Aluminium foil- width

RachelD · 15 August 2004 at 12:53AM

Not sure if this the right board........I bought some foil to-day and noticed there is no longer a narrow (12 inch) and wide (18 )inch choice. To be perfectly honest they are all in millimetres now but I can visualise inches better.
There is a new hybrid on the shelves and it measures 15 inches.

Now I used the narrow stuff for small things- sandwiches, covering a plate. The wider one I use for roasting mostly and lining the grill pan.

Is this new 15 inch width a dastardly EU plot or
just manufacturers trying to sell more of the product ( as we will waste more) or just giving us less choice?

All three probably!

shelly · 15 August 2004 at 7:00PM

After reading this I had to go and check my foil!! I get the real cheap (blue and white stripey) from Tesco.After all foil is foil! The measurement on it is 300mmx10m.And I measured it and its just under 12inches (11.7 exactly).I don't know if they do a bigger size as I just pick that one up as its less than £1 I think!

;D ;D ;D

Chris25 · 16 August 2004 at 9:46AM

Now that might just suit me fine

I find the smaller one just too small and the long one, too wasteful. That 15in may work out to be just the right size for my roasting pan.
Like a woman on a mission, I must go check the shelves in the supermarket today.

16011996 · 16 August 2004 at 12:24PM

i get the 300mm, it fits most things, but if its too wide, i chop it half and save rest for something else.

RachelD · 16 August 2004 at 1:19PM

I think it's the fact that the choice is no longer there that annoys me. This was in Sainsburys and the 15 inch one may be applicable only to them.

Rachel

16011996 · 16 August 2004 at 4:21PM

i hate it when they take the choice away too, instead i have to buy large bottle of fizzy pop (can rarely get 1ltr now) large bottles milk, (pints so sillyly expensive) and you used to be able to buy toilet rolls in poacks of two. everything supersize these days.

corinne8 · 21 August 2004 at 4:36PM

i've given in buying the extra wide foil beacause no matter how carefull we are in unrolling it by the time we're half way thru itits not half as wide(some of the foil gets left on the roll & you end up with layers and layers of it ) ???

cathy_3 · 22 August 2004 at 12:34AM

I get a huge roll 24" long from the market about every 3 years

its usually about £3 and it goes on and on for ever
same with the cling film both in heavy cardboard boxes and usually sold on one of those stalls that sell soap and shampoo dishcloths and all that jaz

16011996 · 23 August 2004 at 11:40AM

will look out for them

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