Chocolate to shrink in size again.

MilesMorales1

Confectionery firm Mars is shrinking the pack size of favourite sweets including Maltesers, M&M’s and Minstrels by up to 15% in the latest example of an industry trend that is shortchanging shoppers.

It is the second time within a year that Mars has reduced the number of Maltesers in its sharing bags, which now weigh in at just 93g. Last autumn packs of Maltesers, billed as the lighter way to enjoy chocolate, shrank from 121g to 103g.

The American food giant appears to have taken action across its bestselling brands: family packs of M&M’s are now 25g lighter at 140g, while bags of Minstrels and Revels are also almost 10% lighter. Prices are unchanged.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/26/brexit-confectioners-shrink-maltesers-sweets

**** off like, chocolates expensive enough, for the the tiny bars you get. Seen a size of a twirl or a boost recently? There's hardly anything there!

tomwaterford

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

**** off like, chocolates expensive enough, for the the tiny bars you get. Seen a size of a twirl or a boost recently? There's hardly anything there!

Surly this is good with the obesity crisis?

eeguy

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

**** off like, chocolates expensive enough, for the the tiny bars you get. Seen a size of a twirl or a boost recently? There's hardly anything there!

Less fatties in the world tho, so every cloud and all that. ..

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OldMrBrennan83

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Armchair Andy

That won't stop the fatties.

tomwaterford

Patww79 wrote: »

Not great for the pocket.

Is it to get around the suger tax....so as the price won't increase?

MilesMorales1

Whoops, forgot the relevant article link in the OP :pac:

sjb25

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Tristrams Shandied

eeguy wrote: »

Less fatties in the world tho, so every cloud and all that. ..

Armchair Andy wrote: »

That won't stop the fatties.

Careful now or there will be an M103-style motion to stop spreading hatred against the horizontally challenged.

Don't Chute!

It's the fatties who eat chocolate that need to be shrinking.

average_runner

Don't Chute! wrote: »

It's the fatties who eat chocolate that need to be shrinking.

In fairness you can buy a big bag for 2 euro.

Barry Badrinath

Don't Chute! wrote: »

It's the fatties who eat chocolate that need to be shrinking.

I only eat chocolate after I bang yer aul one.

Iv so much chocolate at home.....SO.MUCH.CHOCOLATE.

retro:electro

tomwaterford wrote: »

Surly this is good with the obesity crisis?

I read this in the voice of Dr Eva

eeguy

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I only eat chocolate after I bang yer aul one.

Iv so much chocolate at home.....SO.MUCH.CHOCOLATE.

So much chocolate because you're not eating it?

PucaMama

eeguy wrote: »

Less fatties in the world tho, so every cloud and all that. ..

Go **** yourself.

Banned.

Barry Badrinath

eeguy wrote: »

So much chocolate because you're not eating it?

Oh im eating it alright. I need the energy for banging.

Theres just only so much one man can eat in a day. Its up to 15 KitKats a day.

gifted

Because it's only fatties that eat chocolate???...

Permabear

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s4uv3

I've a goo on me now for a toffee crisp. Fcuk yiz

eeguy

PucaMama wrote: »

Go **** yourself.

I only have your best interests at heart.

gramar

Tristrams Shandied wrote: »

Careful now or there will be an M103-style motion to stop spreading hatred against the horizontally challenged.

Surely they would be horizontally proficient?

Thephantomsmask

American owned company shrinking packs here while pack sizes there are colossal. I bet the prices won't shrink, as usual...

Tristrams Shandied

gramar wrote: »

Surely they would be horizontally proficient?

I didn't come up with that term myself but horizontally abundant might be more appropriate.

eeguy

Tristrams Shandied wrote: »

I didn't come up with that term myself but horizontally abundant might be more appropriate.

Horizontally excessive or horizontally profuse?

Grayson

Thephantomsmask wrote: »

American owned company shrinking packs here while pack sizes there are colossal. I bet the prices won't shrink, as usual...

To be fair they manufacture it in the UK, they import a lot of ingredients and sterling has taken a hammering recently. There's been inflation and wages in real terms are going down at the moment.

So if they increase the price but keep the same size they'll find a drop in units sold. But if they drop the size they can probably manage to keep sales up. They probably have loads of research on price points, consumer perceptions etc...

gramar

eeguy wrote: »

Horizontally excessive or horizontally profuse?

Fatty fatty fat fat?

py2006

Not sure how accurate this is. Mars bars are definitely quarter the size they used to be!

biko

Take the chocs out and weigh them on a paper scale.
Chances are they won't even reach the weight on the packet anyway.

If you cut a gram or two from each packet the manufacturer can make 1000s more just in a day.

B0jangles

eeguy wrote: »

Less fatties in the world tho, so every cloud and all that. ..

Armchair Andy wrote: »

That won't stop the fatties.

Don't Chute! wrote: »

It's the fatties who eat chocolate that need to be shrinking.

After Hours: An online nursing home for tired old jokes.

Graces7

Everyone wants more pay so everything is bound to go up in price and/or get smaller.

eeguy

B0jangles wrote: »

After Hours: An online nursing home for tired old jokes.

Classics never grow old...

GhostyMcGhost

Permabear wrote: »

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Funny, Aldi are cheaper and don't see them doing much

The consumer is quite often an easy target

€1.40+ for a dairy milk etc. is just piss taking

I certainly won't be actively buying Cadbury, mars, nestle etc because the big brands at this point are just synonymous for poor value as it is

Now they might as well ditch the fun size packs because they're all fun size now. Ironic though because fun it ain't

Thephantomsmask

Grayson wrote: »

To be fair they manufacture it in the UK, they import a lot of ingredients and sterling has taken a hammering recently. There's been inflation and wages in real terms are going down at the moment.

So if they increase the price but keep the same size they'll find a drop in units sold. But if they drop the size they can probably manage to keep sales up. They probably have loads of research on price points, consumer perceptions etc...

All true, it just grates on me as it would not happen in America and they could probably do with a bit an obesity intervention instead of encouraging it with crazy portion sizes. I doubt they do it with their products sold in continental Europe either tbh.

Mr.Micro

I think anyone will have a hard job finding much chocolate in most of the so called chocolate bars on sale in Ireland. A bit of cocoa solids, the rest fat and sugar.

OldMrBrennan83

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Grayson

py2006 wrote: »

Not sure how accurate this is. Mars bars are definitely quarter the size they used to be!

Could it be that 20 years ago you were a kid and your hands were a quarter of the size they are now

PucaMama

eeguy wrote: »

I only have your best interests at heart.

Like **** you do

Barry Badrinath

Topic bars need to be 100% bigger

Senor Fancy Pants

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Topic bars need to be 100% bigger

I love those. I'd sell my granny for medical research for one of those now.

Barry Badrinath

Candie wrote: »

I love those. I'd sell my granny for medical research for one of those now.

Jesus! And you love your granny!

MilesMorales1

I'm partial to a nice mars bar....

I do love my granny. Not as much as Topics, obviously, but she's a close second.

Armchair Andy

B0jangles wrote:

After Hours: An online nursing home for tired old jokes.

Internet: A place where fatties can hang out too.

suicide_circus

This is like regular drinkers being penalised with minimum pricing due to some pissheads taking the michael.

When I put on weight, it's not because a Mars bar is 4 inches in length vs 3 inches in length. It's because I ate 4 mars bars and a load of cake and pile of toast while lying on a sofa.

cbyrd

Cadbury is gone to sh!te since nestle took it over, they also have green and blacks too and are not going to continue with the organic range.
The creme eggs are mucksgustin now and bet it won't be long before they start using Palm oil in everything. Fcukers!

I love the lidl plain chocolate bars (specially the white at the moment, pregnancy is great )
I visited the factory in Bournville a few years ago. They gave you little pots of melted chocolate on the way round... Oh, it was gorgeous, but I paid a hefty price later, (other half did really )

I keep a stash of homemade for my 2 year old ( coconut oil, honey and cocoa powder and a pinch of salt.) Melt it all together, into a tray and into the fridge, it's gorgeous with a coffee..

Nestle took over Cadbury? I did not know that.

Galaxy is much nicer than Cadburys these days. Having said that, I'll eat anything.

Nestle took over Cadbury? I did not know that.

Galaxy is much nicer than Cadburys these days. Having said that, I'll eat anything.

suicide_circus

Candie wrote: »

Nestle took over Cadbury? I did not know that.

Galaxy is much nicer than Cadburys these days. Having said that, I'll eat anything.

It's not Nestlé it's Mondelez (formerly kraft)

lightspeed

Has anyone got a toffee crisp recently?

The mother picked up a variety pack of bars and opened up the toffee crisp and im certain that its smaller in every way. Look thinner, flatter and shorter.

That they are made by Nestle. This is what happens in a monopolized industry.

OldMrBrennan83

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Barry Badrinath

lightspeed wrote: »

Has anyone got a toffee crisp recently?

Im a big fan of these and they are smaller