Is it true that our sweets are shrinking...?
...but can it be proved, or is it just our memories from childhood deceiving us?
We've had the usual Friday morning discussion in the office about how sweets used to be bigger back in the 70's / 80's (particularly Creme Eggs, Curly-Wurleys, Mars bars and Wagon Wheels) but is this actually true, or just perception/opinion?
Has anyone hard evidence - perhaps a fossilised Wagon Wheel, or inside knowledge of the confectionery business and the old manufacturing dimensions of sweets - that can prove or disprove this theory?
Or is it - as some maintain at my work - the fact that because we were all smaller as kids sweets looked bigger, but in fact have not changed appreciably in size at all?
Any offers for either side of the debate?
We've had the usual Friday morning discussion in the office about how sweets used to be bigger back in the 70's / 80's (particularly Creme Eggs, Curly-Wurleys, Mars bars and Wagon Wheels) but is this actually true, or just perception/opinion?
Has anyone hard evidence - perhaps a fossilised Wagon Wheel, or inside knowledge of the confectionery business and the old manufacturing dimensions of sweets - that can prove or disprove this theory?
Or is it - as some maintain at my work - the fact that because we were all smaller as kids sweets looked bigger, but in fact have not changed appreciably in size at all?
Any offers for either side of the debate?
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Its like the original Monster Munch, that seemed a right tall packet. Curly Wurlies seemed like they were about a metre long back in the day but now are just normal size.
Probably also EU law that choclate/crisps can only be a certain size in a packet etc !
Jaffa Cakes seemed to have shrunk as well
I like to support the local newsagent but when hes charging me 58p for a Wispa and ?1.40 for a single can of Red Bull i do think 'sod it i'm off to Tescos'.
Also we pay the same price, but the item is smaller, they say it is for our health, I say it is for their wealth............
So in a nutshell, yes, they are all getting smaller even though as adults our mouths have got bigger.
Also chocolate bars from local brands went from 80 gr to 75 gr.
Verkade chocalate bars went from 200gr to 180gr.
Not only sweets, but all other stuff too. Many moons ago beer went from 33cl to 30cl.
Also cereals went from 250gr to 225gr.
Never any change in the price.
I notice that shrinkage on Netherlands(got to say Netherlands now and not Dutch...keep getting told off by Nederlands people) beers. 300ml, 275ml, even 250 ml...whats the point of that. As is mentioned in Red Dwarf "This water has been recycled so many times now, it is begining to taste like Dutch Lager"...but I am partial to Amstel. Right I'm gonna get one of those Danish beers from now on. Faxe..in a giant can.
Pish!
Brilliant!
Haven't seen one for years....reminds me of Giro Day from years gone by :D
Not here. A pint means a pint means a pint, anything less and it's a short measure!
Crisp packets have got larger over the years, in the 80s the typical crisp packet was 25g, it's around 40g now for Walkers (IIRC, I don't eat a lot of them)
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No offence meant.
Anyhoo, Granny Sookers and Nippy Sweeties...just the same.
Dutch = the people, the language
Holland = small part of the Netherlands, mostly the part visited by tourists. (two provinces : North nd South Holland)
I bet you still have the park bench marks on your butt ;)
I like the Netherlands.
The police there are homosexual pot smokers apparently ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRfluaMKoOY
or is that just a stereotype ?
Nah! My only park dwelling times in the last 10 years or so were during the days in summer, and we weren't really getting trashed, if it was a nice day we'd maybe go over to the corner shop near the park and get some beers. But back then I was probably more interested in riding my BMX :D
Used to hang around the park all day when I was about 15, but we weren't dirty charvas harrassing people, we used to just sit on the swings and smoke weed/drink beer etc. We were actually nice to people if they came over, no point in being a dick, and we figured aggressive youngsters attract unwanted attention so it actually paid to be friendly.
Of course there was a fair share of radgees who used to come around from time to time, but they never really gave us any grief, chances are we knew them?
http://www.pimpthatsnack.com/projects.php
Recently Milky Way cut their bars down in size by a few grammes, and were sneaky by not including the new weight on the packet. The calories per bar gives it away - and weighing ones from previous batches to the new ones! Yep, that's what I do on rainy days! They put the price up too. Most companies do this every few years, and I like to check to see which ones are 'pulling a fast one!' The bars of 20 years ago really were quite big - don't let them fool you into believing that it's because you had smller hands back then! :D
Bring back Maverick bars!
Yep, same here!! In fact, we never had the police called there. Not once. And sometimes there'd be hoards of us up there, all day and night. Nowadays, I reckon they must visit the park at least 3-4 times a day.
I dunno... the youth of today, eh? :roll:
I remember when they had 3 different types of Boost, then slowly but surely biscuit Boost just became regular Boost phazing out Coconut (the original...original), and I cant remember the 3rd flavour peanut Boost maybe?
Anyway just a few years back you could still buy Boosts round my way, but if you went over the river from Newcastle to Gateshead you could buy King Size Boosts. First time I'd ever seen them and afaik they never made it to my side of the river. Not that it matters made you feel well sick after eating one :D
Oi... what you trying to say? Mine's still nice!! ;)
Apparently, the guys who make 'em (Burton's) denied that they'd ever got smaller but the tv folk found some old lady somewhere with an ancient wagon wheel still in her cupboard so they could prove that the old ones were indeed bigger. Which they were.
Of course, knowledge imparted on the internet, by slightly drunk people who know someone at work who saw something on tv last year may not always be 100% reliable but I think we all know in our hearts that they WERE bigger.
In fact, in my day it was all fields round here. And the dogshit was white.
Not since 1991. they were 38g packs then, and I think they are the same now. I used to run a pub, and have those crisps burnt onto my brain.
Multi packs are 25g bags
I've often wondered about the whole Holland/Netherlands/Dutch thing.
Now I'm really confused... ;)
Twix's single bar version has definitely got smaller.