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 loved Vice Versas!

Waitrose stopped stocking my favourite Dorset Cereals cherry porridge - tragedy.

Fragrant Earth do some amazing, long lasting ones, but they only have a few locations so getting to smell them is tricky. as far as I know, their locations are all westcountry.

perfume oils are also a good way to go for longer lasting. I love Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. they do a LOT of incredible scents.

100% this! No one I know remembers it but it was amazing.

The Sara Lee chocolate danish you could get in the 90s, it was so good. I'm still searching for a substitute.

Lee Stafford hair products changing the scent 😭😭😭 The products are average imo and I only bought them for the amazing smell.

I'm sure Maynard's wine gums changed a while back. I won't buy them anymore.

I’m sad about this too. Animal Biscuits were delicious back in the day and underwhelming now.

1990’s Sainsbury’s onion ring crisps. I’d pay serious cash for some and nothing since tastes same. No doubt they were full of MSG..

also, M&S individual packed slice of chocolate fudge cake. It was dreamy. From same time period. Everything they do now is too sweet!

Yes! The smell of summer back in the 70's down my street. Just a wonderful smell.

The lemon hand wipes you used to get from Kentucky Fried Chicken

Oh my God, I was just trying to remember the name and thinking noone ever mentions it. Hot Crumbly was the best!!

This! This with a million bells on!

That they stopped making Sweet Maries. Obviously I'm likely to be the only person in the UK that has been affected by this.

You can often get unused wrapped versions of discontinued perfumes on e bay

Thank you for that ❤️ I’m going to go and have a look.

I've bought it and it's not quite the same one as the serum formula. Thankyou though @Blackcountryexile ! xx

I can't find who sent it but thank you so much to the poster who told me Perky Blenders coffee is on sale in B&M. Have just bought 12 tins!

Hrtft, so someone may have already said this, but Terry’s chocolate orange/mint. It was a mint one I got but I guess it would be the same with the orange one. It was the most shocking example of shrinkflation I’ve seen so far. The segments have been sort of cut into on each side so there’s virtually nothing to them, but from the outside of the whole orange it looks normal. They’ve taken it too far, to the point where I just won’t buy one again, which when I think about it I’m sad about.

This is wonderful and made me (& miserable DH) snort with laughter!! Thank you

Smashbox discontinued their electric pink lipstick and I have never found anything else as good.

I thought it smelt like horse feed, but my primary aged DS used to shovel a big bowl of the stinking stuff down with hot milk every school morning! He still looks for it when he shops and he’s 40 soon!

Oh no this is a gutter, not Pears!

totally agree with everyone on sweetener and palm oil. It’s made most snacks taste disgusting. I just pay more and eat more expensive chocolate bars now … but some stuff is irreplaceable, like irn bru or sprite

Actually but my one is elf powder blush. It was soooo good, lightly shimmery and just really nice colours 🥹

I didn’t realise anyone except Tate & Lyle made treacle!

Full fat Philadelphia cream cheese - the low fat ones were always horrible but I recently bought a full fat one for the first time in ages, it tasted of NOTHING and was all thin and wet and sad. So disappointing and has ruined all cream cheese frosting recipes.