Chocolate Lovers Unite they are stealing chunks

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
03/02/2011 21:22

Chocolate manufacturers are downsizing their products - yet the prices are remaining the same.

A new shorter version of the Cadbury Dairy Milk bar, which is missing two chunks, has just gone into shops - although the price has remained the same at £1.

At the same time, Toblerone has removed one triangle from its iconic products to ensure Poundland can continue to sell them for £1 a time.





Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1352932/Chocolate-manufacturers-making-treats-smaller-save-money.html#ixzz1CvR3aEeg

aussiejock



Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
03/02/2011 21:42

Its the same with all foods, Smiths crisps used to be 250grams went to 200grams now 175grams same price, 1kilo Cadbury Dairy Milk bar now down to 750grams, baked beans 440grams now 400grams, all tin food dropped in content, used to get 1kg cheese now 750gram same price, you can see why the cost of living has sky-rocketed,





Robert

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
03/02/2011 22:54

wanderer, this is an major important issue. SO important that it should be made 'sticky'.....but given the vast number of replies you'll get, I guess it will remain at the top anyway...

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 08:40

Wandrer,

I am sure that the manfacturers have done this with your best interests at heart,the less you eat,the fitter and healthier you are, so be graetfull

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 09:03

They have done it due to the sky-rocketing cost of cocoa, 150% in the past year or so.

Panchocat


Joined: 29/11/2009
Posts: 1333

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 09:52

swyflot, love it!!

dynamicduo


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 14:30

Best thing to do. Dont buy it

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 14:33

With 1 person in 10 in the western world suffering from obesity maybe it is not such a bad thing to downsize the bars of chocolate.



Chris

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 15:04

Chris Msg 8 - yes 100% true but not if you are a chocoholic



Don't blame Cadbury blame Kraft who bought them (seemingly with some false pretences involved i.e. closing factories that they implied would stay open etc). If you look at some of the products mentioned you may find they are also owned by the same cheesy conglomerate.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 15:36

msg9 I do blame Cadbury, they did not NEED to sell ......They own Bournville and half of Edgbaston...Greedy or what!!

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 17:10

Rob Msg 10 - Cadbury the chocolate manufacturer were mainly owned by the big investors such as insurance companies for many years a minority holding would have been family and Friends.

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 18:01

Er folks the problem is message 5 please???

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
04/02/2011 18:31

> Mr Cadbury met Miss Rowntree on a Double Decker.

> It was just After Eight. They got off at Quality Street .

> He asked her name. 'Polo, I'm the one with the hole' she said with a Wispa.

> 'I'm Marathon , the one with the nuts' he replied.

> He touched her Cream Eggs, which was a Kinder Surprise for her.

> Then he slipped his hand into her Snickers, which made her Ripple.

> He fondled her Jelly Babies and she rubbed his Tic Tacs.

> Soon they were Heart Throbs.

> It was a Fab moment as she screamed in Turkish Delight.

> But, 3 days later, his Sherbet Dip Dab started to itch.

> Turns out Miss Rowntree had been with Bertie Bassett and he had Allsorts!

andy2b123


Joined: 21/12/2010
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
05/02/2011 11:08

remember the old wagon wheels?

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
05/02/2011 11:49

andy2b123. Which are now more like "dinky car" wheels in size !