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Chocolate to shrink in size again.

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  • 26-03-2017 10:56am
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    MilesMorales1
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    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!


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    tomwaterford
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    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?


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    eeguy
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    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. ..

    Mod: banned


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    Armchair Andy
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    That won't stop the fatties.


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    tomwaterford
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    Patww79 wrote: »
    Not great for the pocket.

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


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    MilesMorales1
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    Whoops, forgot the relevant article link in the OP :pac:


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    sjb25
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    .


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    Tristrams Shandied
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    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.


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    Don't Chute!
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    It's the fatties who eat chocolate that need to be shrinking.


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    average_runner
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    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.


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    Barry Badrinath
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    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.


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    retro:electro
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Surly this is good with the obesity crisis?

    I read this in the voice of Dr Eva


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    eeguy
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    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?


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    PucaMama
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    eeguy wrote: »
    Less fatties in the world tho, so every cloud and all that. ..

    Go **** yourself.

    Banned.


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    Barry Badrinath
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    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.


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


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    Permabear
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    s4uv3
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    I've a goo on me now for a toffee crisp. Fcuk yiz


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    eeguy
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    PucaMama wrote: »
    Go **** yourself.

    I only have your best interests at heart.


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    gramar
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    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?


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


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    Tristrams Shandied
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    gramar wrote: »
    Surely they would be horizontally proficient?
    I didn't come up with that term myself but horizontally abundant might be more appropriate.


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    eeguy
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    Tristrams Shandied wrote: »
    I didn't come up with that term myself but horizontally abundant might be more appropriate.

    Horizontally excessive or horizontally profuse?


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    Grayson
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    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...


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    gramar
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    eeguy wrote: »
    Horizontally excessive or horizontally profuse?

    Fatty fatty fat fat?


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    py2006
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    Not sure how accurate this is. Mars bars are definitely quarter the size they used to be!

    shrinking-choc-bars-136401099725403901-151016154953.jpg


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    biko
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    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.


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    B0jangles
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    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.


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    Graces7
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    Everyone wants more pay so everything is bound to go up in price and/or get smaller.


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    eeguy
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    B0jangles wrote: »
    After Hours: An online nursing home for tired old jokes.

    Classics never grow old...


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