Creme Eggs

thor

pawsies wrote: »

First world problems eh.

Cost of raw materials goes up = companies have to either reduce pack/increase price/change ingredients.

Nothing creates more rage than price increases so they have gone for the next two options. I bet if the media hadn't picked up on it most people wouldn't even notice it was a 5 pack not 6 and had changed ingredients.

Most people might not have but I do notice these stealth changes. It is why I no longer buy any of the following multipacks - wispa, flake, yorkie, dairy milk and twirl(which may or may not have been recently downsized but after seeing it's cost per 100g seemed too expensive for my liking). All this meant I may not have had to maintain my 3 runs per week to burn off the calories had I not switched to Aldi and Lidl chocolates instead.:shhh:

photome

pawsies wrote: »

First world problems eh.

Cost of raw materials goes up = companies have to either reduce pack/increase price/change ingredients.

Nothing creates more rage than price increases so they have gone for the next two options. I bet if the media hadn't picked up on it most people wouldn't even notice it was a 5 pack not 6 and had changed ingredients.

I think the bigger issue is not using dairy milk!

thats OOO

beeg0d

pawsies wrote: »

First world problems eh.
Nothing creates more rage than price increases so they have gone for the next two options. I bet if the media hadn't picked up on it most people wouldn't even notice it was a 5 pack not 6 and had changed ingredients.

Funny thing is they havent actually decreased the pack sizes, they've actually increased them. creme eggs have always been avlaible in packs of 3 and 6. Now its 5 and 10

JustLikeThat

Perhaps they are simply using the chocolate recipe they sell in the U.S. where Cadbury bars taste totally different. I have a son who lives in America and I have to send him proper Cadbury chocolate. Something to do with cocoa solids he says. I tasted an awful crème egg last year and saw it was made by Hersheys or at least in their factories.

George_Michael

pawsies wrote: »

First world problems eh.

As this is a forum aimed at people who live in the first world, what do you expect, people complaining about how bad their electricity provider is in Ethiopia perhaps?

JulieElizabeth

I'd rather have a galaxy caramel egg any day (and twice on Sundays)

tykesi

It's all just one big marketing ploy and it seems to be working a treat!

chubb3g114

I stopped buying Cadburys products when Kraft took them over and moved production out of the UK.
My money my choice.


chubb3g114

Kernow666

tykesi wrote: »

It's all just one big marketing ploy and it seems to be working a treat!

your so right , seriously people seting up facebook groups and petitions and boycotting american brands and moaning on here geez get a life people

photome

tykesi wrote: »

It's all just one big marketing ploy and it seems to be working a treat!

How is it working?

anyone who wants one covered in dairy milk will stop buying, anyone who wants six in a pack will stop buying.