tesco tin roses - are the sweets gone bigger?

tina turner

just opened a tin of roses and the size of the sweets seem to go much bigger than last time i had it. And the blue one - the caramel one - is even different shape :eek:

And the Tassimo competition advertised on the leaflet found inside is only open to UK residents

I always thought that Roses are pure Irish...Such disappointment ahead of the Crimbo...

Rant over

DirtyBollox

tina turner wrote: »

just opened a tin of roses and the size of the sweets seem to go much bigger than last time i had it. And the blue one - the caramel one - is even different shape :eek:

And the Tassimo competition advertised on the leaflet found inside is only open to UK residents

I always thought that Roses are pure Irish...Such disappointment ahead of the Crimbo...

Rant over

you do know cadburys is english yes?

ejmaztec

tina turner wrote: »

just opened a tin of roses and the size of the sweets seem to go much bigger than last time i had it. And the blue one - the caramel one - is even different shape :eek:

And the Tassimo competition advertised on the leaflet found inside is only open to UK residents

I always thought that Roses are pure Irish...Such disappointment ahead of the Crimbo...

Rant over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25N-4zrk390

listermint

sweets might be bigger but the boxes are smaller but there a less of them

as can be seen here....


http://www.broadsheet.ie/2011/12/19/the-disappearing-roses-an-investigation/#comments

bronte

They don't taste as nice anymore.

El Horseboxo

DirtyBollox wrote: »

tina turner wrote: »

just opened a tin of roses and the size of the sweets seem to go much bigger than last time i had it. And the blue one - the caramel one - is even different shape :eek:

And the Tassimo competition advertised on the leaflet found inside is only open to UK residents

I always thought that Roses are pure Irish...Such disappointment ahead of the Crimbo...

Rant over

you do know cadburys is english yes?

American these days.

AnonoBoy

Why mention Tesco in the thread title?

lucylu

bronte wrote: »

They don't taste as nice anymore.

Totally agree they are grainy and over sweet and the majority of them have that yucky caramel gue in them

Ficheall

tina turner wrote: »

just opened a tin of roses and the size of the sweets seem to go much bigger than last time i had it. And the blue one - the caramel one - is even different shape :eek:

And the Tassimo competition advertised on the leaflet found inside is only open to UK residents

I always thought that Roses are pure Irish...Such disappointment ahead of the Crimbo...

Rant over

The blue one was recently the same shape as the current fudge and has indeed changed to a bigger square now, but before they changed it to the thinner sweet in the blue wrapper, it was a square as it is now, but in a gold wrapper. There was less chocolate on them then too.

listermint wrote: »

sweets might be bigger but the boxes are smaller but there a less of them

as can be seen here....


http://www.broadsheet.ie/2011/12/19/the-disappearing-roses-an-investigation/#comments

It's probably just me, but I don't see where he provides evidence of there being less roses - is there a hidden (or bloody obvious) link that I'm supposed to click after I click the link in your post?



4.50 in tesco for 800ish grammes of chocolate is not bad.

fishy fishy

quality street are much nicer

Ficheall

fishy fishy wrote: »

quality street are much nicer

Don't be a fool :eek:

livinsane

Roses have gone to shíte.
Quality Street have always been shíte.
Minature Heroes and Celebrations are the only truly satisfying mini chocolate mix.

jester77

I used to like Roses, but after I can't eat them any more. After years of eating Belgian, Swiss & German chocolate it now feels like it's the Roses that are eating you. I find them way too sweet now

cml387

Ficheall wrote: »

Don't be a fool :eek:

Quality Street are nicer.Who fool now?

listermint

Ficheall wrote: »

The blue one was recently the same shape as the current fudge and has indeed changed to a bigger square now, but before they changed it to the thinner sweet in the blue wrapper, it was a square as it is now, but in a gold wrapper. There was less chocolate on them then too.




It's probably just me, but I don't see where he provides evidence of there being less roses - is there a hidden (or bloody obvious) link that I'm supposed to click after I click the link in your post?



4.50 in tesco for 800ish grammes of chocolate is not bad.

Well as you can see the box sizes have been decreasing for years (in weight)

Its a well known fact that cocoa prices have increased over the same period so it makes obvious business sense to sell less chocolate for the same price.

I wouldnt have thought you needed that pointed out. but hey there you go.

Logical Fallacy

Are the sweets gone bigger?

Nope.

But they went less tasty.

emeraldstar

livinsane wrote: »

Roses have gone to shíte.

True. Ever since a few years ago when they got rid of the Truffle Chunk, Nutty Truffle Log, Praline Moment, Chocolate Crisp (or going further back, the Coffee Creme and Bournville). Basically bye-bye to all nice truffles and pralines, leaving only the absolute shite creme-filled and chewy ones. Cost cutting to its worst effect.

livinsane wrote: »

Quality Street have always been shíte.

True, except interestingly their fudge is a lot nicer than the Cadbury's Rose's version. And the green triangle is nice enough.

livinsane wrote: »

Minature Heroes and Celebrations are the only truly satisfying mini chocolate mix.

WRONG WRONG WRONG.

Heroes got rid of the Crunchie Bite a couple of years ago. MOST UPSETTING THING EVER. That was by far the nicest sweet in the selection. By far. (Also to go further back, I miss the Fuse bar and the Nuts About Caramel.)

And Celebrations got rid of the Galaxy Truffle this year. Like, what the fu(k were they thinking??? (Although on a slightly positive note, they have replaced the Topic with Twix which is only a good thing.)

Basically there is no typical Christmassy selection of chocolates that have maintained their original good quality.

Christmas is not the same

YouTookMyName

They are about 6 euro a tin now, they used to be 12-15. Makes sense that they've halved the weight and halved the price.

Carter P Fly

These are all american 'candy' now and dont have the cocoa content to be classed as chocolate at all, dispite what the cadbury advertising tries to tell you.

YouTookMyName

The original Miniature heroes were amazing

Crunchie
Fuse
Picnic

Were lovely.

emeraldstar

YouTookMyName wrote:

The original Miniature heroes were amazing

Crunchie
Fuse
Picnic

Were lovely.

And yet people will keep buying them, for nostalgic reasons/out of habit.

There should be a boycott.

mike65

Newstalk will be discussing this pressing issue between now and one O'clock.

Sweeties gone bigger? Bogger talk!

starbelgrade

Both Cadbury's and Nestle chocolates are pure shit. I'd rather get nice bar of real chocolate than a massive tin of mass produced muck any day.

mike65

Buy a dozen bars of chocolate in Lidl and break them into chunks, place them in an empty sweet tin.

Ficheall

listermint wrote: »

Well as you can see the box sizes have been decreasing for years (in weight)

I can't see anything of the sort. I now suspect, though, that there is a picture in the link, which, for some reason, is not showing up on my computer.

padd b1975

I don't care what anybody says, half a tin of roses makes an ideal breakfast over Christmas.

surferdudz

livinsane wrote: »

Roses have gone to shíte.
Quality Street have always been shíte.
Minature Heroes and Celebrations are the only truly satisfying mini chocolate mix.

Heros for me!!!

perfect selection for familys.....kids tend to hate the soft centres ..

Loudova

More importantly, are the coffee creams finally back?!

Son Of A Vidic

OP - Check out the YLYL thread, Tallon posted a series of pictures in there showing how a box of Roses has virtually halved in size in the last 4-5 years.

Ficheall

The coffee creams were horrible. No one ever ate them.

Loudova

Ficheall wrote: »

The coffee creams were horrible. No one ever ate them.

That's not true! I did

Saila

no your hands just shrunk

and celebrations ftw!

tina turner

El Horseboxo wrote: »

American these days.

:eek::eek::eek:

DEFTLEFTHAND

I only ever eat roses from tins at Christmas so I've no idea what size they are at other times of the year.

later12

tina turner wrote: »

just opened a tin of roses and the size of the sweets seem to go much bigger than last time i had it. And the blue one - the caramel one - is even different shape :eek:

And the Tassimo competition advertised on the leaflet found inside is only open to UK residents

I always thought that Roses are pure Irish...Such disappointment ahead of the Crimbo...

Rant over

I just can't believe Tina Turner shops in Tesco.

padd b1975

As bad as they are right now, they will never sink to the depth of the box of Lemons Season Greetings with the picture of Santa on the side.

That people, is a rubbish box of sweets.

Paparazzo

And we all know cream eggs are getting smaller too. You can easily eat one in one go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhtGOBt1V2g

tina turner

later10 wrote: »

I just can't believe Tina Turner shops in Tesco.

Don't know about her...I do anyway

My favorite is brazilian darkness also different shape these days,used to be square, now is more of a rectangle...half a size...:( less pleasure

caca2011

I love the strawberry creame:D

mattjack

Generally I walk past the tinned sweets and go straight for the cider.Linden Village how are ya .....................?

emeraldstar

Loudova wrote: »

That's not true! I did

Me too!

KittyeeTrix

Roses are crap since the coffee cremes went..... I was so disappointed the 1st Christmas when I opened the tin and they weren't in it:eek::(

ringadingding

Ficheall wrote: »

The coffee creams were horrible. No one ever ate them.

They were always eaten in the end, usually around the 28th december, when your cold turkey from chocolate got the better of you

maxfresh

suprised there not made in china like everything else these days , i think roses are rotton anyway

BeerWolf

I find Roses chocolates just horrible, especially the Strawberry and Orange...

Mickey H

fishy fishy wrote: »

quality street are much nicer

Oatfield Emerald FTW!

padd b1975

Mickey H wrote: »

Oatfield Emerald FTW!

You mean Scots Clan.

Potential-Monke

Lidl Praline Seashells. Simples.

u_c_thesecond

Friend of mine works in tesco and he was telln me at the weekend a woman (40ish) came in and made a complaint. Said that last year she had bought a box of roses and took them home and counted the sweets inside.

Then this year there were 60 less sweets in her tin and she wanted an explination

i loled:D

EverEvolving

Ferrero Rocher are where it's at - heaven in a bite.

Now this is a Christmas Breakfast!

u_c_thesecond

EverEvolving wrote: »

Ferrero Rocher are where it's at - heaven in a bite.

Now this is a Christmas Breakfast!

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