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Snickers reckon "bigger" doesn't mean "heavier"... HUH??

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  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    If the bar is the same weight/volume, then the bar is not bigger. Merely playing around with the ratios of the height,width and length of the bar does not make for a 'bigger' bar. They should be reported to the relevant authorities for further investigation.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • I guess it could be bigger in volume but I struggle to imagine how they would achieve this without adding anything to the weight?!

    I think it's fair to assume that most people would expect to be getting more chocolate etc in a 'bigger bar'... and it seems that's what they want people to think, else why mention it?!
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  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    helloecho wrote: »
    I guess it could be bigger in volume but I struggle to imagine how they would achieve this without adding anything to the weight?!

    Simple. By decreasing the density. As has already been suggested just by simply changing the ingredient mixture/ratio.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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  • Twopints
    Twopints Posts: 1,776 Forumite
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    So Aeros could be made "bigger" by putting more bubbles in ?
    Not even wrong
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    Twopints wrote: »
    So Aeros could be made "bigger" by putting more bubbles in ?

    Yep. Just hope Aero's marketing aren't reading this.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    If you are feeling bored, pass it on to Trading Standards or the Advertising Standards Authority.
  • If you saw "bigger" on a pack, wouldn't you assume it meant greater quantity, i.e. increased in weight?

    I would have probably questioned this for a minute after stuffing it into my mouth. Then I would forget about it for a couple days, then ask my DH at a random moment, his opinion. Then I'd forget about it completely.
  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    It's not f*cking Snickers, IT'S MARATHON! & always will be!

    First time I went to America (in 1986) we saw Snickers and thought that it was a bl00dy stupid name for a Marathon and laughed at such a naff name!
    .....

  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    First time I went to America (in 1986) we saw Snickers and thought that it was a bl00dy stupid name for a Marathon and laughed at such a naff name!

    And what was wrong with "Opal Fruits". And slightly off topic I thought "Cif" was a really ridiculous name compared to "Jif".
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • jackieb
    jackieb Posts: 27,605 Forumite
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    And what was wrong with "Opal Fruits". And slightly off topic I thought "Cif" was a really ridiculous name compared to "Jif".


    Wasn't that changed because some Europeans (not us obviously :p ) can't pronounce the letter J?
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