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But yet the company says otherwise.

Indeed.

The company say it is to do with the weak pound/dollar, which as I pointed out above has [i]absolutely nothing to do with Brexit[/i]. Honest.

Who are Dominic and Sarah?

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4pGRqgJhTJK2ys9L8PptxcG/sarah-montague ]Sarah Montague[/url]: main presenter on Today and various other BBC News programmes.

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/today-programme-business-editor ]Dominic O'Connell [/url]: business news presenter on Today programme, previously the Business Editor of The Sunday Times.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:13 pm
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I'd rather they just put the price up so the effect of currency changes is transparent…

Have you not received the memo?
Companies raising the shelf price of any product due to falling pound and rising costs should be boycotted because they must hate England.
Any company suggesting Brexit is effecting how they do buisness, the price they charge, or the product they offer, should receive the worse PR in their existence, and a right drubbing on social media.

You can see why they tried a different approach; they couldn't have got it more wrong though, could they! Someone is in the wrong job somewhere…


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:14 pm
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But yet the company says otherwise.

They say it's to do with the exchange rates change don't they? Which means it's brexit related.

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I've been caught a few times with 'packaging bigger than the product' - anyone else outraged at only finding five Nature Valley bars in the box instead of six? Eat Natural are at it too, 3 bars in a box blatantly big enough for 4, and Chocolate Oranges now have extra 'segment detail' on each piece which looks suspiciously like empty space where there used to be chocolate.

Try buying gluten free stuff- if you get the tesco "special flakes" frinstance you could literally fit 2 entire packets of the cereal into a single box. The jaffa cakes box is the same size as a proper jaffa cake box but the biscuits are half the size. It's like they go "this food substitute isn't quite disappointing enough yet, let's go for broke"


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:16 pm
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But yet

Bless your tautological entanglement.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:16 pm
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The company say it is to do with the weak pound/dollar, which as I pointed out above has absolutely nothing to do with Brexit. Honest.

I can see the link


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:18 pm
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Mondolez innit, did anybody see that documentary a few months back?


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:24 pm
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It's like they go "this food substitute isn't quite disappointing enough yet, let's go for broke"

😀


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:28 pm
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Posted : 08/11/2016 12:40 pm
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You win the Internet for today.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:44 pm
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Chapeaux donald.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:45 pm
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Ah, culled from b3ta. (-:


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:49 pm
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[i]The company say it is to do with the weak pound/dollar[/i]

I presumed it was the rising price of cocoa? Like, why Cadbury is filling all it's bars with biscuits, candy pieces and shit.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:54 pm
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Somebody more cleverer than me


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:55 pm
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I presumed it was the rising price of cocoa? Like, why Cadbury is filling all it's bars with biscuits, candy pieces and shit.

I suppose the colour of chocolate would mask that quite well, at least.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:55 pm
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Seriously if anything this is a good thing:

1) we eat far to much sugary stuff in this country, so people eating less can only be a good thing.

2) It opens the doors for other companies to compete.

It's easy to blame Brexit but the reality is Mondelez have been trying to ramp up their profits with shoddy products from way beofre the Brexit vote. Example why do you see also those Cadbury's bars with Oreo chunks or other sh*t in, because the other sh*t is cheaper.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 12:56 pm
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True, this is the typical Toblerone consumer anyway [img] [/img]

Not gonna get worried till Green & Black or Lindt start pulling this shit


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 1:00 pm
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It's a deal with airlines. Weighs less.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 1:06 pm
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WARNING: Contains a lot of swearing!


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 1:09 pm
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[i]Example why do you see also those Cadbury's bars with Oreo chunks or other sh*t in, because the other sh*t is cheaper.[/i]

See 3 posts above yours 🙂


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 1:15 pm
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WARNING: Contains a lot of swearing!

Cheers for that, I was reminded of it when Perchy made his comment earlier.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 1:17 pm
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I blame Trump. His tiny hands needed extra leverage to snap off a triangle, but now it's a great chocolate bar that will be a huge success, making chocolate great again.

😆


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 1:26 pm
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Right next to the part that says it has nothing to do with Brexit?

You know when you got dumped and they said 'it's not you it's me' you believed that as well didn't you? 😆


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 1:52 pm
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All this A50 arguing, you're all toblermoaners


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 2:01 pm
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Example why do you see also those Cadbury's bars with Oreo chunks or other sh*t in, because the other sh*t is cheaper.

Their best innovation was Dairy Milk Bubbly. Where they have filled the chocolate with Air. Someone must have got a promotion for that idea.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 2:07 pm
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Show me a confection that hasn't shrunk since the 70s.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 2:11 pm
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Forget that; I found this far more disturbing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-37897103

£2900? 😯

You could buy a bike for that...


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 2:11 pm
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You know when you got dumped and they said 'it's not you it's me' you believed that as well didn't you?

Wouldn't know it's never happened.


 
Posted : 08/11/2016 2:19 pm
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A couple of thoughts.
Why not just make it shorter but with the same "lumpiness"?
Did the Swiss hold a referendum on this?


 
Posted : 09/11/2016 11:06 pm
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Don't Google tobleroning

Googles tobleroning


 
Posted : 09/11/2016 11:14 pm
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Why not just make it shorter but with the same "lumpiness"?

Because then there wouldn't be enough Alps to spell "Toblerone"?


 
Posted : 09/11/2016 11:25 pm
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Is this just a move to protect people's soft palate?


 
Posted : 09/11/2016 11:29 pm
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Show me a confection that hasn't shrunk since the 70s.

Not on this forum I can't...


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 1:27 am
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Am I imagining it or have they shrunk chocolate oranges too?
Had one yesterday and the sides of each segment used to be flat. The newer ones have a flat side and a recessed patterned side meaning obviously less chocolate.
I might have to eat another one to make my mind up?
It's a travesty!


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 8:30 am
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^

Having been a Terry's Chocolate Orange addict for nigh on 35 years I'm actually pleased that they are now:

Smaller
Lighter
Less 'dense'
Less chocolate-y (more sugary)

They used to be a big half-brick-heavy ball of awesome that took some real force to separate before eating. The chocolate was silky-smooth, snappy, and not overly sweet.

Now they changed them I no longer get the cravings 🙂


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 9:09 am
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It's good to see we're back discussing the important things in life after yesterday's hiatus with US politics.


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 9:16 am
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It's good to see we're back discussing the important things in life after yesterday's hiatus with US politics.

I wonder if he'll become more or less orange-y? And will any change in fake-tan intensity or policy be made public by degrees (may even go unnoticed for a long time a la Terry's Orange) or will be brazen and just plop it out there
(like this brazen Toblerone fiasco?)


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 9:22 am
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...and how much force will need to be applied to break him?


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 11:32 am
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Am I imagining it or have they shrunk chocolate oranges too?

and Chocolate Oranges now have extra 'segment detail' on each piece which looks suspiciously like empty space where there used to be chocolate

Glad I'm not the only cheap cocoa fiend/cynic who noticed it!


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 2:26 pm
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I've a mate who had the task of increasing the size of the bubbles in Aero bars! Bigger bubbles = less chocolate.

As to why not shrink the Toblerone bar? Packaging probably - having an extra size of package to produce would cost money. It's quite likely that multiples of the current packaging size can be cut neatly out of a standard sheet of card with little waste.


 
Posted : 10/11/2016 2:43 pm
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