OXO best stock cube graphics, shame about the smaller size

rip_off_britain

In other news.....

OXO cubes are now using a funky 'X' design, rather than the traditional cube. Whilst this looks really cool, you actually get less for your money as the surface area is smaller.

Old cubes (7.8g) appear to be just short of 1gm heavier than the new cubes (6.9g). So in a box of 12 you are effectively getting robbed of nearly a cube and a half. The price, however, has not dropped......

brettcta

burn them at the stake

Azari

We should start a petition to get this debated in parliament.

qetu1357

rip_off_britain wrote: »

In other news.....

OXO cubes are now using a funky 'X' design, rather than the traditional cube. Whilst this looks really cool, you actually get less for your money as the surface area is smaller.

Old cubes (7.8g) appear to be just short of 1gm heavier than the new cubes (6.9g). So in a box of 12 you are effectively getting robbed of nearly a cube and a half. The price, however, has not dropped......

Happening all over.

Apparantley Roses are putting less chocolates in each tin.

And I bought a pizza the other night. It used to be 8 slices and now it was 6!

vuvuzela

rip_off_britain wrote: »

In other news.....

OXO cubes are now using a funky 'X' design, rather than the traditional cube. Whilst this looks really cool, you actually get less for your money as the surface area is smaller.

Old cubes (7.8g) appear to be just short of 1gm heavier than the new cubes (6.9g). So in a box of 12 you are effectively getting robbed of nearly a cube and a half. The price, however, has not dropped......

The surface area is possibly a little larger. However the volume is smaller. I doubt you're the first person to realise that if you have a square and hack away some of the middle on each side to make an X then you get less product

Meepster

qetu1357 wrote: »

And I bought a pizza the other night. It used to be 8 slices and now it was 6!

LMAO :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

fluffnutter

rip_off_britain wrote: »

OXO cubes are now using a funky 'X' design, rather than the traditional cube. Whilst this looks really cool, you actually get less for your money as the surface area is smaller.

I think you mean volume, or mass. The surface area is probably actually larger.

Edit: That's what vuvuzela already said.

Bongedone

This will affect my recipes. I will have to open another stock cube to make up the difference.

fluffnutter

Bongedone wrote: »

This will affect my recipes. I will have to open another stock cube to make up the difference.

Or just reduce all your other ingredients by 11.5%.

Azari

fluffnutter wrote: »

Or just reduce all your other ingredients by 11.5%.

Or just don't bother.

'They' keep telling us to use less salt.

Rolandtheroadie

Does anyone else like an oxo cube crumbled on hot buttered toast?