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Christmas sweet tins changed to tubs.
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??? |
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I think at 2 for £5 in Lidl, I don't really care what they come in.
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I think very little of this either way really.
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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.
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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.
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all about profit
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Toblerone is now in Heroes.
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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Price of chocolate gone up, people still want to pay same price, Therefore make tin smaller. Magic!
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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'. |
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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?
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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.
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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?
People are much more sensitive to price changes than they are to quantity/weight changes. |
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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.
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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.
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"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. ![]() Either way it's a price rise. |
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Price of chocolate gone up, people still want to pay same price, Therefore make tin smaller. Magic!
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I avoided the coffee ones and the weird nutty-bits ones at all costs. Prying the lid off was part of the fun.
