To think Cuthbert looks like a Colin who lived a hard life?

[SisterAgatha]

Be realistic, Cuthbert looks a version of Colin who has had a hard life and is barely clinging on to his previous good looks.

If I was M&S I’d be pissed off too, they could have at least made his eyes straight.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-56768197

Loving Judge Rinder on the case...

Love it

In seriousness, I suspect it's because Aldi are charging £4.99 and all the others are 6 or 7 quid.

I’m wondering the same as pps, why the other similar caterpillars are allowed. We’ve often got the co op or Sainsbury’s versions.

I think it must be that it is more similar in some way - design is more similar, name more similar etc. I think to be ok they have to point to a certain number of differences. Perhaps Aldi don’t have this but the others do.

This whole thread is how m and s snd aldi should of played it

I went to try and buy Cuthbert today as it's DH's birthday tomorrow and he wants to sample the legal evil that is Cuthbert... Went to 2 Aldis and both confirmed they've had to take Cuthbert off the shelf since the lawsuit was published so I left empty handed! 😱😭

I wonder if Wiggles gets away with it as they have a white chocolate face so look less like Master Colin? (Unless I've forgotten what Col looks like in my old age, it's been a while since I've seen him!)

Cutherbert looks like Colins drug addled, faded rockstar twin brother. Only the booze and fags are keeping him together now.😁

Colin has a white chocolate face.

@Makinglists

Cutherbert looks like Colins drug addled, faded rockstar twin brother. Only the booze and fags are keeping him together now.😁

His stories are getting increasingly repetitive and boring. Only the new people he latches on to can be bothered to listen to them. He tells everybody that he once had Caprice.

The bar staff roll their eyes when he walks in. Who will he try and sponge off tonight?

Have Aldi actually got away with it yet? I thought M&S had grounds?

We were talking about this over dinner tonight. I'm not much of a buyer of shop cakes, and particularly not special celebration cakes. I have never eaten a Colin or a Cuthbert or any of the other manifestations of said cake. But I want to now! In fact, it struck me I cant be alone in wanting to pop my caterpillar cake cherry and surely all the supermarkets are going to be cashing in on this story. So......which caterpillar would anyone recommend? One thing is sure, please, not one with that awful fake tasting icing on the outside Please!

Maybe Cuthbert should start to self identify as Colin

That would surely be allowed

@OhWhyNot

Maybe Cuthbert should start to self identify as Colin

That would surely be allowed

😂

So......which caterpillar would anyone recommend?

Colin. He's the boss caterpillar, the others are all inferior in one or more ways. I have tried them all over the years so others don't have to.

Cuthbert is genuinely crap cake.

Aldi should have just made a kids butterfly cake and called it ' Colins journey is complete'

I have to admit I usually buy a Curly. His little orange bastard face always pissed me off though. I’m upgrading.

Curly is the povo cousin who tries to pull girls by saying he's thisclose with Cuthbert.

The girls have never heard of Cuthbert.

Kitty Colin won’t let you down. He is a massive chocolate bar with a small amount of cake inside. Ganache and hard chocolate. His boots are particularly delicious. Solid white chocolate.

The Telegraph have produced a story where someone compares the various caterpillars to see which tasted the best.

I too don’t get why the Aldi version is prosecution-worthy but the other version are not?

“versions”

Aldi should have just made a kids butterfly cake and called it ' Colins journey is complete'

Why are M&S so pissed off at Aldi's? I'm sure Tesco's or Sainsbury's, or both, have a similar caterpillar.

@the80sweregreat

Aldi should have just made a kids butterfly cake and called it ' Colins journey is complete'

Oh please can they do this 🤣🤣🤣

M&S have sweets called “colins a butterfly now” or they did.

I dont get why M&S are all upset about Aldis version. Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda and Coop versions (among others) aren't a problem.

Seriously, why is Aldi being singled out for legal action?