Tins of Quality street...Can anyone remember the prices they used to cost ?

chaparral said:
Can anyone still remember how much the larger tins of Quality street used to cost ?

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The only thing that hasn't shrunk have been people's waistlines, infact they've expanded

potatolord said:
Back in the old days
we used to buy petrol by the pound, and adding lead was just a scam to increase prices. But we were happy.
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Aye we used to live in cardboard boxes and only had sweet wrappers to suck on but by 'eck we were 'appy back then!
 
There's an old Woolworths ad on YouTube from the mid to late 70s that shows the 2.5kg tin of QS with a price of £4.99. How much would that be today with inflation?

Feels like this image has been around for at least a decade, would've expected them to have shrunk even more in that time.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
There's an old Woolworths ad on YouTube from the mid to late 70s that shows the 2.5kg tin of QS with a price of £4.99. How much would that be today with inflation?

Feels like this image has been around for at least a decade, would've expected them to have shrunk even more in that time.
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£5 in 1978 is £30 today.
 
dLockers said:
Stop being a whiny little baby. Literally all four of those products are still available:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nestlé-295740-Nestle-Quality-Street/dp/B07VHDH4HT
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cheaper at BM https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/nestle-quality-street-tin-2kg-377682
£15 assuming your local store has them


200sols said:
£5 in 1978 is £30 today.
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based on average inflation, actual inflation for certain items may be higher or less

it's probably better to compare it as a proportion of minimum wage or something.
google suggests the average wage for a man in 1978 was around 100/week (average though, was there a min wage back then? seems not)
I guess it's probably compariable to how much a 2kg tub costs now based on disposable incom although I bet they used to be way higher quality
 
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dLockers said:
It is almost like the retailer famous for being a budget retailer sought means to cut cost of a favourite product whilst delivering the same core product?
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Haven't opened them yet, could be filled with Qualitätsstraße instead.
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
You're just remembering how big a Wagon Wheel was when you held it in your hand as a kid, and its relative size now in your adult hand. However, they have definitely shrunken by at least 20%. So you can't argue with that really.

Cadbury's Créme Eggs have fallen down the same pit too.
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Them creme eggs are 5/6ths of what they used to be:cry:. I feel current size normal mars bars are about the size that snack size used to be.
 
I looked into this a few years ago after finding one of the 80s tins in my parents garage being used to store something. I think it was something like 1.8kg :eek:

I can't remember the exact figures, but though the tins are much smaller now, allowing for inflation, they're also proportionally significantly cheaper than they used to be.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
There's an old Woolworths ad on YouTube from the mid to late 70s that shows the 2.5kg tin of QS with a price of £4.99. How much would that be today with inflation?

Feels like this image has been around for at least a decade, would've expected them to have shrunk even more in that time.
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Back then you could almost buy a house for that!
 
I saw 2kg tubs in john lewis earlier but didn't bother to check the price.

probably cheaper than the over priced amazon sellers though if tesco were selling them at 15
 
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