What was claimed
Morrisons is selling boxes of food for £10 or less to those who fill out a questionnaire.
Our verdict
False. The retailer confirmed this is not a genuine offer from them.
Morrisons is not selling ‘food boxes’ for just £10
Posts being shared on Facebook have claimed that the supermarket Morrisons is selling a “Family Treat Box” to people aged over 40 for £10 or less.
But Morrisons confirmed to Full Fact that this is not a genuine offer from them.
One post says: “My daughter works at Morrison [sic] and told me about this amazing offer for people over 40. If you’re over 40, you can get a Morrison Family Treat Box for just £9.95 – seriously. They’re clearing out seasonal stock, and instead of letting it go to waste, they’re offering it for next to nothing. All you need to do is fill out a short form.”
Facebook users are then encouraged to follow a link, but it does not go to the real Morrisons website. The URLs do not match, and neither do the layouts, despite use of the Morrisons logo.
We’ve seen false claims Morrisons is selling cheap food boxes several times before, and have fact checked many similar posts offering fake deals like this one on Facebook. Recent examples include false offers for various laptops, PlayStations and airfryers, which were supposedly available at improbably cheap prices.
It is always worth checking posts sharing offers that seem too good to be true. One way to verify whether an offer is real is to see whether it has been shared by the company’s official page. This will often have more followers, a verified blue tick on platforms like Facebook or Instagram, and a longer post history.
This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook. You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content—here. For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false because Morrisons has confirmed this is not a genuine offer from them.