The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: cans on December 12, 2016, 07:12:26 am
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We had the Maltesers, then the Toblerone ..........
Has anyone else noticed that Kellogg's Cornflakes have reduced the 500g box to 450g?
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No hadn't noticed but not really surprised.
These companies still need to stay in business or the products would just disappear for good - I just wish they would be more up front about it and not try to sneak it through.
That bad publicity for toblerone could be very expensive for them.
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Just buy your toblerone in Poundland instead and get it for, surprise, surprise, £1
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I hadn't noticed about the flaked corns, no, but I wouldn't eat them if they were the last stuff in the cupboard :yuck:
Maybe they'll whittle the sizes down til they're so small they disappear..............
Maybe they're encouraging we fatties to eat smaller portions....sooo altruistic :idea:
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When I was a child Wagon Wheels were enormous, I needed two hands to eat one! Now they're the size of an Oreo.
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When I was a child Wagon Wheels were enormous, I needed two hands to eat one! Now they're the size of an Oreo.
Is there a chance you have grown since then :thinking:
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From Wikepedia:
There have been many debates amongst fans of the biscuit about its size. Wagon Wheels have supposedly shrunk in size over time, but Burton's Foods (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton%27s_Foods) Ltd has denied this. It has been suggested that the supposed shrinkage is due to an adult's childhood memory of eating a Wagon Wheel held in a much smaller hand; this argument is perhaps moot, as it does not explain why the modern Wagon Wheel appears to be fatter than the original. Furthermore, in Australia, Arnott's has stated that tray packs of Wagon Wheels were in fact Mini Wagon Wheels and have re-released the original 48g Wagon Wheels.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Wheels#cite_note-7)[full citation needed]The original factory in Slough produced the biscuit with crinkled edges and corn cobbs rather than the updated smoother edges. This caused the overall diameter of the biscuit to shrink slightly, but not as much as fans of the biscuit believe.[citation needed]Also, although the UK Wagon Wheel has barely shrunk, it is still noticeably smaller than the Australian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian) equivalent. As of 2006 the diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm which is 14 mm larger than the UK version, while the UK Wagon Wheel is notably thicker by 4 mm.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Wheels#cite_note-PA-2)
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Maybe the size hasn't changed maybe they just got the name wrong. Roller skate wheels was too long to fit on the bill boards.
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When I was a child Wagon Wheels were enormous, I needed two hands to eat one! Now they're the size of an Oreo.
Is there a chance you have grown since then :thinking:
Well, yes but not that much!!