Christmas sweet tins changed to tubs.

fhs man 2 · 12/10/13 - 20:43

I had noticed that the normal size Quality Sweet tins are now tubs just like Celebrations. Hero's have also changed to tubs. The only normal sized tin left is Roses for some unknown reason.

You can get tins but you need to buy the more expensive ones. What do you think of this???

[Deleted User] · 12/10/13 - 20:48

I think at 2 for £5 in Lidl, I don't really care what they come in.

malpasc · 12/10/13 - 21:11

I think very little of this either way really.

[Deleted User] · 12/10/13 - 23:49

I assume its because the plastic tubs are more green/easier to recycle. And they must weigh less than the metal tins too - less fuel for transport etc.

fhs man 2 · 13/10/13 - 00:17

orangebird wrote: »

I assume its because the plastic tubs are more green/easier to recycle. And they must weigh less than the metal tins too - less fuel for transport etc.

Yes, I seem to recall they trialled cardboard tubs. It also saves them money but they do offer metal tins for £3 extra but the same size.

andersonsonson · 13/10/13 - 00:33

all about profit

fhs man 2 · 13/10/13 - 04:23

Toblerone is now in Heroes.

Isambard Brunel · 13/10/13 - 22:07

It's not just the container. Look at the weight.

Tins used to be 1KG. Then they were 950g, then 900g, etc.

Now they all vary a little, but none of them are 1KG anymore, and Quality Street has dropped to a significantly reduced 820g. That's almost a 200g bar of chocolate having been taken out of the box before you've even opened it.

Takae · 13/10/13 - 22:16

This is a shame. When I was a kid, I used to worry that my nails would be torn off each time I tried to pry the Quality Street lid off.

But not even the fear can stop me from going after my favourites: the gold-wrapped toffee pennies, the orange-wrapped caramel cups, and the yellow-wrapped toffee fingers.

I avoided the coffee ones and the weird nutty-bits ones at all costs. Prying the lid off was part of the fun.

fhs man 2 · 14/10/13 - 00:15

Isambard Brunel wrote: »

It's not just the container. Look at the weight.

Tins used to be 1KG. Then they were 950g, then 900g, etc.

Now they all vary a little, but none of them are 1KG anymore, and Quality Street has dropped to a significantly reduced 820g. That's almost a 200g bar of chocolate having been taken out of the box before you've even opened it.

Quality Street do a larger 1KG tin for more money though.

newda898 · 14/10/13 - 02:21

Price of chocolate gone up, people still want to pay same price, Therefore make tin smaller. Magic!

cessna · 14/10/13 - 02:56

Reminds me of when Les Dawson told of being given
a box of chocolate biscuits . Upon opening he took out a note that read -
'Good luck to our boys in the Trenches'.

Toby LaRhone · 15/10/13 - 16:25

fhs man 2 wrote: »

Toblerone is now in Heroes.

Respect at last!:cool:

venusinflares · 18/10/13 - 02:01

It's not just chocolates that are in shrinking packaging. We bought a tin (it still is a tin!) of McVities Victoria biscuits for Christmas. In 2010 we paid £5 for an 800g tin, the following year that had become 725g, didn't get one last year but this year they are a measley 500g and they are £5. I would rather pay more and have a bigger tin. Are things going to shrink so much that they become non existent?

WombatDeath · 18/10/13 - 03:36

Takae wrote: »

But not even the fear can stop me from going after my favourites: the gold-wrapped toffee pennies, the orange-wrapped caramel cups, and the yellow-wrapped toffee fingers.

At work we have a perpetually replenishing tin of quality street, and nobody ever eats the toffee pennies. I assume that someone throws them away every now and then when they achieve critical mass. You should come round sometime!

malpasc · 18/10/13 - 16:27

venusinflares wrote: »

It's not just chocolates that are in shrinking packaging. We bought a tin (it still is a tin!) of McVities Victoria biscuits for Christmas. In 2010 we paid £5 for an 800g tin, the following year that had become 725g, didn't get one last year but this year they are a measley 500g and they are £5. I would rather pay more and have a bigger tin. Are things going to shrink so much that they become non existent?

"Market research" says you are in the minority. The majority of people are prepared to have a smaller product sold at the same price as the old larger product.

People are much more sensitive to price changes than they are to quantity/weight changes.

big_hard_lad · 18/10/13 - 20:36

What makes me sad about the tubs over the old tins is that my granny still has metal tins of Roses from about 20 years ago with buttons and what not in them. They're also good for cake/biscuit tins.

koantemplation · 18/10/13 - 21:49

big_hard_lad wrote: »

What makes me sad about the tubs over the old tins is that my granny still has metal tins of Roses from about 20 years ago with buttons and what not in them. They're also good for cake/biscuit tins.

What about the tubs that means they can't be used as cake/biscuit 'tins'?

venusinflares · 19/10/13 - 00:15

malpasc wrote: »

"Market research" says you are in the minority. The majority of people are prepared to have a smaller product sold at the same price as the old larger product.

People are much more sensitive to price changes than they are to quantity/weight changes.

And yet when you have this discussion with people the majority say they'd prefer to pay a little more but keep the size

Either way it's a price rise.

CrazyLoop · 20/10/13 - 06:16

newda898 wrote: »

Price of chocolate gone up, people still want to pay same price, Therefore make tin smaller. Magic!

REALLY wish people would understand this before moaning on the likes of Cadbury UK & Cadbury Dairy Milk FB pages. Although hasn't happened so much recently but when it happened last year (or 2011?) they went mad. I rolled my eyes as the answer was obvious

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