The battle is on as retailers offer up the best value deals for the cheapest real; trees this Christmas. Home Bargains, Aldi and Tesco all have trees for sale for under £20 this Christmas. Here’s our pick of the crop.
Aldi Christmas Trees
Aldi’s 100% British Christmas trees are returning with prices starting at £13.99.
The German retailer is going all out as Christmas Supermarket of the Year, with its Scottish-grown Nordman Fir Christmas Trees returning in two sizes; medium (160-180cm) and large (190-210cm), available from 23rd November.
Each tree has been grown in the UK and are sourced from a sustainable plantation in Scotland, where 2.5 trees are planted for every one that is cut down.
Aldi’s Christmas Trees land in stores from November 23, whilst stocks last.
Home Bargains Christmas trees
Home Bargains has brought back its mid-size trees, with its Nordman 160-180cm (five to six feet, or thereabouts) at £14.99, in store now.
Tesco Christmas trees
Tesco is slashing the price of its guaranteed non-drop Christmas trees in half.
Its half price Christmas tree offer will see the most popular Christmas trees in Europe cut to as little as £15.
The Nordman Fir trees are among the most popular at Christmas because they are guaranteed non-drop and on average cost around £50-£60 each at garden centres and from roadside sellers. The Tesco Nordmann Fir cut trees on sale this year will be 160-190cm tall.
The Potted Nordmann Fir trees sit in an 11-litre pot and are 80-110cm high. The Finest Christmas tree sits in a wicker basket and includes lights.
The half price Christmas trees are as follows:
- Nordman Fir Cut Christmas Tree – £20 (reduced from £40)
- Pot grown Nordman Fir – £15 (reduced from £30)
- Tesco Finest Xmas Tree with lights – £20 (reduced from £40)
The Nordmann Fir trees are grown for the supermarket by Europe’s largest Christmas tree wholesalers, Needlefresh, based in Foxhill, near Swindon in Wiltshire.
The company, which has a team of dedicated growers across the UK, sells 800,000 pot-grown trees every year.
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Tesco Christmas Tree buyer Hugh Kenney-Herbert says: “We started stocking these non-drop Christmas trees a few years ago and they became so popular and sold out so quickly that we keep having to increase our order.
“In fact, the launch of the sale triggers an event we now call Christmas Tree Saturday – it’s the day when increasing numbers of shoppers now go out to buy their trees.
“Customers have told us that they love getting into the spirit of Christmas as early as possible and having a tree up in their living room helps create that seasonal magic.
“By the end of November last year nearly all our stock had gone – this year we’ve brought in nearly 50 per cent more as we know how popular they are.”
