Cadbury's Bournville Factory

[Richard Dye]

Richard, I agree entirely with you on quality. I’m on the back foot with Cadburys products now as I don’t eat anything with sugar in (only 100% chocolate), so can only rely on other who say their chocolate is not as good. There does seem to be a common theme that it has alterd for the worse and it is known that they now remove a lot of the cocoa butter and substitute it for other less expensive oils.

A lot of confectionary manufactures have also been involved in shrinkflation. If you look at the Penguin and Club biscuit multipacks, they are down from eight bars to seven (12.5% smaller) same price.

The original Jacob Club biscuit was in my opinion a classic example of cost cutting and quality loss.

Mort, the shrinking is alive and well here combined with a price increase. At McDonalds they had a dollar menu $1.00 that is now $1.39, fortunately the same size. We used to buy coffee in I pound, 16 oz can, that same can is priced higher and there is only 12ozs. We buy coffee in a bag that used to be 16ozs now 10 or 12 for the same price! What is a shame when they shrink products they leave the packaging the same size wrapper and box. They should shrink both, increase the shipping density and reduce freight and cost, I think the only person they are fooling is themselves!

 

[A Sparks]

Are the ladies family or was it just a opportunity to snap a couple of beauties?

Not my family!
The photo was copied from a FB page about youth culture back in the days

 

[Pete Elliott]

You noticed the vending machines?!!!!

Well spotted the “ cigarette holders”