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  • January 15, 2015 at 5:43 pm #23021
    Leviathan

    Argh, the legendary double post. So I will have to edit and open discussion on another burning hot topic; Cadbury’s Creme Eggs. Cadburys now owned by Kraft have changed the chocolate form Dairy Milk to another cheaper chocolate. It is subtle different by inferior, I know I taste tested it against a Twirl. Now Kraftburys say that they have never advertised the CE as the Dairy Milk Creme Egg; true, but Dairy Milk is Cadburys chocolate, the public don’t make a distinction and expect Dairy Milk. What is next? It doesn’t say Dairy Milk on Twirl or a Flake (twirls are just man-flakes) or a Crunchy. Not only do we have to tolerate shrinking bar sizes we now have to stomach this! No I say! Boycott Creme Eggs and send a message to Kraftburys.

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  • January 25, 2015 at 8:42 pm #827415
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    glynr36

    I’m not 100% sure on the
    I’m not 100% sure on the change to consumer, and not at liberty to say the overall packaging change as that not my field (I only deal with the engineering perspective), but on a one for one basis you’re correct. Extrapolate that to the millions of eggs and boxes we make a year and there is a change.
    But the pack size change from 6 to 5 gave a reduction in size nearly the same as reducing to 4. Reducing the pack size meant we could get more in a box, that was a better size to use a higher % of total pallet space, meaning there are actually more eggs/pallet than before. Volume hasn’t gone up ( we make nearly 7 million a week) so the total number of lorries transporting is less.
    I couldn’t quote more accurate figures, as the work I did was ages ago.

    January 25, 2015 at 8:37 pm #827413
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    andyp

    6 to 5 is a very sensible
    6 to 5 is a very sensible decision. It is perfectly possible to eat 10 in one sitting. Whereas 12 would kill you.

    January 25, 2015 at 8:07 pm #827411
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    Kapelmuur

    glynr36 wrote:LinusLarrabee

    glynr36 wrote:
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    But for one 6 to 5 eggs is around transportation and costs and environmental impact of a reduction of lorries to transport the same number of eggs over a period.

    So (presumably) the same quantity of eggs are transported but the customer gets one fewer per pack, how does this help the environment?

    Plus the amount of packaging will increase as each discrete pack is smaller.

    January 24, 2015 at 8:01 am #827409
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    glynr36

    LinusLarrabee wrote:All of

    LinusLarrabee wrote:
    All of the large confectionary companies have been buying cocoa harvested by child slaves in Africa. That alone should be a good enough reason to boycott creme eggs.

    Only that’s not true in the slightest.

    There is so much mis-information and bollocks in this thread I don’t even know where to start correcting it all.
    But for one 6 to 5 eggs is around transportation and costs and environmental impact of a reduction of lorries to transport the same number of eggs over a period.

    And tell me how does a boycott help Mondelez/Cadbury employees? You’re only going to hit them if sales drop, not that people at the top.

    January 24, 2015 at 1:19 am #827407
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    Leviathan

    Creme Eggs down from £2 to
    Creme Eggs down from £2 to £1.60 for 5 in Tesco. We are winning, keep it up, don’t give in to temptation #SaveOurCremeEgg

    January 22, 2015 at 3:13 pm #827405
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    LinusLarrabee

    All of the large
    All of the large confectionary companies have been buying cocoa harvested by child slaves in Africa. That alone should be a good enough reason to boycott creme eggs.

    January 21, 2015 at 6:49 pm #827403
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    simon.thornton

    I blame it on Tesco.
    I blame it on Tesco.

    January 21, 2015 at 9:34 am #827401
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    jedocherty

    “(twirls are just
    “(twirls are just man-flakes!” made me laugh.

    But the creme egg now comes in a 5 (rather than 6) pack after some sort of group meeting. What’s that all about?

    January 20, 2015 at 9:22 pm #827399
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    Ghedebrav

    Serious point though – most
    Serious point though – most chocolate is greasy crap. I’m a choco-elitist (though I can be swayed by a Fry’s Turkish Delight, or the utter filthiness of a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup).

    January 20, 2015 at 9:19 pm #827397
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    Ghedebrav

    ronin wrote:The _Kaner

    ronin wrote:
    The _Kaner wrote:
    [quote=ronin]Now a marzipan egg would work for me. Surprised it hasn’t been done before.

    They have…

    http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317-10001-11750-Waitrose+marzipan+mini+eggs%5B/quote%5D

    Thanks! Thanks for nothing that is 😉 I got my hopes up…and then crash. No chocolate mate. Looking at the ingredients though, where do they find space to put pork gelatine. Looks like they’d bounce, and probably not Kosher.

    Sugar, marzipan (45%), rice starch, wheat glucose syrup, alcohol, thickener gum arabic, colours chlorophyllins and plain caramel, pork gelatine, invert sugar syrup, invertase, flavouring, glazing agent coconut oil

    Speaking as a veggie married into a Jewish family, I’m amazed by how much that pesky pork gelatine gets around. Check your flavoured yoghurts (and yoghurt-like desserts), people.

    January 20, 2015 at 9:17 pm #827395
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    Beefy

    Maltester bunnies! And I
    Maltester bunnies! And I can’t have any this year as on very strict calorie control until May. Mmm might get one and put it away until at race weight. As for cream eggs I prefer the Galaxy eggs but feel cheapening the type of choc is another great con from the already broken food industry which markets some pretty deadly foods and aim them indirectly at children, probably have shares in diabetic drug or private health care to spread the potential profit of poisoning people with processed crap! Yes I buy it and that’s the clever bit in marketing food with such high sugar content its psychologicaly addictive

    January 20, 2015 at 8:44 pm #827393
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    fukawitribe

    Like water in coffee, i’ve
    Like water in coffee, i’ve often felt that milk in chocolate should be included minimally if done at all.

    January 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm #827391
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    Leodis

    Jesus, we have Lycra snobs
    Jesus, we have Lycra snobs but I didn’t realise we also had chocolate snobs as well…

    January 20, 2015 at 7:23 pm #827389
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    Cyclist

    Boycott because we have only
    Boycott because we have only just left Xmas behind..FFs.

    January 20, 2015 at 12:38 pm #827387
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    alotronic

    I just call that quality of
    I just call that quality of confectionery ‘snot-late’.

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