Hovis's sneaky loaf size change

LadyDee

emma-uk wrote: »

£1.35 for 1 loaf?! You can get 2 in Farmfoods for £1.50. Our local store had the Best of Both in stock yesterday.

15 miles to my nearest Farmfoods.

marking_bad

Noticed their wholemeal felt lighter and airier recently, hoping it's just a temporary blip, because the more denser bread toasts much better, otherwise will be switching brands. Got other things to worry about besides bread fgs haha

RHYSDAD

This is why i bake my own.... aside from the crap they fill bread with, and it's disticnt lack of anything resembling flavour, it costs whatever the raw ingredients cost and size (ahem) matters not!

maman

Sparhawke wrote: »

This has been happening for a long time now, it is not just bread; all product makers do this ostensibly because of rising costs but we know different.

Size/weight/quality goes down but prices stay the same or even rise.

There's a whole thread about 'disappearing food'. I think it's insulting and patronising to customers as they seem to think we're too stupid to notice.

Unfortunately there is a poster who seems to accept it and regularly makes excuses for suppliers.

I suppose it might help the obesity problem!:rotfl:

P.S. I'll bump the thread if I can find it. There are masses of items.

JimmyTheWig

maman wrote: »

There's a whole thread about 'disappearing food'.

I think the difference is that this used to be illegal with bread until very recently.
[Other people don't seem as interested in this difference as I am, though!]

fionajbanana

maman wrote: »

I suppose it might help the obesity problem!:rotfl:

Not true! I think the food shrinkage is contributing obesity! I know people are eating three biscuits now because they have shrunk instead of 2. The weight of three smaller biscuits is more than 2 of the biscuits pre-shrinkage. So more calories, fat etc.

maman

fionajbanana wrote: »

Not true! I think the food shrinkage is contributing obesity! I know people are eating three biscuits now because they have shrunk instead of 2. The weight of three smaller biscuits is more than 2 of the biscuits pre-shrinkage. So more calories, fat etc.

Oh Dear! Mine wasn't really a serious comment but you do have a point. I know when I have one of those tiny bags of crisps from a multipack I fancy more. It takes huge willpower not to open another.:)

cdam

Hovis wholemeal 75p in Lidl

System

bread is over rated