Best Woolworths, Coles 50%-off deals this week

Coles and Woolworths are selling boxed chocolates for half-price again. (Images: AAP, Woolworths, Coles)

Each week Coles and Woolworths sell a batch of products at half the usual price.

The retailers don't make much money out of these heavily discounted items, but they're used to lure shoppers into their stores.

Once they're there, Woolworths and Coles are betting that the trolley will be filled up with other full-price groceries.

The big supermarkets also use the 50%-off deals to differentiate themselves from emerging threat Aldi. The budget challenger has its own weekly specials but the discounts in percentage terms are never as good as half-price.

For your convenience, Yahoo Finance has picked out the most alluring 50%-off items from both stores on the same page here. This will help you plan ahead which supermarket to go to this week.

The products listed below go on sale for half-price from the morning of Wednesday December 18. Woolworths will maintain the prices to Christmas Day inclusive, while Coles will go until Christmas Eve inclusive.

Woolworths: best half-price deals

Many gift chocolates are still selling for 50%-off as the holiday season approaches. They're listed separately below.

Boxed chocolates:

• Lindt Lindor tin 405g: $15

• Toblerone Lantern tin 550g: $15

• Lindt Champagne gift box 460g or Teddy Bear gala box 404g: $15

• Cadbury Roses tin 620g: $13.50

• Cadbury Favourites 570g: $10

• Lindt Lindor cornet 337g: $10

• Ferrero Rocher 16-pack 200g or Ferrero Collection 172g 15-pack: $6.30

• Lindt Lindor gift box 150g: $6

• Maltesers 400g or M&M's peanut 460g: $6

• Toblerone milk 360g: $5

Food items:

• Golden Fields vegetable oil 4L: $9

• Ho Mai Entertainer Pack or Cocktail Spring Rolls 1kg: $7

• Murray Street Premium vanilla ice cream tub 460mL: $5

• Ocean Chef salmon parcels 280g: $5

• Nescafe coffee sachets 10-pack or Gold coffee sachets 8-pack: $3.15

• Kellogg’s Special K Fruit & Nut 430g or All-Bran 350g: $3

(Image: Woolworths)

Non-food items:

• Arctic Zone 26L hard cooler: $21

• Colour Academy cosmetics case: $15

• Jbronze tanning mousse 150mL: $12.50

• Banana Boat SPF50+ sunscreen 400g: $10.20

• OGX shampoo or conditioner 385mL: $10

• Biozet Attack regular laundry liquid 2L or powder 2kg: $9.99

• Energizer Max batteries AA 16-pack or AAA 14-pack: $9.75

• Dynamo laundry liquid 1.8-2L: $8.75

Coles: best half-price deals

Like its rival, Coles has lots of boxed chocolates on sale, which are shown in a separate group below.

Food items:

• Vittoria Mountain Grown coffee beans, ground or organic Beans 1kg: $18.25

• Nescafé Gold coffee 180-200g: $9

• V energy drink 4x275mL or V Pure 4x250mL: $4.92

• Plumrose canned leg ham 450g: $4.60

• Golden Wok Diana Chan's dumplings 230g: $3.75

• Fountain barbecue or tomato sauce 2L: $3

• Schweppes mixers soft drink 4x300mL: $2.90

(Image: Coles)

Boxed chocolates:

• Cadbury Roses tin 620g: $13.50

• Mars Celebration bottle 320g: $10

• Cadbury Favourites 570g: $10

• Lindt gift box 235g: $9.50

• Cadbury Roses 450g: $7.75

• Mars Maltesers 400g, M&M's peanut 460g or Celebrations 320g: $6

• Cadbury chocolate-coated fruit or nut jar 310-380g: $5

Non-food items:

• Scholl Velvet Smooth exfoliating foot file: $27.50

• Fairy Platinum Plus dishwashing tablets 30-pack: $15

• Duracell Coppertop batteries AA 20-pack or AAA 16-pack: $12.50

• Bonds men’s Guyfront trunk underwear: $11 (other Bonds also half-price)

• Duracell Ultra AA batteries 10-pack or AAA 8-pack: $8.75

• Cold Power laundry powder 2kg or liquid 1.8-2L: $8.25

• Vanish Gold Pro stain remover powder 900g or gel 950mL: $6

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