Ice Creams getting smaller for your own good

[toasty]

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/22/un...

Does anyone think this is a good thing?

[calibrax]

If it was purely for our health, then they would reduce the price and the size. It's profiteering, plain and simple. Been happening all across the industry - chocolate bars getting smaller, tins of Quality Street/Roses etc getting smaller, less crisps in packets... but all remaining at the same price. Massive con trick.

Edited by calibrax on Tuesday 26th January 09:24

[randlemarcus]

Doesn't seem like a wholly bad thing. If you accept the 6 cubes of sugar thing, then bringing delicious sugary snacks down a bit works for the manufacturer as well as the consumer.

I'd rather the manufacturer did something than the Government, actually.

[LordGrover]

Yay! Now I can have two and it'll be only 500 calories!

[Halmyre]

toasty said:

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/22/un...

Does anyone think this is a good thing?

Noel Clarke, executive director of brand building for Unilever UK & Ireland said: “We have introduced this 250 calorie cap to help make it easier for our consumers to make informed and healthier choices when enjoying their favourite ice-creams as part of a balanced lifestyle.”

My arse. You want to increase your profits, perfectly understandable, but don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.

[dazco]

This reminds me of the new Cadburys people taking out two biscuits from a box of Cadbury's fingers.

They justified it by saying they were 'responding to public demand'. I have not bought a Cadbury's product since.

[soad]

I thought the condoms were a bit of a snug fit recently!

[Halmyre]

soad said:

I thought the condoms were a bit of a snug fit recently!

I've always thought that...

[GCH]

I thought cornettos had already shrunk....they seem miniscule now.

As alluded to by others, it is bugger all to do with health - it is profit, plain and simple, and everyone is at it.

[All that jazz]

Halmyre said:

My arse. You want to increase your profits, perfectly understandable, but don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.

Choc bars are my current piss-boiler. I'm sure they've become even smaller again recently - just grab yourself a Snickers and they're now barely bigger than the original fun size ones you used to get. I would much rather they'd kept them at their original size and just put the price up if production costs justified it.