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[Hoofy]

Bunch o' s. Seems "limited" means size rather than being something special. Bought a 3 pack and the individual bars are tiny. Or my hands have grown in the last couple of years.

[Alucidnation]

Choccy bars have been shrinking for a while now.

Apparently one of the reasons is so that they don't have to increase the price.

I buy most of my choc in bulk from Amazon.

[bloodorange]

I buy my choc in bulk from Jacamo..

[Alucidnation]

[Hoofy]

Crunchies are another one. They just dropped with that #joy campaign. A whole 1.5 inches. It's as if they fell in an icy pond.

[Matt_N]

A lot of companies have been reducing their choccy bars in size so that they are now under 250kcals to fall in line with some new legislation or guideline for healthier eating.

[ralphrj]

Matt_N said:

A lot of companies have been reducing their choccy bars in size so that they are now under 250kcals to fall in line with some new legislation or guideline for healthier eating.

Possibly but another factor is the large increase in the cost of cocoa.

Chocolate bars tend to be an impulse purchase. If the price rose to cover the additional cost of the cocoa people would be far less likely to buy them. Hence, they make the bar smaller but keep the price the same.

[Foliage]

The price of chocolate bars has gone up though, but probably not as fast as it would have if the bars had stayed the same size.

I think its a good thing they are reducing the size, they may be tasty but they arent good for you are they.

[Matt_N]

ralphrj said:

Possibly but another factor is the large increase in the cost of cocoa.

Chocolate bars tend to be an impulse purchase. If the price rose to cover the additional cost of the cocoa people would be far less likely to buy them. Hence, they make the bar smaller but keep the price the same.

Bit of both it seems http://food.uk.msn.com/food/chocolate-bars-under-2...

[bluelightbabe]

Hoofy said:

Bunch o' s. Seems "limited" means size rather than being something special. Bought a 3 pack and the individual bars are tiny. Or my hands have grown in the last couple of years.

Multipack bars seem to be smaller than individual bars too.

My husband bought a pack of Wispas last week and I asked him why he'd bought funsize ones instead of normal sized ones. He told me he hadn't

[Hoofy]

bluelightbabe said:

Hoofy said:

Bunch o' s. Seems "limited" means size rather than being something special. Bought a 3 pack and the individual bars are tiny. Or my hands have grown in the last couple of years.

Multipack bars seem to be smaller than individual bars too.

My husband bought a pack of Wispas last week and I asked him why he'd bought funsize ones instead of normal sized ones. He told me he hadn't

That's the thing, though. The bars in multipacks were never small. 8 pack Crunchies used to be full size. I used to buy them all the time.

[Hoofy]

Foliage said:

I think its a good thing they are reducing the size, they may be tasty but they arent good for you are they.

That's irrelevant, really. Why not make them 1cm long then and charge £1 with the excuse that they're unhealthy for you?

If I want a full size Crunchie, I want a full size one not a fun size one.

[anonymous-user]

Frijj Milkshakes,

Generally on offer fairly regularly but seem to have forget to mention the size has gone from 500mil to 471 mil which is a fair percentage drop,

At least it's stopped me buying them which i don't think was Dairy Crests objective

[Hoofy]

speedyguy said:

At least it's stopped me buying them which i don't think was Dairy Crests objective

Ditto for Crunchies. I refuse to buy them at the shrunk size.

[KFC]

Hoofy said:

Bunch o' s. Seems "limited" means size rather than being something special. Bought a 3 pack and the individual bars are tiny. Or my hands have grown in the last couple of years.

I spoke to Jeremy beadle about that once. He said they really are small now. But on the other hand they're quite large.

[Terminator X]

Alucidnation said:

Choccy bars have been shrinking for a while now.

Apparently one of the reasons is so that they don't have to increase the price.

I buy most of my choc in bulk from Amazon.

They're thinking of your health

TX.

[whoami]

KFC said:

Hoofy said:

Bunch o' s. Seems "limited" means size rather than being something special. Bought a 3 pack and the individual bars are tiny. Or my hands have grown in the last couple of years.

I spoke to Jeremy beadle about that once. He said they really are small now. But on the other hand they're quite large.

Brilliant.

[Hoofy]

KFC said:

I spoke to Jeremy beadle about that once. He said they really are small now. But on the other hand they're quite large.

Get out.