What’s a “small” change that hit you harder than it should have?

[TheRealBoswell]

I’m still gutted about the recipe change for Robinsons Summer Fruits Refreshed. That was one of my absolute favourites, and Ribena Strawberry was right up there too, but I just can’t get into the new versions at all. I also never got over the switch they made to Robinsons Fruit & Barley Summer Fruits. Anyone else have a “small” change like this that just hit a little harder than expected? What have you been gutted about that's really not a big deal to others?

That might explain why their white chocolate hot chocolate tastes vile now.

Elvive Extraordinary Oil hair products used to smell like L'Heure Bleu, so classy.

Recently they changed the scent to a sickly bubblegum type :-(. I can't stand it.

Findus pancakes. Used to have them regularly as a child. I know there is a version out now but they are not the same.

Pink Snack and the old version of Time out are chocolate bars I would love to get back.

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20 limits increase pollution (if you don't have an electric car).

Unless you take the view that it is so frustrating that everyone will cycle or walk instead

You know you can rip these off?

Maybe we should examine our shopping habits, if they were used enough then they would stay open!

Greggs vegetable pasty, the accidentally vegan one with mashed potato before they added the cheese sauce, they were 79p. There was a Greggs in Leeds city centre that opened til 4am on weekends, those were the days

Walkers 'Baked' crisps in cheddar and red pepper flavour.

Boots' little lunch pots with sliced pitta, hummus and sliced peppers. Was a great tasty, light and and reasonable healthy work lunch.

Oh and ditto M&S chicken sandwiches (with a lemon and black pepper yoghurt instead of mayo). A rare find- nice quality sandwiches unsullied by mucus-y raw tomato. Bonus that they were 230 calories.

Yes! They were my favourites.

A few years ago Jelly Babies changed to contain real fruit juice. Booo. I like artificial strawberry! They're still nice but not as nice. Smarties have gone all anaemic looking too.

Thank you. I simply never questioned what the Manager of my local Sainsbury told me in the 80s.

Some of these empty units are still lit up at night.

Who pays for the leccy in closed down shops and even more so, shops that went bust?

Hotel Chocolat Coffee & Walnut chocolates. I went in and asked the assistant after searching for months. Turns out they're discontinued but she didn't know why, she said they had been making them since Hotel chocolat first opened too. 😢

Yes, that used to happen at the little surgery around the corner from our flat, in the mid to late 90s. Sadly that closed and everything moved to a new health centre.

booths still sell it, although unless you are up north that won’t help I’m aware!

We went to a McDonalds in Gdansk and the chips were piping hot, crispy and salty. The burgers were better too. The UK always seems to get the rubbishy bits of fast food.

I used my local House of Fraser regularly. They were fab for menswear and cosmetics.

The argument is chicken and egg because their women's clothing, household and accessories became dire and the presentation was poor. The offer has to remain appealing for people to continue to shop there.

No I didn’t 😂😂

Vicks Vapour Rub is now Vicks Vapour Rubbish.

Clusters. They were delicious.

Above pp. Owner of a chippie explained that customers misunderstand if they saw him 2nd frying chips, unhealthy! So he only cooks them once and they go soggy and limp.

I am really cross that M and S, with no real warning, have stopped making sofas etc. DS was saving to buy a sofa to match the one he has and went on the website to order one and discovered they stopped producing them about three weeks earlier.
In fact, M and S are getting on my wick in lots of ways recently.

Heninz beans and sausages are now Richmond sausages.
Being coeliac I can't have these and neither can my kid, it was a lazy/speed tea.

Instant coffee!
For years I drank Blend 37. Suitably bitter, not sickly creamy. Then Nestle discontinued it, a long fallow time, then I found Azera Perky Blenders. Just right for me, I kept a good stock in but now can't find it anywhere. Down to my last tin and won't offer it to anyone else. Where can I go now?

You can still get Topics but they are not the same as they used to be.