Cadbury's Creme Eggs

[George 1978]

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[George 1978]

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I suppose that mentioning it as a cоck-up is too obvious.

[numpty]

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A Cadbury's employee tells me Creme Eggs are only produced between Christmas and March. But they're so unpleasant now that they don't use Dairy Milk any more that they're not worth the bother anyway...

[George 1978]

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I could have sworn that they are all-year round things - they don't feel "seasonal" to me. It's like Kinder Surprise only being sold during those months.

Or supermarkets only selling ordinary eggs (as in the "dip your soldiers in" kind) between Christmas and March.

[tex]

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A Cadbury's employee tells me Creme Eggs are only produced between Christmas and March. But they're so unpleasant now that they don't use Dairy Milk any more that they're not worth the bother anyway...

Mmm...That doesn't seem to make much sense, i would question his wisdom

[tex]

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I could have sworn that they are all-year round things - they don't feel "seasonal" to me. It's like Kinder Surprise only being sold during those months.

Or supermarkets only selling ordinary eggs (as in the "dip your soldiers in" kind) between Christmas and March.

....It's a small easter egg

[Zincubus]

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Mmm...That doesn't seem to make much sense, i would question his wisdom

It’s was a money motivated decision as I recall


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[George 1978]

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....It's a small easter egg

Too small.

[Mulletino]

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I know they do small Creme Egg (Twist?) Bars in the UK all year round, but over here recently we had these:



Quite tasty too!

As for Wagon Wheels "Also, although the UK Wagon Wheel has barely shrunk, it is still noticeably smaller than the Australian equivalent. As of 2006 the diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm which is 14 mm larger than the UK version, while the UK Wagon Wheel is notably thicker by 4 mm.^{" - from wikipedia.}

[Arran]

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Cadbury's is a rip off nowadays but the British people will pay almost anything for their 'weird' taste in chocolate.

I think that metrification has a lot to do with the "Wagon Wheels" syndrome of downsizing - something that the Brexit supporters at the British Weights and Measures Association have been excited about for a number of years. Instead of putting the prices up, the downsizing of the weight of the product meaning that the consumer gets a lot less for the same money. Notice that the smallest one is in plastic tin. However, I believe that the big tin on the left had a lot of "air" between the level of the sweets and the inside base of the tin lid when secure. When Watchdog investigated why tubes of Pringles had far less crisps than the tube could carry, the manufacturers made an excuse that it needs the space to put the crisps inside the tube while in the factory.

Metrication shrunk the quantity of pick and mix or weighed out sweets from 4oz (a quarter) approximately 113g down to 100g. Trading standards officers nabbed market traders for weighing sweets with imperial scales or weights which cannot be legally calibrated.

[Zincubus]

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Cadbury's is a rip off nowadays but the British people will pay almost anything for their 'weird' taste in chocolate.



Metrication shrunk the quantity of pick and mix or weighed out sweets from 4oz (a quarter) approximately 113g down to 100g. Trading standards officers nabbed market traders for weighing sweets with imperial scales or weights which cannot be legally calibrated.

Many, many years ago I worked in a busy town fruit and veg store and our bosses were always getting done for ‘tampering’ with the weighing scales


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[Richard1978]

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Many, many years ago I worked in a busy town fruit and veg store and our bosses were always getting done for ‘tampering’ with the weighing scales


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My Dad remembers a butchers local to him when was young was caught fiddling with his scales.

[Twocky61]

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Is it just me? Or are they too sweet nowadays?

[tex]

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Also available Creme egg ice cream....Yum! , Oh and i seem to remember Creme egg milkshake at mick donalds mmm

[Richard1978]

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Also available Creme egg ice cream....Yum! , Oh and i seem to remember Creme egg milkshake at mick donalds mmm

I remember Creme Egg McFlurrys, not sure if they are available at the moment.