To never buy Anchor butter again?

[Alittlegusty]

I feel well and truly duped and am so annoyed.
They were on ‘special offer’ and cheaper than Tesco standard so I bought a few for Christmas baking.

They looked the same size as the other butters..

But I’ve gone to use one and it’s 200 grams instead of 250 grams..

The weight is well hidden on the back.

Scammers!

I’m NEVER buying Anchor butter again!

Circularargument · Today 17:38

You don't check price per kilo as a matter of routine? More fool you.

i always do. And it still annoyed me. The trickery. It’s not a honest transaction. If they increased pack size it’d be plastered all over the pack.

i spotted this trick with lurpak a while ago at tesco, good price, i thought great. Came closer and thought wtf they look so small and then discovered they’re 200g instead of 250g.
Nope, won’t be bying those. Overall sick and tired of all the supermarket tricks

An electric whisk and some muslin. Just throw cream in bowl and mix till butter forns and separates from fluid. I plunge it in iced water to wash then hang it in muslin to get any excess fluid out.

Same with lurpak! I've also noted that my local Tesco is only selling potatoes in 2kg bags now not 2.5kg. Nutella has gone down from 400g tub to 350 also

Or you can just shake it in a clean jar. It takes a wee while though...

The first time I made butter was out of necessit. I used tinned cream from back of cupboard my mum had given me. Followed internet recipe, I was so chuffed when it worked.

Yes, I made some in a clean mustard jar when I was a child, my nanna put the cream off the milk in the jar to give me something to do. Forgot about that.

As I said in a previous post Yeo Valley yoghurt has shrunk by 20%. And between last week and this it's gone from £1.70 to £2.25. I would have loved some of their blackcurrant but that 's a ridiculous increase.

Yoghurt is so easy to make too. Small bio yoghurt for a starter and milk. It makes the creamiest thick luscious yoghurt ever

I fell for the same thing. Anchor butter down to £1.60 in Asda around a month ago so bought 4 only to realise when I got home that it's smaller now.

Since covid and manufacturing saying prices going up for them, they have value engineered everything, and charged more. It boils my urine

I've just been and checked the Lurpak that was on 'special offer' in my fridge, and yep, I've been conned as well! The tub is 400g, not 500g as the other standard packs are. Thieving bastards.

You may want to have a look at a thread I started on 27/11/23 under the Cost of Living topic, entitled "Shrinkflation", which gives more, similar examples of goods being made smaller, but the price staying the same, or even increasing 🤬
(I don't know how to link threads - too thick! 🤦‍♀️)

I think you must be talking about the spreadable "butter"

And then strain it to make it thick & creamy. Yum. I use UHT milk.

This isn't a new trick. I recall my parents complaining that cigarettes were thinner, shorter and still the same price per packet.
I started making my own butter when the price shot up. 600ml double cream yields 300g butter. It's not significantly cheaper but it's not pumped full of air and water either.

I am a mug and did not notice! I did wonder why anchor is always cheaper these days.

YABU - becuse all the other butter manufactures will have done the same within a few months; mark my words!

My favourite bacon looks the same size in the packet, but it's now 6 rashers instead of 8.
I know I've got to pay more, but I despise the sneakiness.

This thread is an example of why maths is important and understanding what unit price actually means - and being able to work it out.

The unit price is there if you look for it - but they can make that hard to compare between different goods.

Yes I do too. Also made ricotta not long ago. I used to do yoghurt in a flask, but now I use the yoghurt function on my instant pot.

Always check the price per kg….. on everything!

Look at the ingredients when buying butter

I have always read ingredients as dd allergic to some things. And with new products or offers check the price per kg. But if it’s a product I buy every week then I’d probably just grab it without checking. As i think many would.

Yes it is. Can usually get it in Tesco or the Coop where I live.