Yes, things are getting smaller, so how are we getting fatter
Products are getting smaller but price you pay stays the same | Mail Online
‘Mars bars used to be bigger and could actually fill you up.’ And he pointed out that Yorkie bars – once advertised as ideal for burly lorry drivers – are ‘no longer big enough for truckers’.
Nestle chiselled 14 per cent off a Yorkie, reducing it from 64.8g to 55g, while the 65p price has stayed constant. At its peak, in 2000, it weighed 70.4g. A Mars bar, selling at 59p, has shrunk 2.5g to 58g.
Nestle chiselled 14 per cent off a Yorkie, reducing it from 64.8g to 55g, while the 65p price has stayed constant. At its peak, in 2000, it weighed 70.4g. A Mars bar, selling at 59p, has shrunk 2.5g to 58g.
Bakery chain Greggs ... It has cut the meat content of its Steak Bake pie by 15 per cent, while keeping the price at £1.35.
Greggs the baker was a little vague, saying its Steak Bake recipe had been altered. It said: ‘The recipe was changed over a year ago. The new Steak Bake also has a reduction in salt.’
Greggs the baker was a little vague, saying its Steak Bake recipe had been altered. It said: ‘The recipe was changed over a year ago. The new Steak Bake also has a reduction in salt.’
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