Toblerone gutted in the UK - Update: returning to former glory, with a hefty price increase

Jenuall wrote:The mini Toblerones aren't real ones anyway, it's the full size 360g or nothing!

Whilst confectionary can sometimes get seemingly unfair price hikes like this, I'm looking at your Freddo, there are often plenty of valid reasons.

It's the other side of these arguments that often annoys me - the ridiculous and misguided entitlement that consumers seem to have. Every Christmas for example you get stupid people on Facebook posting about how "Roses tins used to be 3 times bigger! This is such a rip off!" and demanding that there £5 should get them the same amount now as it did in 1982 despite the reality that just taking inflation into account that 80s tin would probably cost about £15 now.

Jenuall wrote:The mini Toblerones aren't real ones anyway, it's the full size 360g or nothing!

Whilst confectionary can sometimes get seemingly unfair price hikes like this, I'm looking at your Freddo, there are often plenty of valid reasons.

It's the other side of these arguments that often annoys me - the ridiculous and misguided entitlement that consumers seem to have. Every Christmas for example you get stupid people on Facebook posting about how "Roses tins used to be 3 times bigger! This is such a rip off!" and demanding that there £5 should get them the same amount now as it did in 1982 despite the reality that just taking inflation into account that 80s tin would probably cost about £15 now.

Qikz wrote:

Jenuall wrote:The mini Toblerones aren't real ones anyway, it's the full size 360g or nothing!

Whilst confectionary can sometimes get seemingly unfair price hikes like this, I'm looking at your Freddo, there are often plenty of valid reasons.

It's the other side of these arguments that often annoys me - the ridiculous and misguided entitlement that consumers seem to have. Every Christmas for example you get stupid people on Facebook posting about how "Roses tins used to be 3 times bigger! This is such a rip off!" and demanding that there £5 should get them the same amount now as it did in 1982 despite the reality that just taking inflation into account that 80s tin would probably cost about £15 now.

Those tins (even the 80s ones) don't even cost them anywhere near 5quid to make. I understand profit margins and gooseberry fool, but seriously.

Ad7 wrote:

Jenuall wrote:The mini Toblerones aren't real ones anyway, it's the full size 360g or nothing!

Whilst confectionary can sometimes get seemingly unfair price hikes like this, I'm looking at your Freddo, there are often plenty of valid reasons.

It's the other side of these arguments that often annoys me - the ridiculous and misguided entitlement that consumers seem to have. Every Christmas for example you get stupid people on Facebook posting about how "Roses tins used to be 3 times bigger! This is such a rip off!" and demanding that there £5 should get them the same amount now as it did in 1982 despite the reality that just taking inflation into account that 80s tin would probably cost about £15 now.

KK wrote:Toblerone, Ferrero Rocher, Terry’s chocolate orange, Ben and Jerry’s, Green and Blacks, Haagen Daz...all these products used to be very expensive, premium brands. But over the last 10-15 years they’ve devalued these brands to the point they’re on a never ending discount. And then because the consumer has become conditioned to paying peanuts, rather than hike the price up (and make less profit) they keep shrinking the packaging. Other times they just hack away at the quality. Mr Kipling stopped using free range eggs because they just have to sell it for £1. Look what Cadbury’s has done to Roses and their other chocolate.

Ben and Jerry’s used to be £6. Always. Now it’s on sale for £2-£2.50 in ASDA every other week and the only people paying £6 for a tub are the silly bollocks ordering it from Domino’s.

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:

KK wrote:Toblerone, Ferrero Rocher, Terry’s chocolate orange, Ben and Jerry’s, Green and Blacks, Haagen Daz...all these products used to be very expensive, premium brands. But over the last 10-15 years they’ve devalued these brands to the point they’re on a never ending discount. And then because the consumer has become conditioned to paying peanuts, rather than hike the price up (and make less profit) they keep shrinking the packaging. Other times they just hack away at the quality. Mr Kipling stopped using free range eggs because they just have to sell it for £1. Look what Cadbury’s has done to Roses and their other chocolate.

Ben and Jerry’s used to be £6. Always. Now it’s on sale for £2-£2.50 in ASDA every other week and the only people paying £6 for a tub are the silly bollocks ordering it from Domino’s.

Yep this is spot on. It always makes me laugh when rags like the DM run stories about companies shrinking their products and spin it like they are greedy and ripping off the consumer. The alternative is same size but a price hike or a half way house of slightly smaller and a slight increase in price.

lex-man wrote:

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:

KK wrote:Toblerone, Ferrero Rocher, Terry’s chocolate orange, Ben and Jerry’s, Green and Blacks, Haagen Daz...all these products used to be very expensive, premium brands. But over the last 10-15 years they’ve devalued these brands to the point they’re on a never ending discount. And then because the consumer has become conditioned to paying peanuts, rather than hike the price up (and make less profit) they keep shrinking the packaging. Other times they just hack away at the quality. Mr Kipling stopped using free range eggs because they just have to sell it for £1. Look what Cadbury’s has done to Roses and their other chocolate.

Ben and Jerry’s used to be £6. Always. Now it’s on sale for £2-£2.50 in ASDA every other week and the only people paying £6 for a tub are the silly bollocks ordering it from Domino’s.

Yep this is spot on. It always makes me laugh when rags like the DM run stories about companies shrinking their products and spin it like they are greedy and ripping off the consumer. The alternative is same size but a price hike or a half way house of slightly smaller and a slight increase in price.

It actual pretty good that snacks are shrinking as we all need to eat less.