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Who doesn’t have a tube of mints in their bag, car or work drawer? Mint has been ingested in some form or another since Egyptian times and it’s not surprising given that mints are far more than just a breath freshener, as wholesale club Shorters Club (http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/) explains.

We’re not talking about the benefits of drinking mint tea or cooking with the fresh herb here. Even mint sweets have their very own impressive health benefits. First, there’s the calming effect peppermint oil has on the stomach and digestive system, helping to soften the stomach muscles, aiding the flow of food and the act of digestion. You don’t need to choose medicated throat sweets either. For indigestion relief all you have to do is choose mints made with peppermint, such as Smint Peppermint, currently on offer in Shorters Club’s confectionery department for just £8.75 for a pack of 12 8g boxes, or Trebor Extra Strong Peppermint Roll, just £17.26 for a pack of 40.

Peppermint is also great for cutting back on the production of gas so don’t forget to pop a peppermint or two after a big meal. It also makes you feel better when you’ve got a cold, thanks to Menthol, the active ingredient in peppermint oil which acts as a decongestant. A study even found that drivers who sniffed peppermint showed less frustration and fatigue and exhibited greater alertness when driving than those who did not, so perhaps sucking peppermints while driving could help avert road rage!

It’s not just peppermint that holds the health benefits, however, as research suggests that sucking on mints (any type of mint) can help you to quit smoking as it calms down the nicotine cravings. And of course on top of all this, you know you’re breath is fresh no matter what you’ve been eating or drinking if you’ve always got mints to hand.

Stock up on humble mints and harness their impressive health benefits at the online wholesale club open to everyone, Shorters Club at http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/.
 

Money saving alert! Wholesale club Shorters Club is excited to announce an unbeatable offer for one week only. From Monday 7th May, 2012 until close of business Sunday 13th May, 2012, you can get a fantastic 5% discount on your entire grocery order at http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/. And given that we sell everything from food cupboard staples to sweets and alcoholic drinks, you really can stock up on everything your family needs and get 5% off.

It’s a tough financial time for most people in the UK right now. The harsh reality is that UK inflation has been pushed to 3.5%* by food and clothing price rises, an inflation rate which is higher than any rise in average earnings. Understandably, consumer confidence is low and families are looking to save money wherever they can. It’s one thing to cut back on luxuries, but in order to really feel the savings, people need to spend less on their regular essentials, like the weekly grocery shop.

Well now, for one week only, Shorters Club customers can save 5% off their entire** order of grocery and off licence products, home, pet and kitchen supplies, health and beauty items and baby and toddler essentials. All you have to do is get your special discount code online at the Shorters Club website and make sure you take advantage of the deal before the end of Sunday 13th May, 2012.

At wholesale food suppliers Shorters Club we pride ourselves on consistently offering the very lowest wholesale prices to the general public, but given the tough economic conditions right now, we wanted to go that one step further in helping families drive down the cost of their weekly shop. So hurry and don’t miss out on this fantastic 5% offer – get your discount code at http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/topic/41-5-off-your-shorters-shop.aspx  and start shopping, start saving!

*Figures for March 2012: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/apr/17/uk-inflation-food-clothing-prices
**Minimum order value £40. Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or voucher. This offer does not apply to promotional items, tobacco products and delivery costs
 

As a wholesale club, Shorters Club (http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/) stocks all sorts of healthy snacks and wholesome food, but we also think you should divulge in some naughtier treats once in while. As guilty pleasures go, we don’t think it gets much better than chocolate. Here are the Top 5 reasons to buy chocolate bars from Shorters Club.

1)    It could be good for your heart. A recent study showed that eating chocolate could have heart benefits as it lowers the blood pressure, improves blood vessel function and lowers insulin levels. Dark chocolate bars are thought to be best, and with Cadbury Bournville Classic Dark Chocolate just £18.78 for a whopping 45 bars at Shorters Club, you can stock up on this heartily healthy treat for less.

2)    It’s better than kissing! In another, slightly strange study, researchers found that chocolate beats kissing hands down when it comes to providing a long-lasting body and brain buzz. They tested the heart rates and monitored the brain behaviour of people who were tasting melting chocolate and then who kissed and found that it was the chocolate which would send the serotonin soaring.

3)    It packs an antioxidant punch. Antioxidants are fantastic for all sorts of reasons, beating cancer, improving brain activity, the list goes on. Think that you have to eat berries all day to get your antioxidants? Think again. Chocolate bars, again, particularly dark chocolate bars, have the same type of antioxidant as those found in tea and red wine and give you the same great benefits.

4)    It cuts the risk of heart disease. People who had previously suffered a heart attack who ate chocolate twice a week for two years after their attack cut their risk of dying from heart disease by a massive threefold.

5)    It de-stresses you. Chocolate has been proved to correct imbalances in the body related to stress and significantly lower stress hormones. So all those times you’ve indulged in chocolate bars in the past as a way to wind down, it seems you really were actively lowering your stress levels after all!

And those are the top 5 reasons to buy chocolate bars from Shorters Club (http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/).....as if you needed one reason, let alone five!

We all know that chewing gum gives us fresh breath, but did you also know that it can help to clean your teeth – as long as it’s the sugar-free sort of course. And some say chewing gum can do lots of other beneficial things too, from helping you to lose weight to quit smoking. At Shorters Club (http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/), we have all the top brands of chewing gum available in multi-pack deals which are hard to beat.

It is thought that chewing sugar-free chewing gum after each meal could help to clean your teeth. Dentists are divided as to whether this is entirely true, with some saying the act of chewing gum can help the natural break-down of plaque simply by helping to encourage salivation, with others saying it helps to remove food particles, neutralize acid and improve the remineralization of enamel. What’s certain is that it helps to provide a feeling of clean teeth after eating a meal or snacking, and without doubt helps to combat bad breath.

Other people find chewing gum helps when it comes to weight loss, mainly because reaching for a stick of gum (again, sugar-free varieties) is far preferable to reaching for chocolate bars or sweets in between meals. In some people, the act of chewing gum can even help to reduce their appetite, tricking the mind into thinking they are eating when they’re only chewing something they will then spit out. For others, it’s simply a way of keeping their mouth busy while they try not to think about that burger or slice of cake!

In the same way, chewing gum can help abate the desperate desire for a cigarette some smokers can experience. Some people trying to give up smoking turn to chewing gum when they want to light up, giving them something to do with their mouth when they want to be puffing on a cigarette. Of course there are even nicotine gums specifically designed to help you cut down smoking by delivering small doses of nicotine through chewing gum, but many people find that even chewing normal gum can help when the desire to smoke strikes.

With all these reasons to chew gum, and the huge number of flavours, types and brands on the market, you may want to stock up so you can keep some with you at home, work, in the car and on the go. We help you do just that with our cracking deals on some of the big names of chewing gum, from Wrigleys and Mentors to Trident. Take a look at the entire range and the latest special offers at http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/.

Haribo have become some of the biggest selling sweets in the UK in recent years, with kids and adults alike finding it hard to resist the temptations of the ‘Happy World of Haribo’. The wholesale club which is open to the public, Shorters Club (http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/), currently has some top offers on Haribo bagged sweets which make giving in to temptation that bit easier!

There’s something about Haribo sweets that makes it very hard to have just one. Before you know it, you’ve finished half a packet! It’s a good job, then, that they make Haribo as bagged sweets that contain enough to keep you satisfied and share with friends. At Shorters Club we’ve currently got some great offers on a wide selection of Haribo bagged sweets so you can indulge your love of Haribo for less.

No matter whether you’re a fan of old school sweets such as Wine Gums, if you prefer your sweets to be totally sugary sweet or if you like to have a tongue-twisting tang to your confectionery, there’s a bag of Haribo on offer now at Shorters that’s right for you. Fans of more traditional tuck shop sweets can choose Haribo Jelly Babies, at Shorters they’re just £8.99 for a pack of 12 250g bags. For a tangy treat you can’t do much better than Haribo Tangfastics which sizzle on your tongue and are now only £8.88 for a pack of 12 250g bags, down from £9.54. If you’re looking for a sugary treat then why not plump for the Haribo Kiddies’ SuperMix which has a great combination of different types of soft, sugary Haribo sweets. These are also at the bargain price of £8.88 for a pack of 12 250g bags, down from £9.54.

These multi pack deals on Haribo are great for children’s parties or Easter treats for the kids, but don’t think that packs of 12 bags are too much for the big kids out there. Once you’ve put one set of  bagged sweets in your handbag, one in your gym kit, one in the car, another by your bed, a couple in the fridge and brought a few to share at work, you’ll wish you went for more than one of our great Haribo multi-pack deals!

Have a tempting browse through all of our confectionery deals at http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/.

Your kids will think that the Easter Bunny has felt especially generous this year when you buy your Easter eggs and other chocolatey treats at online wholesale club Shorters Club (http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/). Our confectionery department gets even bigger at this time of year – just check out the size of the Easter Store at Shorters, there’s everything you could need to keep the whole family satisfied, for less.

We’ve stocked the virtual aisles of our Easter Store with a choice that would make the Easter Bunny himself proud. There are Easter eggs from all the top brands such as Galaxy, Cadbury Creme Egg, Nestle Smarties and more, as well as smaller treats such as Cadbury’s Mini Eggs, Kinder Surprise and Kinnerton Milk Chocolate Character Lollies and other Easter-themed chocolate bars. If you’re hosting a children’s Easter party why not go for the Kinnerton Mixed Character Egg selection: a pack of 20 50g Easter eggs featuring characters kids love such as Hello Kitty and Thomas the Tank Engine costs just £15.89 and will make sure your Easter egg hunt is one to remember!

Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten the big kids. There’s lots of Easter confectionery for adults too – how about a beautiful Lindor Easter Egg wrapped in red ribbon for your girlfriend, a classic Lindt Bunny with bell for Mum and the naughty but nice The Famous Grouse Egg and Truffles from Lir for Dad? You can keep the whole family happy this Easter without leaving the house (thanks to our home delivery service) and save money while you do it.

Shorters Club is the wholesale club open to the public, which means wholesale prices for everyone, on everything! Stocking more than 16,000 products in case quantities at any one time, means we can offer those products to our customers at a price which is pretty much impossible to find in most supermarkets. Combine that with the fact that you don’t have to trawl the aisles with other people grabbing their kids sweets and Easter egg goodies, and our Easter shop just got more tempting – it saves you money and time.

And remember, just because our prices are wholesale, it doesn’t mean that you have to buy in bulk to get great savings. You can of course just buy one Easter egg from our Easter store if you want, but something tells us once you take a look around, you’ll find more than one tempting treat in your online shopping basket! Happy Easter from all of us here at Shorters http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/.

If you’re a fan of chew bars then you’ve come to the right place – in fact you could even go as far as saying that Shorters Club (http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/) is the home of those mouthwatering tasty treats which are a burst of fruity flavour in your mouth. We’ve dedicated a whole department to pastiles and chew bars here at the wholesale club which is open to everyone, and you can be sure of our great wholesale prices on chew bars, too.

Chew bars are more than just sweets, they are thirst-quenching, mouthwatering explosions of flavour that keep you satisfied for longer than most other confectionery. As you would expect from us here at wholesale club Shorters Club, we stock all the major brands of chew bars and a huge selection of the most fantastic flavours.

For instance, Chewits are one of the biggest brands of chew bars on the market, and they’ve been going for years. There’s the classic flavours such as Blackcurrant, Strawberry and Orange, but have you tried Chewits Whips Apple flavour? We’d be surprised if you’ve tasted a more tangy, pleasing flavour in chew bars. Then there’s Fruit-tella, another classic chew bar brand which offers a great range of tempting flavours, and if you just can’t decide then why not plump for the Fruit-tella Assorted Flavours, giving you a taste of all of the options in one bar? You don’t get more classic than Nestlé Rowntree Fruit Pastilles, and you’ll find those here at Shorters too. Remember that super-sweet sugary coating, making way for a tart and tangy flavour? Old school chewable satisfaction! A more modern take on the chew bar is Mentos Chewy Dragees, the new fruity chew option from the makers of Mentos mints and SW Snap and Crackle FruitChew Bar, the chew bar with a surprisingly refreshing centre.

The list of our chew bars goes on, from sports aid chew bars from Lucozade, hard-to-chew (but fun-to-try!) Maynards Wine Gums, and perhaps the chewiest of the lot, Werther’s Original Traditional Chewy Toffees. With all this choice, you’ll be hard-pressed to decide, but thanks to our wholesale prices you don’t have to deny yourself. Simply order a selection from all the brands and you’ll still come in under budget when compared to a supermarket or high street sweets shop. Happy shopping and happy chewing from Shorters at http://www.shortersclub.co.uk/!