PRODUCTS - Farleys now HEINZ Nurture...PRICE INCREASE!!!!

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I know from reading the message boards that there are lots of unhappy mums out there , due to the increase price, per tin of £3.30 that has been added to the Heinz nurture milk, which was formerly known as FARLEYS. I have twins, this is a MASSIVE increase for us & we should come together to do something about this, to show HEINZ that consumers DO still have power! The thing that annoys me the most is this price increase could have been notified, as the change of tins was notified. It's not ok to just change our babies formula over, this can cause stomach upset, constipation, vomiting. Heinz try to tell us they care for our babies, CLEARLY, they are all about PROFIT ...so let's hit 'em where it hurts!!!
We should boycott Heinz products for a week, all of their products, for one week. Believe me, they will notice the decrease in sales. Get all your friends to do it too, even if they have NOT been affected by this sly price increase. Please, let me know by answering this thread, if you think, collectively, as mumsnet mummies, that we could arrange this.
best regards, ANGRY MUM of twins x

I don't understand why they had to withdraw Farley's....why not just introduce the new one for parents that want it and leave the existing brand the same. Nutricia have two brands out there, so why not Heinz?

I honestly think they are showing very little regard for their existing customer base, partly because there is a finite time they will actually be customers (unless they go on to FF many more children), and partly because there will always be other parents lining up behind the ones they have alienated to help them get their share of the market.

and where has bond disappeared to? note she is not here defending heinz any more.

I'm also interested about the availability of the new formula as well. It still isn't on any of the shelves here; at least it wasn't in Sainsbury's on Sunday. Is it widely available yet? and if not, how can she "have put her little one on it" already?

bond you have raised more questions than you have answered, it would be good of you to come back and answer them.....or was it clocking off time already?

The heinz PR department has gone home

Got a reply from MN and they are giving her the benefit of the doubt (I don't blame them for that, he/she hardly registered under [email protected])

Might look out the misrepresentation legislation and report to the ASA

this link probably deserves a thread of its own but will put it here to give insight into this betapol fiasco.

The betapol manufacturer and shareholders must be rubbing their bastard hands with glee.

talk about exploiting a market

Exactly LackaDAISYcal.

Linked to the home page
here earlier.

the brochure was interesting reading.

sorry FAQ didn't mean you were.

Right, for those of you that use farleys follow on milk it was in ASDA reduced to twenty pence!!! per 900g tin.This was yesterday.
I bought a tin to give to my ds (2.11yo) to have as a warm bedtime drink.
(I realsie this thread is not going this way anymore but for those lurking and using farleys it may be worth taking a look in asda?)

are they allowed to discount it? or does that just apply to first milks?

yes it does just apply to milk for use before 6 months of age.

Oh crikey, I don't know. It was definately follow on milk in a lilac tin if that helps.
I dont use formula for the 10mth old so am a bit out of touch...

they are allowed to discount follow on but not 0 - 6mo.

my local asda had reduced the farley's 0-6 mo to £4 from 4.89. All the follow on which had the reduced label underneath was gone but not the 0-6 mo which was reduced but not marked as reduced.

sorry that was a garbled post, 0-6m ISNT allowed to be price reduced on special offers etc but only milks for babies 6m and over so Floow On's can be reduced/special offers, so sounds like ASDA being a bit naughty.

I knew what you meant MatNan

wondering if i will ever learn to spell check before posting LacksaDAISYcal

I have been on the C&G site for healthcare professionals. Betapol is not mentioned as an ingredient in Comfort; there, and on the list of ingredients it is termed 'structured vegetable oil' which is what Betapol is...as I said, I had to drill down into SACN (govt advisory body) to find out that Comfort has had Betapol in it for years. Therefore, I can assume Bond had inside professional information.

Nurture is new - it's the only non-speciality formula to have Betapol and prebiotics in it. Comfort has both, but it is marketed as a 'sensitive tummy' formula, and is not in direct competition with C&G ordinary brands.

The decision to place Nurture in the mainstream will be purely commercial - they're taking on Comfort and the ordinary brands. Potentially, a bigger market for them.

Asda are breaking the law. You are only allowed to discount if the discount is permanent.

tiktok, I suppose the discount is kind of permanent, ie until stocks of Farley's run out . They might be getting round it that way?

so has anyone been able to buy Nurture yet? I mentioned earlier that it isn't on the shelves here yet.

Daisy, I know....that would prob be their defence if they were challenged...

I've been googling and I found this from ibfan. It appears that Heinz aren't as ethical as many people seem to think

have seen nurture this week at tesco. wasnt there last week though,.

Have PLASMON here is Italy.

they make amongst many items of baby food, a biscuit that is to be put into a teated bottle of milk, plain and chocolate ones and it is common practice here to also add them to yogurts etc.

sorry not clear, Plasmon is a brand of Heinz.

at the biscuits for adding to milk!!!

I thought as much misdee; I'm just sceptical that after using something that has only been available for a week at the most one can say that they have had no problems or issues.

why are they not meant to discount the milk? Is it so that mothers dont get sucked into buying formula instead of attempting breastfeeding? Sorry to be dumb!
Thanks