Best Woolworths, Coles half-price specials this week

Coles and Woolworths are at it again with their half-price specials. (Images: Woolworths, Coles, Getty)

Coles and Woolworths each week take 50 per cent off the price of a range of grocery items.

They are hoping customers would be lured in by the steep discounts then spend lots on other full-price products once they're in the store.

The half-price specials also differentiate Woolworths and Coles to emerging threat Aldi. The German budget retailer's weekly specials are worthy of consideration, but the discounts are never as heavy as 50 per cent off.

Once again Yahoo Finance has done the run-around on your behalf to select the best half-price bargains for the coming week. Seeing the deals from both Coles and Woolworths all in one place will assist you to choose which supermarket to visit.

The specials below are discounted from Wednesday December 4 to Tuesday December 10 inclusive:

Woolworths: best half-price deals

Plenty of gift chocolates are still selling for 50%-off in the lead-up to the Christmas season, so we've listed them separately below.

Boxed chocolates:

• Lindt Gourmet Truffles 207g: $10

• Lindt Lindor cornet 337g: $10

• Lindt Mini Pralines 180g: $10

• Toblerone milk 700g: $10

• Cadbury Favourites 570g: $10

• Cadbury chocolate-covered nuts gift box 450g: $10

• Darrell Lea Rocklea Road gift box 320g or Soft Centres gift box 255g: $10

• M&Ms peanut 460g, Maltesers 400g or Celebrations 320g gift box: $6

Food items:

• Vittoria Mountain Grown coffee beans or ground 1kg: $15 (better than half-price)

• Mr Chen's Yum Cha dumplings 904g-1kg: $10.50

• Primo short cut bacon 750g: $7.50

• Sargents Party Pack 1.2kg 36-pack: $6.75

• Bertolli extra virgin olive oil 750mL: $6.50

• Haagen Dazs ice cream tubs 457mL: $5.75

• Streets Magnum sticks 340-428mL 4-6 pack: $4.50

• Proud & Punch ice cream 400-620mL 6-8 pack: $4

(Image: Woolworths)

Non-food items:

• Blackmores Glucosamine tablets 1500mg 180-pack: $25 (other Blackmores also half-price)

• Colgate Pro Clinical 250R electric toothbrush: $20 (better than half-price)

• Mortein PowerGard Professional DIY surface spray 2L: $15

• Sistema storage container with lid 60L: $12.50

• Tontine anti-bacterial pillow 2-pack: $12

• Omo Ultimate laundry liquid 1.8L or powder 1.8kg: $11

• OGX shampoo or conditioner 385mL: $10

• Dynamo laundry liquid 1.8-2L: $8.75

• BabyLove bulk nappy pants 22-38 pack: $8.50

Coles: best half-price deals

Many boxed chocolates are still heavily discounted, so they are shown separately below from the normal grocery items. Coles is also taking 50 per cent off much of its big-name cosmetics range:

Food items:

• Sunrice jasmine rice 5kg: $10

• KB's prawn gyoza 750g: $8

• La Española olive oil 1L: $7

• Birds Eye Oven Bake fish fillets 425g: $5

• Sara Lee classic ice cream 1L: $4.50

• Bulla Creamy Classics 2L or ice cream sandwiches 4-pack: $4.25

• Reese’s ice cream tub 473mL, cones or sticks 4-pack: $4.25

• Peters Drumstick 4-6 pack: $4.20

• Jordans Granola or Oat Clusters 500g-750g: $3.50

• Sara Lee cheesecake or Bavarian 350-410g: $3.12

• Kellogg's Nutri-Grain 290g: $2.47

(Image: Coles)

Boxed chocolates:

• Lindt Christmas Collection bag 460g: $15

• Cadbury Roses tin 620g: $13.50

• Cadbury Favourites 820g: $12

• Lindt Mini Pralines 180g: $10

• Lindt Lindor gift box 230g-235g: $9.50

• Toblerone 360g: $5

• Cadbury Bites tub 300-340g: $5

• Toblerone bauble 112g: $4

Non-food items:

• Colgate Pro Clinical C250R electric toothbrush: $25

• Revlon Colorstay Normal/Dry liquid foundation 30mL or Colorstay pressed powder 8.4g: $17.47 (other Revlon, Rimmel, Maybelline, Covergirl and Sally Hansen cosmetics also half-price)

• Finish Quantum Ultimate dishwashing tablets 36-pack or 0% 42-pack: $16

• Nature's Way Vita Gummies children's multivitamin 120-pack: $13

• Bonds baby Zip Wondersuit or men's Guyfront Trunk underwear: $11 (other Bonds also half-price)

• OGX shampoo or conditioner 385mL: $10

• Huggies Ultra-Dry nappy pants 24-29 pack: $8.50

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