Just got my first Creme egg and either my hands have got bigger or Cadburys have reduced the size.
Creme Eggs, have they been shrunk again?
Originally Posted by andersonsonson:
“Just got my first Creme egg and either my hands have got bigger or Cadburys have reduced the size.”
“Just got my first Creme egg and either my hands have got bigger or Cadburys have reduced the size.”
Presuming you're in the UK then Creme eggs are the same size they have always been, they have never reduced in size in this country.
It wouldn't surprise me if they did. Manufacturers will often reduce the size of their goods but keep the price the same as a way of increasing profit without us realizing we're getting less product for the same amount of money. That's what's usually behind a product being re-labeled, re-vamped, or "new and improved".
I buy them every year and the recent ones I bought seemed tiny.
I should start weighing them shouldn't I...as if!
I should start weighing them shouldn't I...as if!
Originally Posted by Thunder Lips:
“There is no "again", they never have shrunk before. Not in this country anyway.”
“There is no "again", they never have shrunk before. Not in this country anyway.”
Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“Presuming you're in the UK then Creme eggs are the same size they have always been, they have never reduced in size in this country.”
“Presuming you're in the UK then Creme eggs are the same size they have always been, they have never reduced in size in this country.”
Genuine question; how can you know this for certain? We obviously can't just take Cadbury's word for it, and how it feels in your hand isn't a reliable measure, so is there some website from HMRC or something where these things are routinely measured and published, or do you always check the weight of things before buying and have a great memory for them?
Originally Posted by BlueEyedMrsP:
“It wouldn't surprise me if they did. Manufacturers will often reduce the size of their goods but keep the price the same as a way of increasing profit without us realizing we're getting less product for the same amount of money. That's what's usually behind a product being re-labeled, re-vamped, or "new and improved".”
“It wouldn't surprise me if they did. Manufacturers will often reduce the size of their goods but keep the price the same as a way of increasing profit without us realizing we're getting less product for the same amount of money. That's what's usually behind a product being re-labeled, re-vamped, or "new and improved".”
They do it to avoid putting the price up, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't.
Originally Posted by gashead:
“Genuine question; how can you know this for certain? We obviously can't just take Cadbury's word for it, and how it feels in your hand isn't a reliable measure, so is there some website from HMRC or something where these things are routinely measured and published, or do you always check the weight of things before buying and have a great memory for them?”
“Genuine question; how can you know this for certain? We obviously can't just take Cadbury's word for it, and how it feels in your hand isn't a reliable measure, so is there some website from HMRC or something where these things are routinely measured and published, or do you always check the weight of things before buying and have a great memory for them?
”
Because they reduced the size in the US and Canada and it caused a stink. Creme eggs are the same weight as they have always been in the UK.
Originally Posted by gashead:
“Genuine question; how can you know this for certain? We obviously can't just take Cadbury's word for it, and how it feels in your hand isn't a reliable measure, so is there some website from HMRC or something where these things are routinely measured and published, or do you always check the weight of things before buying and have a great memory for them?”
“Genuine question; how can you know this for certain? We obviously can't just take Cadbury's word for it, and how it feels in your hand isn't a reliable measure, so is there some website from HMRC or something where these things are routinely measured and published, or do you always check the weight of things before buying and have a great memory for them?
”
My daughter noticed the Skittles bag is now smaller than before. And for the longest time we couldn't find any in the stores, which is probably when they were getting ready to put out their now-smaller bag, they didn't want any of the old stock there where it might be obvious that the size was different. Can I prove it? No, lol, but I'm not going to complain, having smaller bags of sweets is not a bad thing.
Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“Because they reduced the size in the US and Canada and it caused a stink. Creme eggs are the same weight as they have always been in the UK.”
“Because they reduced the size in the US and Canada and it caused a stink. Creme eggs are the same weight as they have always been in the UK.”
Just found this on wikipedia:
"During an interview on the April 4th, 2007 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, actor B. J. Novak drew attention to the fact that American market Cadbury Creme Eggs had decreased in size, despite the official Cadbury website stating otherwise. American Creme Eggs now weigh 34g and contain 150 calories. Before 2006, the eggs marketed by Hershey were identical to the UK version, weighing 39g and containing 170 calories.
In 2010, the Canadian market version of the Cadbury Creme Egg was reduced in size to match the 34g United States version."
So is a UK Cadbury creme egg 39g? A look at Tesco's online site says they are:
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco...egg_6x39g.html
Originally Posted by BlueEyedMrsP:
“Just found this on wikipedia:
"During an interview on the April 4th, 2007 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, actor B. J. Novak drew attention to the fact that American market Cadbury Creme Eggs had decreased in size, despite the official Cadbury website stating otherwise. American Creme Eggs now weigh 34g and contain 150 calories. Before 2006, the eggs marketed by Hershey were identical to the UK version, weighing 39g and containing 170 calories.
In 2010, the Canadian market version of the Cadbury Creme Egg was reduced in size to match the 34g United States version."
So is a UK Cadbury creme egg 39g? A look at Tesco's online site says they are:
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco...egg_6x39g.html
”
“Just found this on wikipedia:
"During an interview on the April 4th, 2007 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, actor B. J. Novak drew attention to the fact that American market Cadbury Creme Eggs had decreased in size, despite the official Cadbury website stating otherwise. American Creme Eggs now weigh 34g and contain 150 calories. Before 2006, the eggs marketed by Hershey were identical to the UK version, weighing 39g and containing 170 calories.
In 2010, the Canadian market version of the Cadbury Creme Egg was reduced in size to match the 34g United States version."
So is a UK Cadbury creme egg 39g? A look at Tesco's online site says they are:
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco...egg_6x39g.html
”
Yep, always have been 39g despite the conspiracy theories.
Don't know about crème eggs but other things definitely have.
Mars used to be 65g, then 62.5g, then 58g, and is now 51g I believe.
Ridiculous.
Mars used to be 65g, then 62.5g, then 58g, and is now 51g I believe.
Ridiculous.
according to this story
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-50-years.html
the one in the picture looks the same size as the current one.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-50-years.html
the one in the picture looks the same size as the current one.
