"That's ridiculous" - shoppers react to £22 bag of pick and mix from Manchester Christmas Markets

Shoppers have been responding to the cost of pick and mix at Manchester's Christmas Markets.

Yesterday we shared a photo of the bag of sweets which cost us £21.89 from the Kingdom of Sweets stall inside the Cathedral Gardens zone.

The charge, £2.99 per 100g, is almost double that of the pick and mix inside the nearby Vue Printworks cinema.

We described the cost as 'an absolute joke' and from the thousands of responses we've had from readers, it seems many of you agree.

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Among the comments responding to the article on Facebook, some of you told us how you've had a similar experience, both at the city centre stall and the Kingdom of Sweets stall at The Trafford Centre.

"We did the same and when he told me how much it was (£35) I put it straight back," said Michelle Whitehead. "Shocking prices."

Mark Reader said: "Got four bags Saturday, wasn't even half that amount in them... £45 I said no chance and walked off."

Ben Matthews added: "My son and daughter filled just under half a bag each at the Manchester Christmas Markets. When I went to pay the guy wanted over £25. We walked off without the sweets."

And Sharon Murphy added: "Yep I got stung as well £17.45 absolutely for a bag of sweets for my lad disgraceful prices at the markets this year. It's so sad that ordinary folk can't afford to do this simple Xmas tradition as a treat for themselves or families it's just so unrealistic it would cost for a family of 4 to have a drink a sausage/burger maybe a sweet treat and a gift nearly £200."

Some questioned why anyone would be 'daft enough' to