Shrinking chocolate bars

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AIBU to think that if the cost of producing a chocolate bar goes up, just put the price up? That's literally how inflation works?

Just picked up a sharing bag of M&Ms in the supermarket, there was more air than M&Ms; there was practically nothing in there. If I want to treat myself to a face-stuffing, I'll gladly shell out 10p extra for the privilege of a full portion.

If we carry on like this, surely we'll find ourselves in 2050 with the price of a Dairy Milk unchanged but the bars now weighing half a gram?!

Presumably because most people wouldn't pay more. They'd just get something else. Mass confectionary is catered for the masses - so price point is really sensitive. Brands like Godiva/Hotel Chocolate are based on reputation & so can afford a price hike.

I hate the shape of those sharing bags, trying their best to fool us into thinking it's chock full of caramel nibbles when actually there's 109g in the bag and a load of air.
I'd also happily pay 20p more for the rest of my sweets thanks.

And bags of crisps. I have to double up now! And the Christmas tubs are a joke too, can't fool me with their steeply sloping sides lol

YANbu. They think we won't notice the bar being a teeny bit smaller (but we do). It's sneaky. I suppose there will come a point when they have to put the price up eventually, when the bars weigh about 1g

Yanbu. I laughed at the new 'treat size' Smartie ice creams. Same price, half the size they used to be

Yanbu

They shrink the packet then put the price up anyway. It's most annoying!

Very sneaky, like what they did to chocolate oranges!

Remember when "topic" bars used to be smaller than most chocolate bars but now most bars have shrunk to the same size!

I'm 56 and they've been doing this for as long as I can remember. Mars bars would gradually shrink at the same price (or not so gradually, in the years of high inflation) and then there would be a 'new' larger size, for a larger price. Not 10p more of course, back in the days when a finger of fudge was thruppence... that'd be a two bob increase!

So no, fear not, you won't end up with a bag with one M&M in it.

I remember when Mars bars used to be 360 calories a bar now they are about 260

Talk about broken Britain

Talk about broken Britain

It's awful. Turkish Delights are gone in two bites now

Its not good for the waistline is it? You fund yourself having 2 bars of chocolate because one is so small that its not enough.

It's a con calling them "treat size"
It is NOT a treat giving me a smaller bar of choc

Does anyone dare do that to you, BigChoc?

Not twice, errol

I refuse to rename myself SnackSizeFrenzy

Perish the thought!

(Im not the person who checks the weight of a choice of confectionery and then chooses the heaviest - no not me !

You need to buy 2 to get a decent portion these days lighthearted