WTF happened to the size of Mars Bars etc...?
17 February 2012, 01:40 PM
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WTF happened to the size of Mars Bars etc...?
Haven't had one for ages and swear it wasn't much bigger than an old single twix finger 
Says 58g on the packaging, anyone know what they used to be in the good old days ???
Says 58g on the packaging, anyone know what they used to be in the good old days ???
17 February 2012, 01:48 PM
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Souce Wikipedia: In the second half of 2008, Mars UK reduced the size of regular bars from 62.5 g to the current 58 g. Although the reduction in size was not publicised at the time, Mars claimed the change was designed to help tackle the obesity crisis in the UK. The company later confirmed that the real reason for the change was triggered by rising costs.[6][7] In the UK, most Mars bars are still made at the Slough Trading Estate.
17 February 2012, 02:43 PM
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It`s nothing to do with tackling obesity, believe me. It`s all down to cost. I work for Cadburys and most of the bars that we produce have been reduced in size, simply because the costs are crippling.
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17 February 2012, 03:39 PM
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Raw material prices have increased big time, how else would you suggest they pass on the cost?
May be they could add a 'fuel-surcharge' to every bar they sell.
17 February 2012, 03:59 PM
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TX.
PS How have car manufacturers managed to avoid us all driving around in fun sized cars?!
17 February 2012, 04:08 PM
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(work safe-ish Russell Howard (funny), bit of swearing ...)
But you wouldn`t believe the cost of materials nowadays...especially cocoa beans (along with the shortage). Not that I`m condoning it
17 February 2012, 05:18 PM
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Good idea for a "light" snack ... http://joanspiller.wordpress.com/201...3%C2%A0recipe/ ....
Enjoy!
Dave
Enjoy!
Dave
17 February 2012, 06:29 PM
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Is it true that the ingredients have been changed so they are halal?
17 February 2012, 08:30 PM
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This ought to explain everything, if you have a scientific bent and you can be arsed to read it.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...LOcjecYpuG9eMQ
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...LOcjecYpuG9eMQ
17 February 2012, 09:03 PM
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I remember when I was a kid 20 odd years ago my grandad used to buy a king size mars bar and needed to cut it up with a knife and used to share it with me and my sister, the things were massive back then.
17 February 2012, 09:31 PM
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This ought to explain everything, if you have a scientific bent and you can be arsed to read it.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...LOcjecYpuG9eMQ
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...LOcjecYpuG9eMQ
“I am utterly innocent of economics, the dismal science. To me, bulls and bears have four legs and are called Bous taurus and Ursus arctos.”
“Still, I guess I’ve blown it. A ten-pound bar titillates my wildest fancy. It would be as good as the 1949 Jo Dimaggio card that I never got (I don’t think there was one in the series). And did I ever end up with a stack of pink bubble gum sheets for the effort. That’s another tale, to be told through false teeth another time.”
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