Which changes in a product you’d liked have been the worst?

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Just bought some Huggies wet wipes for the first time in a while. I use them to take makeup off, and they are the only wet wipe that are really effective. They’re thick and somehow really remove the dirt well. But they’ve changed and are now utterly, utterly shite. They’re thin and remove nothing. Why oh why do they do this? Do they not test the product in manufacturing and think ‘this is obviously a shit move’? So frustrating.

See also Ribena. Used to be a great occasional drink to soothe a sore throat, now it tastes of nothing but chemicals. Why do that?

Surely no one will buy the new Huggies Wet wipes? Surely only 10% of the old Ribena buyers still buy. What is the sense in this commercially?

Pretty much every food and drink ever but shout out to roses and quality street. Utter carnage of my memories when I see the stupid little fuckers now.

Twiglets.

Animal biscuits (Cadburys?)
It used to be that lovely white, slightly vanilla flavour biscuit and now it’s a horrible brown, tasteless biscuit. Yuk.

All the changes to add artificial sweeteners to food and drink since the sugar tax. In particular Sprite and Irn Bru.

Cadbury dairy milk. No other chocolate tastes as Cadbury’s used to, I loved it.

I actually feel quite sad that the younger people won’t ever get to taste it’s deliciousness.

The why is presumably always cost cutting. Rubbish though.

I used to love Ribena but they have completely ruined it by adding sweeteners. Same with Lemon Fanta. The only canned/bottled
fizzy drink without sweeteners now is full fat coke. Even standard Pepsi has sweeteners. Really annoys me.

There was something very comforting about a cup of hot Ribena as a kid when you were ill and it wasn't bought very often same as a big bottle of lucozade with the wrapping on the bottle.
70s kid memories.

I treated myself to some party rings the other day. I don’t remember them tasting of cardboard 😒

But if it’s so bad nobody buys it, they’re not going to make any money

Or so bloody tiny now.

I loved Cadbury’s. I don’t like posh chocolate and that 85%stuff actually makes me retch.

But no one believes me. I tell my children not to waste their money on Hotel Chocolat but they insist on buying that stuff. There’s nothing like the original Cadbury’s.

Wagon Wheels or Curlywurly. Both have shrunk ridiculously.

Twinings decaff Earl Grey tea. Used to be perfect, now tastes like petrol.

Galaxy chocolate, Lucozade, and Body Shop Hemp hand cream. All a shadow of their fabulous former selves.
While we’re at it, Jelly Tots should still be flat. And put the raspberry flavour Fruit Gums back in, Rowntree. In boxes. I thank you.
Edited for spelling!

Nivea soft moisturiser was my favourite for years then they changed the formula to be vegan. I get why they did it but I had to stop using it in my face as it didn’t feel as hydrating, my skin even felt a bit dry & tight after using😩

Cauldron vegetarian sausages. I have no idea what they did to them or why!

Sure, but what if all the competition is also cost cutting? Quality of everything goes down and people will still buy. Even if there is an overall reduction in sales if the costs are cut enough they could still see increased profits.

Agree with Ribena.
Cadbury's as is oft mentioned on here.
Caramac is absolutely vile now.
Jammy Dodgers.
Fairly sure NikNaks/MonsterMunch are blander than they used to be too.

Anyone know where all the dark chocolate oranges went? I can only ever find milk chocolate in the shops and it's far too sweet!

In a way it's a good thing as none of these are good for me. They do it to cut costs and make more profit which is the real joke.

I’m not happy today with my new Dove stick deodorant, the blue one. What have they done?!

Also Cadburys, a bloody travesty selling out to an American company. However, the huge 850g bar still seems to taste like the olden days. £11 on Amazon, you are welcome.

Lucozade
Twix
Fairy Liquid
Mars bars
Digestives Milk chocolate biscuits
Ribena

Metanium.

Devastating.

All the food and drink that has palm oil and sweeteners now.

Block Philadelphia was good, the tub stuff isn't.

Vue cinemas are cheap lovely seats with swivel tables for drinks. I think cinemas are better now.

Food delivery?

Doritos Spicy Cheese Nachos — they cut the salt and fat and ruined them.