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Walkers Crisps..I may be wrong but....
I bought a pack of delicious Ready Salted crisps from Sainsbury's for lunch today. I noticed that the bag seemed longer. But I also noticed it contained 32.5g, not the usual 34.5g.
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I'm not sure, but I would not be at all surprised if you were right.
Manufacturers of all types of product have been doing this sort of thing in recent years i.e. sneakily reducing the content rather than obviously increasing the price, and then hoping we don't notice! |
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Simply look at the packet for clarification of the content weight ?
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Yes you probably are right - this is what food manufacturers are doing instead of hiking up the prices - they are making quantities and weights less. This is something I have been banging on and on about lately!
Think about your shopping - think about the sizes of packs of chicken fillets, minced beef - you are getting less for your money now
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It happens a lot. Mars bars have been so reduced and altered they bear no relation to the original bar.
It's chewier, less caramel + it's gone down from 65g to 62.5g... and latterly to 58g. Fact :/ |
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There are hardly any crisps in a bag anyway, soon there will only be 3 or 4.
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There are hardly any crisps in a bag anyway, soon there will only be 3 or 4.
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Yes you probably are right - this is what food manufacturers are doing instead of hiking up the prices - they are making quantities and weights less. This is something I have been banging on and on about lately!
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I'm not sure, but I would not be at all surprised if you were right.
Manufacturers of all types of product have been doing this sort of thing in recent years i.e. sneakily reducing the content rather than obviously increasing the price, and then hoping we don't notice! |
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To be fair, if they'd increased the price people would have moaned like anything so I can understand why they do it.
It's not just food either, for example my washing up liquid of choice had the bottle "redesigned", and guess what? It now holds 450 ml instead of the 500 ml that it held before. |
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I think Walkers reduced the weight a few years ago. It seemed that way to me anyway.
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I bought a pack of delicious Ready Salted crisps from Sainsbury's for lunch today. I noticed that the bag seemed longer. But I also noticed it contained 32.5g, not the usual 34.5g.
Am I right? As for calling Walkers crisps delicious , I think i will disagree with you there. i had a packet of salt and vinegar at work today for break and they was horrid, no taste so greasy. |
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But reducing the contents and charging the same is still a price increase, isn't it? It's just not as honest.
It's not just food either, for example my washing up liquid of choice had the bottle "redesigned", and guess what? It now holds 450 ml instead of the 500 ml that it held before. |
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I nearly bought some Dowe Egberts coffee when it was last on offer, until I noticed their 200g jars have shrunk to 190g. I expect all brands to follow suit
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32.5g is the new multipack 'extra fill' size. The single packs should still be 34.5g so i don't know what Sainsburys were playing at.
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Who cares??
Nothing any of us can do about it so stop griping and eat summit else!! :yawn: |
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They do it all in the name of "health" when really its all about profit
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They do it all in the name of "health" when really its all about profit
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32.5g is the new multipack 'extra fill' size. The single packs should still be 34.5g so i don't know what Sainsburys were playing at.
but the 'OP' is correct the single packs have shrunk to 32.5g - I purchased some today from the Asda shop end of the supermarket. Please bear in mind that it is only the very latest (& freshest) batch that have the new size so depending on how fast the shop where you bought them from sells them you may not have had them yet. This also plays a big factor in whether you deem the crisps as 'delicious' or not - the longer a shop takes to sell them the less fresh or 'delicious' they taste
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Has the price shrunk as well?
No real need to answer that one.. |
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They don't taste as nice as they used to either.
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Has the price shrunk as well?
No real need to answer that one.. |
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This may be true about multipack (I don't know as I never buy them)
but the 'OP' is correct the single packs have shrunk to 32.5g - I purchased some today from the Asda shop end of the supermarket. Please bear in mind that it is only the very latest (& freshest) batch that have the new size so depending on how fast the shop where you bought them from sells them you may not have had them yet. This also plays a big factor in whether you deem the crisps as 'delicious' or not - the longer a shop takes to sell them the less fresh or 'delicious' they taste ![]() |
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Who cares??
Nothing any of us can do about it so stop griping and eat summit else!! :yawn: Bore off. |
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Walkers are foil wrapped so it shouldn't make a difference.
but it does - I can tell without looking if the crisps are from the most recent/newest batch just by taste. Unless I'm buying them from a place that has a fast turnover (like my regular supermarket or local co-op/spar) I always check the 'best before' date to make sure they are from the most recent stock (Walkers release them in batches - the current/most recent is 09/06/12) as it is surprising what a noticeable difference it makes. If the foil packs DID completely seal in the freshness then I guess that Walkers wouldn't put such a short window on the 'Best Before' date. |
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