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Chocolate bars are getting smaller.
Jeannie_Wilson
06-02-2016
I just opened a Cadbury's selection box that was left over from Christmas and was surprised at how tiny the chocolate bars have become.
I knew Cadbury's said they were cutting costs but this is ridiculous - even worse when the prices have gone up.

A friend of mine told me that all chocolate has reduced in size - even Mars Bars and Snickers. I'm really quite angry about it tbh.
dellzincht
07-02-2016
Selection box bars have always been smaller than the individual ones anyway, but yeah companies are reducing the size of their bars while maintaining the price.

It's all about profits and it's very naughty.
vauxhall1964
07-02-2016
get your chocolate from Aldi/Lidl. Good quality and much cheaper.
fast left
07-02-2016
why don't you just make your own ?







i've always wanted to say that
zoepaulpenny
07-02-2016
Originally Posted by fast left:
“why don't you just make your own ?







i've always wanted to say that ”



And here is some i made earlier...
bunny93
07-02-2016
I treated myself to a £1.50 Creme egg Easter egg and the actual chocolate egg was smaller than they used to be and you only get one Creme egg! I think you used to get two with it
andersonsonson
07-02-2016
Have you been in a coma the last few years OP?
Jeannie_Wilson
18-02-2016
Originally Posted by andersonsonson:
“Have you been in a coma the last few years OP?”

How rude, and no I haven't. I just don't eat much chocolate so therefore haven't really noticed.
walterwhite
19-02-2016
It is only going to get worse as well. The companies making the chocolate employ huge numbers of people on minimum wage so expect either big price increases or even smaller chocolate.
andersonsonson
19-02-2016
Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“It is only going to get worse as well. The companies making the chocolate employ huge numbers of people on minimum wage so expect either big price increases or even smaller chocolate.”

They will move their production to another country
walterwhite
20-02-2016
Originally Posted by andersonsonson:
“They will move their production to another country”

There's a good chance yes. The new living wage might be a disaster.
Kitty Cat
26-02-2016
I swear that's true. Wagon Wheels also.
walterwhite
27-02-2016
Originally Posted by Kitty Cat:
“I swear that's true. Wagon Wheels also.”

Wagon Wheels have reduced in size by about 5% since they were launched due to standardisation of equipment. It's one of the biggest myths out there that they have radically shrunk.
chopsim
27-02-2016
Its probably that as a child with small hands, wagon wheels seemed huge.
walterwhite
28-02-2016
Originally Posted by chopsim:
“Its probably that as a child with small hands, wagon wheels seemed huge.”

That would be the logical explanation. It's funny how they get mentioned all the time yet have barely shrunk, whereas Mars Bars for example have shrunk dramatically.
mac2708
28-02-2016
Interesting facts:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/n...-20-1980s.html
spectra
28-02-2016
Originally Posted by mac2708:
“Interesting facts:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/n...-20-1980s.html”

Thanks for that

Very interesting to read referenced facts rather than speculations stated as facts for a change.

So wagon wheels have shrunk by 12%

Strange how some of the others have grown though
walterwhite
28-02-2016
Originally Posted by spectra:
“Thanks for that

Very interesting to read referenced facts rather than speculations stated as facts for a change.

So wagon wheels have shrunk by 12%

Strange how some of the others have grown though”

The way people talk you'd think it was 50%.

They only reduced due to standardisation of equipment as well. I wonder what Mars excuse is?
mac2708
28-02-2016
Originally Posted by walterwhite:
“The way people talk you'd think it was 50%.

They only reduced due to standardisation of equipment as well. I wonder what Mars excuse is?”

Mars bar is an odd one
"In the 1980s, a standard Mars bar weighed 49g, increased to 65g in the 1990s and dropped to 51g today"
Compared to the 80s it's 4% larger now.
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