Cadbury has shrunk the size of its Dairy Milk sharing bars by 10%, but will not reduce the price.

Hagar said:
The whole process us automated so unless the UK robots are slower than their french counterparts or they down tools with a show of digits in the fine tradition of the old humanoid British Leyland worker, your reasoning doesn't wash really.
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Probably, in all fairness. I'm a true patriot but the UK is full of lazy people who'd rather claim "the systems gone mad" and do F all about it.
 
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Glad i did stock up earlier 8 quid a box now
 
yes the price increases have probably dwarfed the bar size reduction ... I don't think there is a groceries price tracker any more on the web (camelcamels no good)

18 May incoming V

Mars launches new Bounty, Snickers, Mars and Galaxy bars to dodge HFSS crackdown​

Mars will launch a new range of non-HFSS confectionery next month in the first major response to the new junk food laws by one of the big three confectionery giants.
The Triple Treat range consists of new editions of Mars, Snickers, Bounty and Galaxy bars, and will launch exclusively in Tesco stores from the start of June.
Each product is made of date paste, raisins and peanuts, and drizzled in chocolate.
They will ring in at 80p per 40g bar, making them 57% more expensive than their traditional counterparts. By comparison, traditional Mars bars currently rsp at 65p for a 51g bar.
The additional cost is due to the “very premium ingredients” such as roasted peanuts and dates, Mars UK GM Adam Grant told The Grocer.
The launch will be accompanied by a £1m ad campaign from the start of June, he added.
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Other confectionery giants have so far been unable to launch new products that are compliant with HFSS rules. In 2019, Mondelez released Cadbury Dairy Milk 30% Less Sugar in an effort to become healthier, yet learnt that it fell foul of the HFSS rules when the criteria was confirmed two years later.
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Matchmakers - their formulation is now horrible ?
Was given some of these the other day - not the chocolatey delight I rememberd from 10+ years ago - but, a cloying sugary mess.
something where you felt like booking up for a emergency clean&scale at your non-available NHS dentist.

After 8's still taste fine on the other hand.
 
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reformulation - saw the phrase junkflation coined to describe this


Bluecube said:
Nope. They don’t! There is no cheap chocolate that tastes good these days. It all gone down the American route of sugary, chocolate flavoured mess
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I had looked on the internet and failed to find a comparison of old & new recipes for 8's and matchmakers - the initial sugar and glucose syrup ingredients looked ominous though


whereis stupid AI when you need it - bing
According to my search results, Nestlé has reformulated some of its Rowntree’s products to contain 30% less sugar1. However, I could not find any information about whether Matchmakers have been reformulated.


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never ate galaxy but their reformulation did have publicity 2023
The confectionery giant has made skimmed milk powder the second-largest ingredient after sugar across a swathe of Galaxy products in the past few weeks, shows analysis of ingredients lists by The Grocer using Assosia data.

Galaxy Ripple Chocolate Bar 33g, Galaxy Minstrels Chocolate Bags Multipacks 3x42g and Galaxy Milk 110g now contain more skimmed milk powder than cocoa butter, which was previously the second largest ingredient [Assosia, 12 w/e 27 October 2022].

A Mars spokeswoman confirmed the move. “Skimmed milk powder now appears before cocoa butter in the ingredients list as sweet whey powder is not currently included in the recipe.”
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Cadbury used to sell 10 small bars for 2 pounds. They are now 27g each, 9 bars in the pack and 2 pounds fifty, shrinking the size by 10% and upping the price by 20%. Not sure if they shrank the bar size as well but stopped buying them for the kids after that double whammy.
 
Drukk said:
Cadbury used to sell 10 small bars for 2 pounds. They are now 27g each, 9 bars in the pack and 2 pounds fifty, shrinking the size by 10% and upping the price by 20%. Not sure if they shrank the bar size as well but stopped buying them for the kids after that double whammy.
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I'm honestly surprised that anyone who remembers what chocolate used to taste like, buys the current sugary rubbish.

If their sales dropped to unsustainable levels, the sweet companies would soon change their product.
 
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