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to ask am I the only person with an imploding Hellman's mayo bottle?

86 replies

LargeLatte · 10/06/2013 22:40

New non leak bottle. No mayo leaks out, no air goes in. Bottle has imploded with half of mayo still inside. Friend said the same. Anyone else? Determined not to waste mayo so will now have to hack it open with a knife.

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LargeLatte · 10/06/2013 23:23

Right oh usual, I'll put the knives away and get the step ladder out instead so I can get a decent height.

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usualsuspect · 10/06/2013 23:24

Good plan, at least I could get some mayo out of the hole in the bottle Grin

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 10/06/2013 23:29

Me! Its really annoying! Thankfully I have a Pampered Chef skinny scraper thingy which fits inside.

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 10/06/2013 23:29

Hellooo BTW! Wink

ToomuchIsBackOnBootcamp · 10/06/2013 23:32

Uh oh I bought one of these at the weekend and have only used it once so I look forward to squeezing, jumping and cursing to come .....

Great idea to send a link to this thread ... Seems its def not a one off!

Buzzardbird · 10/06/2013 23:34

Me too, was going to start a thread on this last week but was afraid I was being dim. Have gone back to Aldi mayo.

Nagoo · 10/06/2013 23:37

Yep. I'm struggling already and we've only had it 2 weeks.

Buzzardbird · 10/06/2013 23:40

I have found that if you hold it in your left hand at a 90° angle, shake it 3 times and then throw it in the bin and never buy it again it helps.

MrsPennyapple · 10/06/2013 23:40

I emailed Hellmans a week or two ago to tell them the new lid was crap. They sent me £4 worth of vouchers and said they are investigating the issue. You are the consumer, tell them what you want! (and get free stuff.)

WhirlyByrd · 10/06/2013 23:43

Yep, mines been standing in a bowl without the lid for a week several days and nothing has come out. Is thid all part of a wicked plan tto maximise profits by gettin us to throw away half-full bottles? Well we won't be - back to glass jars for us!

Damnautocorrect · 10/06/2013 23:44

Yes me too.
Had a Heinz mayo as well that all peed out all over ds's lap before he'd squeezed it.
Think I might stick to jars

SacreBlue · 11/06/2013 08:09

Obvs been taking tips from the make-up industry whirly some of whom are extra sneaky using glass bottles so no chance of getting the remaining stuff out by hacking with knives

CasperGutman · 11/06/2013 08:16

Sounds like I should stick with the Aldi mayo, in a glass jar, for a while yet then.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 11/06/2013 08:17

They are shit!

I vowed never to buy a squeezey one again but I got seduced by a so called bargainHmm

Half of it is now sat in the fridge while I figure out how to get to the mayo......

It may be there sometime if this three is anything to go byGrin

Curlew · 11/06/2013 08:21

Me too. But don't throw them away- why would you do that? Cut them open, scoop the mayo out into a jar or something.

Caboodle · 12/06/2013 20:48

Me too - very annoying; so annoying in fact that I have felt the need to comment on a thread for the first time in months Smile

saulaboutme · 12/06/2013 22:19

I lovvvvvvvvve mayo so much! I've bought the bottle as a bargain and never again! not good value for as so much goes to waste. It's criminal!

Oldraver · 12/06/2013 22:30

Yes I squeezed mine and it stayed in as air couldn't get in..I had to turn it upside down and undo the cap

Sommink · 12/06/2013 22:36

my friend brought 2 on offer and had the same problem, I have one and after learning from her crying with laughter I have been turning mine the other way up and squeezing the opposite way till its back to normal shape, its not going last though, the bottle is starting to refuse to reshape as is hellmans evil plan to make us all buy more mayo!

gremlindolphin · 12/06/2013 22:37

Me too!

Was fighting with it earlier, glad its not just me.

xx

HoneyDragon · 12/06/2013 22:38

I've reverted to buying jars, the inverting bottle gave me rage.

QOD · 12/06/2013 22:44

Yep, on our second and it's a crap design, threw loads away in the first one

Oldraver · 12/06/2013 23:06

Sommink when its upside down unscrew the cap...it then goes back to shape...shouldn't have to do it though

WetDog · 12/06/2013 23:14

They do have Facebook - and lots of people on there complaining about the bottles

Here's their Facebook,but they'll tell you to contact customer services yourself.

We have a bottle, just used it for egg mayo, and it's a pain in the arse. Back to jars in future.

Hercy · 12/06/2013 23:14

Another one who's gone back to jars here, bloody awful design.