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Old 15-08-2011, 16:28
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Has anyone any experience of a food product you have used forever that has suddenly shrunk ?

Just two examples, and these are both with Tesco's own products.

I buy Tesco lasagne sheets. I have a pyrex dish that i use, and two sheets have always fitted the dish perfectly. Until the last packet i bought. They have now lopped about an inch off the end of a layer of pasta, so now you have a gaping whole at the end of the dish.

Plus, i buy Tescos prawn crackers. I have been buying these bags for yonks, and i opened the recent bag last night for dinner which was the same size, but when i looked in 2/3rds of the bag was empty. I always tip them into a certain bowl, and they used to spill over the sides. It was a job to keep them all in the bowl. But now they don't even fill it.

Its a joke. The price is more and the contents are less.

Has anyone else any examples. I think i will go back to using the branded products now and hopefully the sizes will be full sized again.
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Old 15-08-2011, 16:35
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Most things have shrunk in size to maximise profits. The pure greed of capitalism. Shrink it down and put the price up to ridiculous levels. Things that cost 10-20 pence when I was a kid are now 50-70 pence so I refuse to buy them.
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Old 15-08-2011, 16:43
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Crisp companies have been some of the worst, along with chocolate companies. No doubt they have used the "health conscious" age we live in.
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Old 15-08-2011, 16:47
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Old 15-08-2011, 16:51
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So big you have to grin to get it in!


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Old 15-08-2011, 17:02
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Just marketing, and has been happening as long as I can remember!

Product manufacturer wd rather slighlty reduce size - little bit by little bit - than put price up (which is far more noticable).
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Old 15-08-2011, 17:02
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So big you have to grin to get it in!


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This made me chuckle x
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Old 15-08-2011, 18:37
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Most things have shrunk in size to maximise profits. The pure greed of capitalism. Shrink it down and put the price up to ridiculous levels. Things that cost 10-20 pence when I was a kid are now 50-70 pence so I refuse to buy them.
How old are you?
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Old 15-08-2011, 19:33
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The thing that bothers me the most about this is the unused space in the boxes, eg., a box of fish I brought the other day was only 2/3 full when I opened it.

Scaling this up, how much unused space is there in each lorry you see on the streets?
How much could be saved in transport costs?
How much space could be freed up on our roads?
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Old 15-08-2011, 21:09
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I'm very fond of Tesco's Southern Fried Chicken Wraps, they seem to be getting lighter by the week, tired of chewing on dry wrap.

They cost two quid as well, FFS!
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Old 15-08-2011, 22:32
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