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Remember when Mars bars & Taytos were 30p

Rabidlamb

In fact I can remember when they were far less but that's not my point.
Pre-Euro these items were around the 30p mark, then these items shot up when Mary Harney wasn't watching.
Saw a pack of Hunky Dorys in my local Centra this morning for €1.10 a pack.:eek:
When did confectionery get so mad expensive ?.

I'll admit to buying the copy bars in Lidl/Aldi now cause they're 95% as good as the originals.
Anyway, stop gouging us, how much does it cost to put about 12 crisps in a bag anyway ?.

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alie

And 99,s were less then 99p.

Jimoslimos

Reindeer wrote: »

I remember growing up back in the states when $1 got you 4 snickers bars, and not a one of them had an image of Mr T on it. I also recall 60cents(USD)/GALLON petrol. Ugh. I'm ancient. That was 1986 or so.

That doesn't seem that good. Here in the UK in Asda you can get 4 Snickers for £1.

USD $1 in 1986 roughly equal to GBP£0.68

£0.68 in 1986 is equivalent to £1.62 today

Snickers have actually decreased (by approx 40%) in price:eek:

kowloon

stovelid wrote: »

I'd say you're a scream at parties.

Parties?! I have no time for parties as long as people are wrong on the internet.

Ellis Dee

I can remember so far back that there wasn't even decimal money and the advertising slogan for Tayto was: "The crisps that go 'crunch'.":rolleyes:

The noise used to do my head when everyone was eating them in the cinema.:eek::eek:

flyswatter

How much are Stingers these days?

Always used to be a reliable 20c.

Then there was Roy Of The Rovers, wasn't as fond of that and the magnificent Refresher.

madmaxi

Beano or Dandy comic 12.5p
Dale farm Ice Pop 5p
Swizzle stick 2p
Toffee log 2p
Battle of the planets bar 5p
Big foot bar 10p
Time bar 10p
Dib Dab 5p
Pack of 4 PK chewing gum 5p
Finger of fudge 17p
Can of coke 32p
Monster munch was all the rage but I can't remember the price

& there was only 1 flavour available picked onion, even though other flavours were advertised.

dfx-

First thing I'm doing when I take over the world in the confectionery department is to bring back Smiley bars on a compulsory two-a-day basis.

smokedeels

mikemac1 wrote: »

Name and shame!

It was one of the big companies, Londis I think.

I was drunk at the time, hopefully the crafty swine didn't trick me and pocket some of the cash.

Reindeer

I remember growing up back in the states when $1 got you 4 snickers bars, and not a one of them had an image of Mr T on it. I also recall 60cents(USD)/GALLON petrol. Ugh. I'm ancient. That was 1986 or so.

mikemac1

smokedeels wrote: »

€1:50 for a pack of Meanies.

Name and shame!

smokedeels

I just had a flash back to Saturday night, when i forked over €1:50 for a pack of Meanies. When did that massive price hike happen?

Chuck Stone

I remember when all there was to eat was primordial soup.

I can has prize please?

Smidge

mikemac1 wrote: »

The mammy told me that children died from chewing gum
I would either choke on it or it would get stuck in my stomach and I'd be in serious pain

Children believe what they are told and can be conditioned for life

I haven't bought a pack of chewing gum in over two decades

But did you know a kid who picked other peoples gum off the ground and then ate it????

mikemac1

The mammy told me that children died from chewing gum
I would either choke on it or it would get stuck in my stomach and I'd be in serious pain

Children believe what they are told and can be conditioned for life

I haven't bought a pack of chewing gum in over two decades

LH Pathe

No, but I remember when mars bars were palatable.. n that's going back a while too; it was before they mucked with the nougat!

[Deleted User]

I do remember Tayto being under 10p. Vaguely but I do. Must have been early or mid 80s. I remember Perri crisps being 20p a bag in the early 90s, used to buy a bag every afternoon after school with the 20p our parents gave us to get us out of their shop and go eat sweets somewhere else. They, I seem to remember, were far nicer than Tayto!

Jesus Wept

Cavan cola if you wanted to work a fizzy drink into your sweet budget, or cadet.
Apples drops and kola kubes were a stable.
Banshee bones were amazing back then.

As an aside, I don't think I ever stole so much as a penny from my mother or father.

mikemac1 wrote: »

Supercans
Bring them back I say!

Anyone remember the 1/2 penny?
And shops would even cut a penny sweet in two for you

Saw some supercans the other day, can't recall where or what they were...
In one place where I lived briefly as a kid, they'd give me a penny sweet when I bought something, like if I was getting milk (asked too). I thought it was amazing that they gave me a free sweet.

mikemac1 wrote: »

Do they make Mr. Freeze anymore?
Haven't seen them in years
Oh I'd love a blue Mr Freeze right now

Have a friend who ate 238 Mr Freezes in one summer. We kept track. Hero.

HappyBalance wrote: »

Lads its called inflation. Prices rise every year. The cost of ingredients go up also. It is basic economics. Inflation albeit small amounts are a good thing for an economy.

Thanks for the lesson.
Inflation aside obviously, why do the cost of ingredients constantly rise as you are claiming? Can't fathom that.

Someone mentioned Smiley bars....
Knew two brothers who were (somewhat meanly but hiliarious to us at the time) nicknamed Smiley and Chomp.

lol, fun times.

mikemac1

I remember my Granny asking me "what's that in old money"

And she telling me about 240 pennies in the punt
What kind of messed up system is that???
Thank god for the decimal system

I still remember the half penny though

harmoniums

Warden13 wrote: »

Is by new money you mean you got rich from pimping prostitutes or you just discovered the decimal point

Nope, I never really brought in much.
I made my money in pork chops, pork chops exclusively cleaved from the hog using nothing but all natural karate chops.
I call them "squared chops"
You can get them in most parts Except for Naas, because Naas keeps it kosher.

Incidentally the decmimal point was discovered way before I first devided my numerator by a denominator, some kind of greek I think may have done that first

Degag

forfuxsake wrote: »

I remember a £1 for dinner equalled 10 smokes for 85p, a book of matches for 5p and 2packets of meanies for 10p.

Now this would really be a lesson in economics!:D

sdanseo

I remember when penny sweets were a penny and Meanies were 10p all right.

Also remember when I was about 10 or 11 I used to do a run to the shops with £2 for bags of meanies and flog them to the other kids who weren't allowed go to the shops through the front window at the hyperinflated price of 20p.

Mickey H

Duggy747 wrote: »

Country Spring

3 litres of flavoured hydrochloric acid for next to nathin' and you still had change left over to buy some chocolate cigerattes.

Still making it Duggy. And it's still as nice as ever.

Rastapitts wrote: »

its never been the same since tenpenny bags went

I remember ones called "Fives". They cost 5p. This was around 1995.

jupiterjack

Tayto were 4p and i still have a 4p bag i found in garden few years ago..

Smidge

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Anyone remember Crunchos? They were the absolute business. Wasn't even that long ago - 10 years maybe? Little more? Hard to even find anything about them on the internet, which surprises me.

LOVED Cruncho's, hot dog flavour iirc.

Also does any one remember "Sam Spudz" crisps when they first came out?
It was like "feck you Tayto and King we have found a new mistress":D

Oh and "Patsy Pops". They were orange ice pops and I have never tasted anything quite as good as them since

Jimoslimos

Maybe I'm not old enough but i never remember a time when Tayto's were close to 10p. Must be poor but Tayto's and Mars bars were always out of my price range growing up.

Burger bites, Chickatees, Meanies , Wheelies and my favourite Banshee bones (mmmm, lip tingling!) along with Roy of the rovers, desperate dan, Frosties and washed down with those little cadet bottles

stovelid wrote: »

Back when crisps were actually called Cheese and Onion and not things like Orkney Cheddar and Caramelized Shallot.

I like to call it the M&S rule of food morketing
Place name (usually exotic) + adjective + food = sales

Warden13

Oh I remember them and washing them down with a super can of fanta followed by a fat frog (the ice pop)

TerrorFirmer

Anyone remember Crunchos? They were the absolute business. Wasn't even that long ago - 10 years maybe? Little more? Hard to even find anything about them on the internet, which surprises me.

Archeron

I remember for 10p you could get a square box of edible letters that appeared to he made out of chalk and earwax.

Warden13

Is by new money you mean you got rich from pimping prostitutes or you just discovered the decimal point

ClosedAccount

Craebear wrote: »

Do penny sweets cost 1c these days?

My local shop sells those fizzy strawberry jellys for 15c each...