easter story is explained on the box. Under the lid, for the first time ever on an Easter egg, there is a quote from the Bible - the resurrection text from Mark. It is also Fairtrade and a percentage from each sale is donated to the Traidcraft Exchange. More than 300,000 have been sold so far.

David Marshall, from the Meaningful Chocolate Company which manufactures the Real Easter Egg, described the supermarkets' decision as 'a great breakthrough'.

Mr Marshall said, 'Our aim is to change the Easter egg market forever by making it more spiritual, more generous and more faithful. This is a great breakthrough.'
 
Mr Marshall said that store quantities vary. Tesco has the biggest supply across 450 of their largest stores. Morrisons and the Coop have quantities available in selected outlets. Sainsbury and Waitrose have only about 12 eggs in a small number of stores.

'The response from Tesco, Morrisons and the Co-op has been particularly encouraging,' Mr Marshall added.

'I am sure Sainsbury and Waitrose will also discover real demand for an egg explaining the religious understanding of Easter on the box and which supports charitable projects. I encourage shoppers to hunt out a Real Easter Egg and complain if they are not being stocked.'

For more, visit www.realeasteregg.co.uk
 

    Post     Tweet
New Brian Haymes book launched
Contributions and Struggles: Some Theological Contributions brings together a selection of Brian's essays and sermons, edited posthumously. It launched at a thanksgiving service for Brian's ministry and life
Liverpool parade crash: 'Appalled and saddened'
Churches leaders in Merseyside shared the following statement and prayer in the wake of the incident that injured crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League title win on Monday
‘We can choose to tell a new story – one of gracious growth’
​General Secretary Lynn Green urged Baptists to embrace a story of hope and renewal rather than decline in her closing address at the Baptist Assembly
ba25report
'God's Baptist people are in good heart' - Steve Finamore's reflections
Outgoing Baptists Together President Steve Finamore shared encouraging signs of church growth and renewed hope across Baptist networks
ba25report
More than 60 ministers and pastors commissioned at Baptist Assembly
Ministers who have transferred to the fully accredited list, nationally recognised pastors and recognised local ministers were commissioned and prayed, in a session which also featured the In Memoriam
ba25report
Mission Resolution introduced at Assembly
Designed to build a shared understanding of mission across Baptists Together, this marks the beginning of a two-year process of discernment, dialogue, and engagement, with the goal of the resolution being adopted at the 2027 Baptist Assembly
ba25report
     Latest News 
    Posted: 04/06/2025
    Posted: 21/05/2025
    Posted: 07/01/2025
    Posted: 07/01/2025
     
    Text Size:  
    Small (Default)
    Medium
    Large
    Contrast:  
    Normal
    High Contrast