Cadbury's chocolate shrinkflation

Ho3n3r said:
Country Fresh went from 2.0 to 1.8 a few years ago, and then some of the more "exclusive" ones were brought down to 1.5, so there was a period where they had both 1.5 and 1.8 litre variants. Now it seems to be all 1.5 litres.
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It’s “now” 2L.
 

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abzo said:
It’s “now” 2L.
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Nice. I'm wondering how many companies are now worrying because customers are going to be quite a bit more price conscious than they were before.
I hope chocolate lowers in price at one point without shrinkage. :(
 
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Matt91 said:
I'm still bitter how dirty they did us with Pringles.
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The last time I had Pringles, a few months ago, I could have sworn they weren't much bigger than the old Mini Pringles that were available when I was in high school.
 
Do they still sell the 500g slabs? I remember when I was a kid I used to see them from time to time. Guess these days the slab would be 350g :(
 
Polymathic said:
Do they still sell the 500g slabs? I remember when I was a kid I used to see them from time to time. Guess these days the slab would be 350g :(
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"Large" is currently 150g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolate-Slabs/CADBURY-SLAB-WHOLE-NUT-150GR/p/000000000000626248_EA
And "normal" is 80g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolate-Slabs/CADBURY-SLAB-TOP-DECK-80GR/p/000000000000626240_EA
Then their "bubble" "large/normal" is 83-87g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolate-Slabs/Cadbury-Dairy-Milk-Bubbly-87g/p/000000000000548486_EA
And "normal/small" 40g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolates/CADBURY-DAIRY-MILK-BUBBLY-40GR/p/000000000000596029_EA

Milka is 100g/300g/500g with some 270g for Noisette which is about normal (taking this off of billa.at, still funny how fast you'd notice a price increase or deduction there as everything has /g pricing added). I think I saw them stocked at Checkers before lock down, not sure if they still stock them. That's pretty much the only "mass" brands of chocolate I occasionally eat, usually since I eat so little chocolate I end up going for a slab of Lindt once every ~2 months.
 
Johnatan56 said:
"Large" is currently 150g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolate-Slabs/CADBURY-SLAB-WHOLE-NUT-150GR/p/000000000000626248_EA
And "normal" is 80g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolate-Slabs/CADBURY-SLAB-TOP-DECK-80GR/p/000000000000626240_EA
Then their "bubble" "large/normal" is 83-87g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolate-Slabs/Cadbury-Dairy-Milk-Bubbly-87g/p/000000000000548486_EA
And "normal/small" 40g: https://www.pnp.co.za/pnpstorefront/pnp/en/All-Products/Food-Cupboard/Chocolates-&-Sweets/Chocolate-Bars,-Bags-&-Packs/Chocolates/CADBURY-DAIRY-MILK-BUBBLY-40GR/p/000000000000596029_EA

Milka is 100g/300g/500g with some 270g for Noisette which is about normal (taking this off of billa.at, still funny how fast you'd notice a price increase or deduction there as everything has /g pricing added). I think I saw them stocked at Checkers before lock down, not sure if they still stock them. That's pretty much the only "mass" brands of chocolate I occasionally eat, usually since I eat so little chocolate I end up going for a slab of Lindt once every ~2 months.
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I could be misremembering but there were Cadbury slabs sold on occassion that were as large as a dinner plate, I remember kids bringing them to school on at least and even my parents buying it on one or two occassions. Maybe it was an import or a special where they increased the size of the 200g slab.
 
I.am.Sam said:
wow ...guess you eat lindt and the expensive chocolates
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Most of those expensive chocolates are no better than the cheaper ones.
Lindt uses additives to give the creamy texture. Its still a more pleasant chocolate than Cadbury but very overpriced.

Proper Swiss and Belgian chocolate is great, its just not so easy to get hold of in SA.
 
Polymathic said:
I could be misremembering but there were Cadbury slabs sold on occassion that were as large as a dinner plate, I remember kids bringing them to school on at least and even my parents buying it on one or two occassions. Maybe it was an import or a special where they increased the size of the 200g slab.
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I have a vague memory of this. I remember something humongous, like a 1kg slab of Dairy Milk or something.

Between 500g and 1kg I'd say, but I can't remember exactly.

Toblerone had 400g offerings not long ago.
 
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