Refreshers

[tali1]

Barratt's Refreshers pack of fizzy sweets - anyone else think they have fked them up with the new taste- they just don't taste right.
There so bad that when i returned to finish a pack off to try to condition myself to the new taste my two young kids shouted in agony "Dad don't eat them they're st"!

[ManicMushroom]

when was the last time you ate them (before the mentioned incendent)

I think the last time I ate some was atleast 2 years ago, so cant really comment

[tali1]

Only 1 week ago - i noticed a more shinier wrapper.....and the crap taste

[Poledriver]

They're not the same as they were!
I used to love them when I was young and I always remember the smell of the "refreshers factory" in London!

[glazbagun]

Is Barratt & Maynards the same company? They've totally f7cked up Sports Mixture over the years since they've bought them out, too. Hate the company now, the people responsible should be hanged for screwing with the quality of life of millions.

[Glassman]

Refreshers should never be in packs. Old school, 2p brick of filling extractor, everytime.

[wainy]

ah but giant drumsticks are much better

[V8S]

More importantly, WTF do Robinsons think they're doing with original Orange Squash?

YOU'VE fkED IT UP YOU wkERS!

[Davi]

ahhh good old "new improved recipe". About the only thing you ever need to see on a pack to guarantee you'll not enjoy the flavour as much as the original.

Can't think of a single instance when "improved" didn't mean "tastes like st in comparison".

[V8S]

Davi said:

ahhh good old "new improved recipe". About the only thing you ever need to see on a pack to guarantee you'll not enjoy the flavour as much as the original.

Can't think of a single instance when "improved" didn't mean "tastes like st in comparison".

I think they're mostly a marketing exercise. Marketing about their 'great new taste', some viral anti-marketing asking for feedback, lots of angst-ridden people saying they hate it (lots of email addresses for the future) and then a big marketing campaign saying they're great because they listen to their customers, and they change it back again. Except using cheaper ingredients.

[petrol_penelope]

Swizzles Matlow

They are the best sweet makers ever went there on a school trip years and years ago and we all came out with a plastic bag full of the broken ones they don't put in the packets.


MMMMMM CHalk Lollies

[The Moose]

i know what your saying - i used to like them and recently they have become ste :-( have to try to find some of the old ones...

[xiphias]

V8S said:

More importantly, WTF do Robinsons think they're doing with original Orange Squash?

YOU'VE fkED IT UP YOU wkERS!

Try the fruit and barley instead, tastes like the squash used to.

[B19GRR]

I totally agree on the Refreshers issue. I'm a complete addict and the new improved ones are just pants! Fortunately the local CO-OP seems to have a good supply of the old ones in 5 pack packs. Mmmmm burpy!

Cheers,
Rob

[Bushmaster]

Is it the same stuff that is in those yellow lollies that are sort of shaped like UFOs?

[tali1]

B19GRR said:

I totally agree on the Refreshers issue. I'm a complete addict and the new improved ones are just pants! Fortunately the local CO-OP seems to have a good supply of the old ones in 5 pack packs. Mmmmm burpy!

Cheers,
Rob

Morrisons had good supply of them - but not anymore- so grabbed 6x5 packs at cheapo quid each at Iceland - only to find the new crap taste -£6 bloody quid on crap Refreshers!
BTW Refreshers are brilliant for cooling off a hot curry!
I think this is old pack?

Edited by tali1 on Wednesday 12th November 01:32

[RupertTheFridge]

Don't get me started on Sherbert Dib Dabs. I mean solid liquorice! How the hell are you supposed to suck sherbert up through that .............. ?

[Stu R]

xiphias said:

V8S said:

More importantly, WTF do Robinsons think they're doing with original Orange Squash?

YOU'VE fkED IT UP YOU wkERS!

Try the fruit and barley instead, tastes like the squash used to.

Aldi orange squash is similar in taste to how robinson's was years ago.

[The Riddler]

glazbagun said:

Is Barratt & Maynards the same company? They've totally f7cked up Sports Mixture over the years since they've bought them out, too. Hate the company now, the people responsible should be hanged for screwing with the quality of life of millions.

Where the fk has the liquorice gone from the midget gems too! Totally ruined the best sweet on the market when that happened!

The lions factory is quite local to me too.

[SGirl]

You have to love the EU and its stringent regulations on E numbers and things, dontcha...

I didn't know they'd messed with Refreshers as well.