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Post by kris on Mar 24, 2017 21:26:25 GMT
i suppose every generation has said the same. But personally at the present time I think we are witnessing a peak time for companies ripping consumers off. After all one of the easiest ways of increasing profits is to charge the same for less. It's the trick crt are trying to play. Like as in agree! it can seem like we are only here to add to the profits of the many companies trying to get our money. The only power we have in a consumer society is who we give our hard earned to. I must admit I never buy cadburies products anymore.
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Post by tomsk on Mar 24, 2017 22:12:19 GMT
Industrial confectioners are cunts.
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Post by kris on Mar 24, 2017 22:13:43 GMT
Twat
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2017 22:19:14 GMT
Beat me to it.
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Post by Jim on Mar 24, 2017 22:56:09 GMT
And what happened to the other walnut, at the bottom of a walnut whip?
I used to like sticking my tongue in, locking out all the cream, for that little lump of joy at the end.
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Post by tomsk on Mar 25, 2017 0:01:41 GMT
A Wispa costs what a Wispa costs. Cost saving is profit, cheaper ingredients are inevitably substituted, salaried production staff are replaced with ad hoc agency workers, the cardboard 'tray' bit disappears from 'Bounty' bars, the gaps between sections of Toblerone get bigger. According to a colleague who grew up with 'Yorkshire Mix' bought loose from the bottle and dispensed by the '1/4' in the corner shop, there are no 'proper' large green fish featuring in the commercially available bags of 'Yorkshire Mix' I favour, she point blank refuses to accept that they are in any way legitimate. In many ways I feel her very real pain. Inevitably the bars get smaller, the packaging cheaper, corners are cut, the pricey 'Big Green Fish' get left out of the mix, ice-cream is mainly air and stabilisers, but the money men can show 'efficiencies' so all is well. But at what cost? People who work 'full time' should have a right to be able to earn enough to be able to cover their living costs and maintain a decent lifestyle, whatever their occupation, without recourse to state benefits. The shrinking Wispa is the thin end of the wedge.
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Post by phil70 on Mar 25, 2017 0:04:19 GMT
It's all very well reminiscing about the past but think on this: the future isn't what it used to be... And nostalgia is a thing of the past. Phil
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Post by kris on Mar 25, 2017 0:08:37 GMT
A Wispa costs what a Wispa costs. Cost saving is profit, cheaper ingredients are inevitably substituted, salaried production staff are replaced with ad hoc agency workers, the cardboard 'tray' bit disappears from 'Bounty' bars, the gaps between sections of Toblerone get bigger. According to a colleague who grew up with 'Yorkshire Mix' bought loose from the bottle and dispensed by the '1/4' in the corner shop, there are no 'proper' large green fish featuring in the commercially available bags of 'Yorkshire Mix' I favour, she point blank refuses to accept that they are in any way legitimate. In many ways I feel her very real pain. Inevitably the bars get smaller, the packaging cheaper, corners are cut, the pricey 'Big Green Fish' get left out of the mix, ice-cream is mainly air and stabilisers, but the money men can show 'efficiencies' so all is well. But at what cost? People who work 'full time' should have a right to be able to earn enough to be able to cover their living costs and maintain a decent lifestyle, whatever their occupation, without recourse to state benefits. The shrinking Wispa is the thin end of the wedge. twat
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Post by bills on Mar 25, 2017 2:32:08 GMT
A Wispa costs what a Wispa costs. Cost saving is profit, cheaper ingredients are inevitably substituted, salaried production staff are replaced with ad hoc agency workers, the cardboard 'tray' bit disappears from 'Bounty' bars, the gaps between sections of Toblerone get bigger. According to a colleague who grew up with 'Yorkshire Mix' bought loose from the bottle and dispensed by the '1/4' in the corner shop, there are no 'proper' large green fish featuring in the commercially available bags of 'Yorkshire Mix' I favour, she point blank refuses to accept that they are in any way legitimate. In many ways I feel her very real pain. Inevitably the bars get smaller, the packaging cheaper, corners are cut, the pricey 'Big Green Fish' get left out of the mix, ice-cream is mainly air and stabilisers, but the money men can show 'efficiencies' so all is well. But at what cost? People who work 'full time' should have a right to be able to earn enough to be able to cover their living costs and maintain a decent lifestyle, whatever their occupation, without recourse to state benefits. The shrinking Wispa is the thin end of the wedge. Ah yes. This is a new phenomenon. btw. Why do you need to pronounce that you are not a homosexual? I am not a pork pie, nor a tablecloth, but I don't feel it's necessary to shout about it.
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Post by tonyqj on Mar 25, 2017 6:14:31 GMT
And what happened to the other walnut, at the bottom of a walnut whip? I used to like sticking my tongue in, locking out all the cream, for that little lump of joy at the end. It's been gone that long many folk have forgotten it was ever there. I argued this point with the missus a few weeks back when I bemoaned its loss and she said "They never had two walnuts"
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Post by patty on Mar 25, 2017 6:28:14 GMT
I don't buy Cadbury's..they are so yesterdays products in that they taste stale to me...the yummy bars I remember from my youth have all changed.. this has meant indepth research to chose a substitute sweet treat...tis tough but I've persevered...trouble is one particularly oh so yummy alternative is only sold in a large department store in London..not on line....pleas to son in London falls on deaf ears..they are hugely expensive so have now become a treat to reward self for childminding in the city. I buy a few and hoard them at Horror House for the days when only the best chocolate will do.
I still quite like Tunnocks caramel wafers if chilled. the good thing i guess is with chocolate so rank i'm not tempted to eat it ...it has now become a treat cos the stuff i like to expensive for every day consumption.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 25, 2017 7:15:19 GMT
last year sometime I was given a square of "real chocolate" which apparently is extracted from the nut in a totally different method from "industrial cocoa" It tasted surprisingly different and I thought a much nicer taste and texture to "ordinary" chocolate. I then was told how much it cost and (not being a chocoholic by any means) (though I have on occasion been called mean) I have never tasted it again ...... I have been told that chocolate produced in such a way is meant to be quite good for you.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 25, 2017 7:22:35 GMT
Patty - if you'd like to PM me and provide an address I could send you a bar of Finland's Fazer chocolate to try. I believe they are still 'independent' and haven't been raped by 'Mondelez' yet. I'm of the opinion that it's not bad, and that the taste hasn't changed in 35 years (I may be wrong - I should write to them and ask!). I'd be interested in your verdict.
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