Chocolate bars sizes!?!?

Skerries

it's ridiculous how they keep reducing the size of bars but keeping the same price, I know cocoa beans are more expensive now but still I want the bars of my youth back

look at this wiki entry about Yorkie bars

Size changes
Yorkie was originally composed of six chunks of chocolate, with each chunk having a single letter marked Y-O-R-K-I-E,[3] weighing 2oz or 58g.[4] More recently, in an effort to reduce costs, the number of chunks has been reduced to five with "Yorkie" moulded into each chunk. The weight of the bar has varied over the years. In 2002, Yorkie bars were 70 grams. This had been reduced to 64.5 grams by 2010, and was reduced further to 61 grams in 2011 and then 55 grams later that year. Yorkie King size bars have also reduced in size.[5] In 2011, standard Yorkie bars became available in 3 packs and the 'Not for Girls' slogan was dropped around that time. but however it is still occasionally used.

The Yorkie was shrunk again in November 2014 to 46g.

In January 2015, UK, Raisin & Biscuit Yorkies are now 44g

DoYouEvenLift

First world problems summed up in a single post

the evasion_kid

When I seen the thread title first bar to pop into my head was yorkie! Bought one a while ago and couldn't believe how its shrunk,its like a midgets bar of chocolate now

catallus

Maybe it's just the wrappers are getting lighter?

Talib Fiasco

Wikipediaing Yorkie bars...now that's a dedicated fatty

smash

YORKIE is the easiest example because it's segmented and when they stopped speaking it using a letter for each segment it was very noticeable. Snickers, Mars, double decker... They've all gotten small now. Almost fun size at this stage!

TheBrinch

Sure its the same with the 'share-sized' packs. You could demolish a pack of them as if they were a small pack you buy in a newsagents. 20% Chocolate, 80% Air.

Mint Aero

Tell me about it, soon I won't exist.

smash

TheBrinch wrote: »

Sure its the same with the 'share-sized' packs. You could demolish a pack of them as if they were a small pack you buy in a newsagents. 20% Chocolate, 80% Air.

Don't get me started on the crap that tayto call a "bag of crisps" these days. Not even hall full!

Renegade Mechanic

There's old roses tins in the shed. I put this years tins beside them. Sweet jesus the difference in size is disgusting :mad:

Wagon Wheels are among the worst offenders! :mad: :mad:

PARlance

This is news to me

Mint Aero

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

There's old roses tins in the shed. I put this years tins beside them. Sweet jesus the difference in size is disgusting :mad:

Wagon Wheels are among the worst offenders! :mad: :mad:

But weren't Roses £15 back in the day? or is that what Mammy just told me so I couldn't have any.

Talib Fiasco

Mint Aero wrote: »

Tell me about it, soon I won't exist.

Took me far too long to get this :pac:

smash

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Wagon Wheels are among the worst offenders! :mad: :mad:

Two words: curly wurly

marklazarcovic

phew,dont feel so bad for eating a couple at a time now

radia

JustTheOne

Big macs, I rest my case.

Peregrine

smash wrote: »

Don't get me started on the crap that tayto call a "bag of crisps" these days. Not even hall full!

I love it when I buy a bag of Tayto air and there's some crisps in it

Skerries

an article about 'shrinkflation'

sorry about the Mirror link

fullstop

Rising costs of raw materials, so it's either pass on the cost and increase the price or reduce the size of the bar and charge less. Probably not a bad thing with all the very overweight 7 and 8 year olds you see these days, wouldn't like to see them if they were eating chocolate bars twice the size.

YFlyer

Yorkies are only for girls now.

Odyssey 2005

Skerries wrote: »

it's ridiculous how they keep reducing the size of bars but keeping the same price, I know cocoa beans are more expensive now but still I want the bars of my youth back

look at this wiki entry about Yorkie bars

Size changes
Yorkie was originally composed of six chunks of chocolate, with each chunk having a single letter marked Y-O-R-K-I-E,[3] weighing 2oz or 58g.[4] More recently, in an effort to reduce costs, the number of chunks has been reduced to five with "Yorkie" moulded into each chunk. The weight of the bar has varied over the years. In 2002, Yorkie bars were 70 grams. This had been reduced to 64.5 grams by 2010, and was reduced further to 61 grams in 2011 and then 55 grams later that year. Yorkie King size bars have also reduced in size.[5] In 2011, standard Yorkie bars became available in 3 packs and the 'Not for Girls' slogan was dropped around that time. but however it is still occasionally used.

The Yorkie was shrunk again in November 2014 to 46g.

In January 2015, UK, Raisin & Biscuit Yorkies are now 44g

Ah sure lorry drivers ain't what they used to be ...:p

Tarzana2

fullstop wrote: »

Rising costs of raw materials, so it's either pass on the cost and increase the price or reduce the size of the bar and charge less.

But deals on junk food are so much more prevalent than back in the day. The Centra near me always has numerous deal on bars - get two for €1.50 type things usually.

So they are selling them cheaply, just making them smaller. Just bring up the price and make them there original size. People might even buy less of them! Good for public health.

shedweller

fullstop wrote: »

Rising costs of raw materials, so it's either pass on the cost and increase the price or reduce the size of the bar and charge less. Probably not a bad thing with all the very overweight 7 and 8 year olds you see these days, wouldn't like to see them if they were eating chocolate bars twice the size.

Exactly this! Kids back in the day were way more active and only got treats occasionally. Now they get treats all the time and sit on their holes playing on their screens.
I despair sometimes.

verywell

shedweller wrote: »

Exactly this! Kids back in the day were way more active and only got treats occasionally. Now they get treats all the time and sit on their holes playing on their screens.
I despair sometimes.

Oh so it's ok for a commercial brand to make this kind of call for every living person? Ummmm I don't think so....

EmptyTree

fullstop wrote: »

Rising costs of raw materials, so it's either pass on the cost and increase the price or reduce the size of the bar and charge less.

But chocolate companies are doing both - they're making them smaller AND more expensive

refusetolose

how do they put 6 letters on the 5 chunks?

shedweller

EmptyTree wrote: »

But chocolate companies are doing both - they're making them smaller AND more expensive

They need to make more profit than last year. Anything less is called a loss.

myshirt

I'm delighted there's a thread like this. I spent the entire journey home from Dunnes today giving out to my wife about the size of the Crunchies on offer, and she didn't agree.

Essentially, they reduce them, and reduce them, gradually and gradually, and then bring out a king size crunchie (which happens to be the same size as the original crunchie), and from that point they just repeat the process.

It's moving into being farcical at this point. It's worse than the ongoing scandal that is the removal of a few sweets year on year from the annual tin of roses we get at Christmas.

The setting up of a Tribunal is in order if we be honest, there is definitely something quite sinister going on here.

YFlyer

The reduction on bar size is part of reducing sugar intake within the population.

inforfun

A kit kat is now wider than it is long.

Almost.