Have they substantially lowered the quality of Nesquik over the years?

Caged said:
Having a product with spares available and designed for servicing isn't compatible with people wanting to pay the absolute lowest price for things regardless of quality.

Buy a Dualit toaster and you can keep it going forever - https://www.dualit.com/support/4-slice-newgen/spares but people don't want a £200 toaster, they want to buy 10 £20 ones.
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True, i reckon its a combination of that and the blame culture meaning companies are having to cover their backsides against lawsuits by intentionally not making things servicable, in case someone accidentally causes a thermonuclear explosion whilst servicing their kettle.

Its a shame people dont think spending money on something you use and will use for a long time isnt worth it, but dropping £3k on a single week booze up in magaloof.

Toasters, kettles, microwaves, ovens, all these day and daily things that arent exactly going to be any different or outdated in ten years time, these things should be fixable!
 
adolf hamster said:
True, i reckon its a combination of that and the blame culture meaning companies are having to cover their backsides against lawsuits by intentionally not making things servicable, in case someone accidentally causes a thermonuclear explosion whilst servicing their kettle.

Its a shame people dont think spending money on something you use and will use for a long time isnt worth it, but dropping £3k on a single week booze up in magaloof.

Toasters, kettles, microwaves, ovens, all these day and daily things that arent exactly going to be any different or outdated in ten years time, these things should be fixable!
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You mean like they cut down on spring quality on dualshock 4's so you go out and buy a £40 controller again when the replacement springs cost 80p...
 
I must admit I've noticed a substantial lowering of the size of snack bars over the years. When you pick one up in the shop, it no longer feels substantial, but more like a feather. At around high tea time you want to be sufficiently sustained by a substantial snack until supper time. I think a government petition should be created to investigate the substantialness of snacks.
 
Having burgers for dinner. The patties are from Harrods. They're half a cow each and none of this water nonsense. Just don't mention the price :eek:
 
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Diddums said:
Having burgers for dinner. The patties are from Harrods. They're half a cow each and none of this water nonsense. Just don't mention the price :eek:
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A food market sometimes sets up shop in my home city. One of the stalls does burgers. The draw is unusual meats - buffalo, kangaroo, that sort of thing - but beef burgers are what they sell most of. I bought one because I wanted some food right away, I was there and the smell was appealing. It was ~50% more expensive than burgers from other takeaway places and I realised why when I ate it. It was like when I upgraded from dialup to broadband. One of those "oh, that's what it's meant to be like" moments.
 
I remember the days when a Smarty was as big as your face. Now, thanks to Brexit and Trump, they are way smaller. To quote Trump:

Nobody knows more about Smarty's than me. I called it and I'm getting a lot of credit for that!
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Had a bizarre craving for Weetabix the other day, went and bought a pack and I swear the damn things are half the size that they were when I was a kid.
 
robfosters said:
Lolwut?

Even now 10 tubs should last you all Xmas and well into the new year.
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Yer but the xmas tubs ARE smaller. We get free tubs lying around the place this time of year to nibble on.

Competition of different brands trying to carve out sales+profit at a price point either by undercutting the opposition and/or packaging less product.
 
Companies are just catering to the standards that consumers have set. The last few decades it has been about who is cheaper with supermarket price matching and such. There was always a drive for cheaper, even at the expense of quantity. Cost of manufacturing and sale went up, yet people thought it criminal when prices went up, so instead packet sizes changed.

People still think changing the packet size is criminal but if only a fraction of the people notice, that's better than everyone noticing the cost has gone up and the packet size is the same.

Hell even the tobacco industry have done it to somewhat take the edge off tax increases, Some '20 packs' are down to 19/17 per box
 
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Had some nesquik recently after a gap of probably 15-20 years. Didn't notice any difference - always ended up with sugary sediment at the bottom of the cup at the end.

I'm not convinced a whole lot has changed on that one.
 
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