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?

I saw this online at Morrisons just yesterday - hope you can manage to get some

In my case, I keep losing them. My soft toys with jumpers wear the enamel badges so borrow one of them.

The original bbq walkers crisps. They were my all time favourite.
Also a specific tuna pasta bake that Sainsbury's used to do about 15-26 years ago. I loved it, would buy a few of them every week for my lunch and then it became discontinued. They now do another one but it's not even slightly similar. The old one was really creamy in a lovely white sauce.

And they now carry a nut warning!

Edited to add that I meant to quote the post about After Eights...

Bran Buds were lovely though, I haven't seen those for ages.

I did go and check in case that was the case, but it also says unavailable for me 😵

https://threestrawberry.co.uk/products/bounty-dark-2-portions about 62p each

While I'm on a roll - Hellmann's Warm chicken salad, thin sliced bread and Creamola Foam.

These!! I was just reminiscing about them the other day! I loved them!

Also Ricicles, the cereal of my childhood! Findus Crispy pancakes used to be lovely back in the day and now they're minging.

And not food, but I miss Holby City!!

Milky Way bars when it used to have a chocolate centre they were my cheap treat. Then they changed it to a vanilla/white centre and they are sickly and too sweet. I really miss them

I am still sulking about all the good flavours of Quality Street and Roses that have been discontinued for years/decades:
Brazilian darkness, montelimar, peanut/hazelnut cracknel, I could go on and on - so many lovely flavours lost forever and now even the remaining ones are horrible.

I got a 'sunflower' one in a tin in 1999: still wish I could get it again! It was perfect, pretty scent but not overwhelming. Why do they stop making the things we love?

So true!

RIP creme eggs :(

I also miss the original carrot moisturiser - the black pots. ( from The Body Shop when it was good!) All the family used that one.

I miss the tin. The enormous metal drum, before it shrunk and then returned to plastic.

Shoe shops like Dolcis, Barrett's and Faith. I still mourn these shoe shops. Nothing is quite the same.

The loss of floral-smelling shampoo and conditioner. Now everything's fruit like strawberry or coconut, both of which make me feel queasy.

Boot's own brand used to have a fantastic camomile one, but it's gone (together with most of the other Boot's brand stuff. Thanks, Walgreen's).

Really wanted to make the switch to Kallo but tried the beef and the chicken stock cubes, pretty tasteless 😢😢😢

Someone has! And they're a Cadbury!

Go visit https://lovecocoa.com/pages/our-story

Yes it's expensive... but for a treat and trip down memory lane, worth it.

Because I have a phobia and they need to leave. There is no one to put them outside so they have to go.

I have a phobia called arachnophobia....sure you have heard of it.

On the shoe shop front, I miss Bally.

No I do not kill things because of a phobia. I kill spiders.

Yeah I have...so yeah I learned you are a Buddhist and maybe you go around sweeping the street in front of you as you walk so not to kill any creature but that isn't everyone.

These are still available in my local Morrison’s!

I'm also Arachnophobic, those without it simply do not understand that what they see as harmless, for some reason terrifies others to the point they freeze or have panic attacks, the cold sweats, the rocking backwards and forwards isn't fun or put on, I used to literally go into shock.

It's only since living on my own have I been able to overcome it to the point I can hoover them up but my cats tend to find them before I do.

I bought a spider extractor thing, and ended up taking it back and telling the shop assistant (who looked at me quite bemused) that it just wasn't long enough.

I love M&S's Cornish cheddar (used to always buy Canadian cheddar so like it strong) - they have a level 7 which is the most mature and it's lovely if crumbly. Also try Davidstow, can't remember whether it's Tesco or Sainsburys but I think one of them recently discontinued it, feckers!