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Post by wankel on Feb 21, 2017 7:03:45 GMT
Even my Chocolate Orange has been blighted ! More thinner segments and a crafty recess pattern in every one. Approx 20% less chocolate for the same money. That's a hell of a lot of money basically defrauded . .  |
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Post by ChrisB on Feb 21, 2017 7:14:45 GMT
Ah yes, this is happening all over. A particularly sneaky version is to introduce whipped versions of things like yoghurt. Same size packaging, same volume of product but more air in it. Make a feature of it. I blame Mr Whippy |
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Post by MartinT on Feb 21, 2017 7:18:35 GMT
Nothing quite beats the new Toblerone.  |
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Post by wankel on Feb 21, 2017 7:41:23 GMT
The Toblerone is obscene !
The Chocolate Orange approaches it though .
More slices and thinner slices means more recesses of course.
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 21, 2017 12:20:01 GMT
My son bought a Yorkie bar recently and I was amazed at how thin and weedy it was - nothing like the old one ...
You certainly can't call it a man's chocolate any more!
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 21, 2017 12:30:19 GMT
Nothing quite beats the new Toblerone. You have not tasted the best Toblerone unless you have some from Switzerland, or probably anywhere else in Europe. The stuff they send to the UK is very nice but too sweet |
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Post by puffin on Feb 21, 2017 13:21:06 GMT
Yes, very annoying as I hate being ripped off. A few months ago I noticed that the 4 packs of Cadburys Flake/Twirl/Double Decker from a well known shop where 99p is just not quite enough money, that they were much smaller, whereas the one's the supermakets are now doing in the same packaging are the proper size (whatever the "proper" size actually now is)
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Post by speedysteve on Feb 21, 2017 16:23:34 GMT
Hehe, You should all be going sugar free anyway  Crap food full of sugar, cos it's cheap to chuck in pretty much all processed foods (and anything they seem to need to advertise), should have a MASSIVE super tax on them. |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Feb 21, 2017 17:44:17 GMT
Ah yes, this is happening all over. A particularly sneaky version is to introduce whipped versions of things like yoghurt. Same size packaging, same volume of product but more air in it. Make a feature of it. I blame Mr Whippy Hey! Hey! Don't blame me! Blame Mrs Thatcher for that. Her idea. I just sold it. The practice is called "shrinkflation", and has been going on for the past few years. Even Aunt Bessie has succumbed:   I was rather annoyed a couple of years ago when I got a bar of Cadbury's Fruit 'n' Nut. Instead of chucks, I found rounded thin pieces. Not just that, the chocolate itself, had a hard shiny finish, which now all chocolate seems to be. It's just one ploy that the confectionary industry, in particular, has adopted, in order to have a product in every possible price-band they can get into. Just how many different sizes of chocolate bar are there these days? God knows. Years (years) ago there was maybe 4, and that was it. The rot set-in decades ago when Nestlé got their hands on classic British names such as Terry's and Rowntree Mackintosh. Names that have been consigned to history now. Well, Rowntree was resurrected a few years back and given to a jelly range. The Walnut Whip was transformed into something less than it was. The filling was changed to something quite different. The chocolate went from being thick and milky to thin and hard and glazey. I stopped buying it. In the likes of Quality Street, all the "quality" ones have been replaced with pap chocolate fondant variations. Even the liquid and colouring have gone from the Strawberry Cream. The Orange Cream is now just a fondant. The product has been so dumded down, and people under a certain age, are totally unaware of it. Hardly surprising though when it's priced to sell in supermarkets for £4-5. There was a time when it cost £10 a tin. Black Magic chocolates are another example. One time when you opened a box, you were greeted to a selection and choice. And it cost £5. Today a box costs £3 and opening the box you get a few selections being variations of a chocolate theme. The selection is mirrored giving a maths look and you get the same again with a second layer, giving 4 of the limited "selection". The deliciousness that was the Coffee Cream, sadly, is a thing of the past. The best thing about it - was the empty box. Handy for putting components in. Perhaps you could ask your local Asda if they'll do a 4 pack of these:  |
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 21, 2017 18:10:51 GMT
Aahhh - the old 'Walnut Whip' - that was a work of art back in the day ...
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Post by Mr Whippy on Feb 21, 2017 18:26:51 GMT
Plus, they did away with the coffee variety.
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 22, 2017 15:35:18 GMT
There is a way to beat this
Aldi and Lidl do all sorts that is cheaper and better than the stuff we all know.
Assume they do sweeties etc
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 15:37:11 GMT
There is a way to beat this Aldi and Lidl do all sorts that is cheaper and better than the stuff we all know. Assume they do sweeties etc Aldi also do the nicest steaks of all of the supermarkets (IMO). |
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 22, 2017 16:05:16 GMT
Surprises me how Aldi and Lidl have done this.
Classic quote from Chris who I used to work with
Aldi is 30% cheaper but better.
She would pay more for their fresh fruit and veg - is very happy to pay a lot less.
Local produce as well
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Post by MartinT on Feb 22, 2017 16:39:43 GMT
Aldi also do the nicest steaks of all of the supermarkets (IMO). Not better than my Morrisons, the buyer there is fantastic and so are the butchers. I can honestly say that their fillet steak is the best I've ever known and consequently we buy it quite regularly. |
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Post by wankel on Feb 24, 2017 3:20:58 GMT
Lidl is ok , if you need a log splitter and a disc saw to go with your runny baked beans !
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Post by julesd68 on Feb 24, 2017 8:14:37 GMT
I keep hearing how good the wine is at Lidl but the few bottles I've had have been absolute dreck...
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