To ask for things that you believe have declined in quality

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And another one. WTF have they done to Ribena? It used to be really thick and syrupy and kinda glooped out of the bottle.

Now it's really thin and runny, no different to buying Robinson's squash.

I want a proper, syrupy cordial to dilute with hot water. Where can I find one?

I tend to buy t-shirts from surf shops now in the sale (if you don't mind motifs on them and that's your style). They are usually decent quality. Places like M and M Direct do some brands (not just teeny sportswear) that is quite cheap.

Not sure about plain ones for work/smart casual. I'm yet to find a good brand for this.

Shopping is a bit of a gamble online and frustrating in store because you have to sift through a ton of crap to find quality.

Another vote for everything.

Nothing bloody lasts.

Deodorant is either crap or I've turned into a hormonal sweaty bitch. The only decent one is Dove and even that becomes ineffective once you are halfway through the can.

Spices don't have flavour anymore.

Womens clothing, but weirdly not mens. It's really see through and bobbly.

Food in general. Sweeteners in bloody everything, even food that isn't meant to be sweet.

M&S
Matalan

Anyone know where good quality T-shirts can still be bought? Paid £30 for one at Mint Velvet and after the first wash it was so thin it was virtually see through.

@NonPlayerCharacter I think all mine are pre 2018 and I only buy black clothes in the main although I do have a silver sparkle wrap long top from there - so I was fine . Sad if the clothes went downhill as some of that earlier stuff was really good - nice thick fabric and fitted well

For take aways I go to restaurants where take away is their primary business and eat in I go to restaurants where there main trade is eat in.

Eat in the quality is roughly still decent quality although of course prices have risen a lot.

Take away quality has fallen drastically - not sure if it's because Uber Eats/Deliveroo take ridiculous 35% commission from the restaurants and so they are suffering more than eat in restaurants.

Many of these restaurants have minimum wage workers - I dread to think what is going to happen next year when minimum wage goes up.

I agree. The actual staff are mostly fine, with variation like you always got. But the lack of staff is very frustrating and means customer service levels have dropped.

I suspect with Fairy they've relabelled the old one to be Platinum and the normal one is a rubbish new one.

Depressing thread. We should do one on things that have stayed the same but it may have 4 posts!

Yes! It didn't surprise me when they stopped doing clothes as they kept churning out the same crap each season. I don't need a clingy dress I can buy that anywhere, I didn't want a wrap top that i had to wear a vest under. It was fitted clothes I wanted, proper fitted dresses, fitted tops and shirts. Fitted coats and jackets (my smart winter coat is from there).

They have an obsessive following though who don't like anyone saying anything negative about their beloved Bravissimo so anyone who had a criticism was bullied off their Facebook page and so they no longer get anything but praise.

Bravissimo clothing went downhill and then they stopped doing it. They said it wasn't selling...Well I used to be a keen customer but then they started doing the same three designs over and over, in nothing but black, white and navy, so I stopped buying.

Re: chocolate - some bars are still OK but they're going up in price & have joined the ranks of 'never pay full price for this because it'll be on offer somewhere'. Green & Black's, Divine, Lindt & M&S dark chocolate are my usual ones.

The clothes that have served me well are Bravissimo ones from years ago and M&S stuff pre 2018 - I've also got some fat face jersey pull on dresses/tops at least10 years old and still going strong . Even reasonably high end these days I think quality is much lower, fabric, finish, button/zip quality etc

Comprehension skills and critical thinking!

Peter Storm has been shite for years.

Simple Pure soap, reduced in size by about 20%, only foams for half of the bar. It's useless, utterly useless.

Peter Storm boots (from Millets), half price, bought two pairs, one pair lasted roughly 3 winter months before the soles literally fell off.

Chocolate

You don’t think the taste has changed? I still drink it, but it’s definitely not as nice as it use to be 😢

I have long since started buying M and S and other mens woolies. Much better quality and higher wool content.

I went into M&S on Saturday looking for a cardigan and was shocked at the quality of the knitwear. It looked like it belonged in Primark, but at M&S prices. No offence meant to those that buy from Primark, but at least you're not paying over the odds for stuff.

Ribena - used to be thick and unctuous, delicious hot in the winter, now thin and more like squash than a cordial.

😂 I don’t reverse all the time, just when I’m slowing going into a parking space, or onto my drive.

I can assure you I drive forwards all other times.

Fairy liquid for sure, there are no bubbles....

All chocolate sucks now, but they've done something to my old fave Minstrels, used to melt in the mouth and were gorgeous. Now they're just crunchy, what few there even are in a packet! Galaxy plain chocolate is gross now, as is Cadburys obviously. Such a shame as I'm still addicted to the stuff but it's so disappointing 😩

Patience seems to be so much scarcer nowadays.