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I know from reading the message boards that there are lots of unhappy mums out there , due to the increase price, per tin of £3.30 that has been added to the Heinz nurture milk, which was formerly known as FARLEYS. I have twins, this is a MASSIVE increase for us & we should come together to do something about this, to show HEINZ that consumers DO still have power! The thing that annoys me the most is this price increase could have been notified, as the change of tins was notified. It's not ok to just change our babies formula over, this can cause stomach upset, constipation, vomiting. Heinz try to tell us they care for our babies, CLEARLY, they are all about PROFIT ...so let's hit 'em where it hurts!!!
We should boycott Heinz products for a week, all of their products, for one week. Believe me, they will notice the decrease in sales. Get all your friends to do it too, even if they have NOT been affected by this sly price increase. Please, let me know by answering this thread, if you think, collectively, as mumsnet mummies, that we could arrange this.
best regards, ANGRY MUM of twins x

whatever happened to "committed to fair prices" which they used to put on the farley's tins? gobshites. am v on your behalf and certainly wlling to boycott.

Me too - buggers

my DCs are too old for formula now, but i will happily boycott heinz. the price is ridicolous.

Changing your babies formula from one to another won't cause any illness.
That's just another line from formula companies to stop you changing.

Best way to combat the price hike is to choose a cheaper formula - nothing wrong at all with switching, as VS says.

I'm also absolutely fuming about this - I'm guessing the reason they didn't pre-warn of the price increase was to stop sensible people stocking up. If I'd known about the increase I would have bought enough tins to last my 6mo DS at least 3 months.

I wouldn't have minded had they put the price up by a pound as Farley's was always the cheapest anyway, but now it is joint most expensive with Aptamil, but from what I understand Aptamil has had a lot more research put into it than rebranded Farley's.

The problem I have is that C&G gives my DS eczema and SMA just comes straight back up, so we're stuck with the two most expensive formulas now.

And before anyone starts harping on about formula (sorry I'm in angry mode today) not everyone can breastfeed successfully, no matter how hard they try.

www.heinzbaby.co.uk/nurture/Contact-us.aspx#

Feel free to let rip there.

I'm also going to boycott. It's a disgrace. I will also be venting to the HVs to try and influence them not to recommend Heinz to people (and give them the history if asked is it better).

I'm in total agreement...its a JOKE...JOKE...JOKE! I wont even be buying Heinz BEANS from now on!!

Hi all, here is the number if you want to complain over the phone, i have. 0800 212991

Right then ladies - let's do it! Lets BOYCOTT ALL HEINZ products, including the bloody baked beans - starting beginning of August. Get this message to as many of your friends as you can, I shall be sending a message via facebook to all my mates...Heinz think they can get away with this, let's just prove we, the consumers, have the last say! As an extra to this thread, look for the thread that starts "Sooooooo I spoke to a lovely lady on the heinz Tinytums consumer helpline" - You will not believe how few they trialed this new wonder formula on...& to be quite frank, my babies had raw bums cause it just made their poo REALLY runny!!! I have now changed to Hipp & luckily, they are ok with it, but what for the poor mums who had been through all the rest to get to farleys? Let's kick Heinz right between the legs, HARD!

My wife and I are just ass horrified over the price hype. We have always trusted the name of Heinz and chosen in preference to other brands. The fancy packaging may have contributed 15 or 20pence to the price but my main concern is the change in formula.
Why are our children in need of this increase in stress vitamins? Is is something to do with the credit crunch? Folic Acid too has increased does this mean our children are more tired and run down? Are they going to sleep just as well at night on the new formula? Are they going to have to suppliment with B complex and B5[Pantothenic Acid] during their school years as a consequence of developing a dependance on increased levels through their baby years?
How have Heinz been testing this formula?Very worried. robwells@manx.net

I have emailed them them now at least 5 times ans they have not got back in touch, think next 1s gunna be a phone call.
Has any1 else Rang? If so did they explain why the price has gone up so much?
Its a joke some ppl have farleys because of its good value and because they just simply cant afford a higher priced brand and now it 1 of the dearest. shock

i have emailed them and no reply. i asked one of the workers in the supermarket why the price had gone up (thinking that it wasnt priced correctly!!) and she adv that it was due to heinz taking over farleys and for the new design!! the design is ridiculous. all the milk once youve scooped it off stays on the tin bit just below the lid. and if your unlucky enough to get it in the groove which closes the lid then its another 10 mins spent trying to get it out with a needle so that you get an air tight close!! i went out and bought 15 tins of the old design in 6 diff lloyds chemist-still at the old price... supposedly its just the new design that has gone up. which saved me a third of the price based on the new price....crazey

Please see my thread about journo wanting to talk to mothers....esp if you are serious about boycotting Heinz.

Right mummy's and daddy's Ive just spoke to farley's and they said

The reason for it being so dear is because FARLEYS was recomended to be sold at £5.99 but supermarkets sold it at £5 and thats why NUTURE as we now know it seems so dear because really its only gone up £2 not £3

But if you ask me £2 is too much of a big rise. Like Robwells (above) said the extra fancy packaging wouldnt cost them that much only a few pence and then they charge us full wack for adding something to the milk that wasn't really needed because all our and millions of other babies have been fine on the original FARLEY'S. Not to mention that this " new improved nuture " has upset my little lads tummy and he keeps bring it back up.
Hope this helps to explain whats gone on, they did say a bit more than that but this is the jist of things.

I totally agree, and the problem I have here in Sheffield is that I can't even find tins of either Farley's or Nurture, I am not sure what I am going to do cose a- the price increase is annoying but on the other hand I need to feed my son! Does anyone know which formula is the closest in terms of ingredients? I am willing to switch but would like it to be as gentle as possible for the little one.

PinkGlitter, many mums on here are going with Hipp Organic. It is closest in price as the old Farleys and has fewer additives than the rest of them on the shelf.

you may want to read this thread

Doesn't matter what the RRP was - they don't live in bubbles, they must have known how much it was being sold for.

They don't test formula on many babies at all - there's not much restriction on what goes in it either.

All this would be clearer and more talked-about if advertising was banned - as it is, eg parenting magazines can't publish anything negative about formula or the manufacturers pull their advertising.

It is a disgrace and if mothers want to know what is going into the formula they're feeding their babies, less control over the information about it ought to rest with the companies who have profit as their motive.

Thanks to the person who posted the email link for Nurture- I have emailed them to express my disappointment and that I will no longer purchase Heinz products.

I too think this is disgusting!!!

We have just been on holiday and when we got back we found that they had changed the brand!!

Luckily if you need any LIDL have it on sale at the moment I went and got 8 today so it will last till my baby is at least 10 months now!

I've just been shopping in Morrisson's(Lichfield).

There are still loads of tins of Farley's formula (yellow, blue and purple). There is also Heinz Nurture amongst them being sold at the same price (for now I assume).

Can I suggest if you want to start a boycott, you do three things:

-write a blog about it on something like Blogger.com, then,

- get a facebook group about it going

- then post those links on here and other Mums' sites, put them on your own email signature, and send them to people you know etc...

It is surprising how things can spread with a teeny bit of electronic effort...

My 8 week old Grandson was given Farleys from birth and was thriving.Soon as my daughter had to buy Nurture last week his poos went all runny the very next day!! I was fuming because the change of formula and putting it into a new fangled tin with built-in scoop leveller does not merit the HUGE increase in price!!!My daughter switched to SMA and the poos returned to normal within 24 hours!!So much for "improvement" I think it's a disgrace and Heinz should be ashamed of themselves!My daughter has pledged NOT to buy ANY Heinz products for her baby and I fully back her decision.Luckily there are numerous other baby product manufacturers who can more than cater for our babies!!!