Tubs of Roses - shrinkflation

[Sue Ellen]

They've taken the whole nut chocolates out of the Heroes boxes. Life has become just one disappointment after another...

Oh good God, thank heaven for the posting guidelines or people could have had a field day with this statement about nuts and disappointment ..........

 

[joer]

Now we all know who the nutty Professor really is

 

[charlie007]

OK.....I'm willing to tolerate this temporary desecration of the thread.
As I'm assuming yourself and @Purple have to check back into the depths on Monday Morning?!

 

[charlie007]

I'll get them for under €3 yet or otherwise do without

OK I admit I got a few of the Quality Street for €3.60 but apart from that its been slim pickings this time.
I'm still hopeful for Jan when like last year there might be good deals to be got??

 

[patfert1]

In EuroGiant for the first time in 6 months. I notice all the brandname chocolates and biscuits are gone, replaced by noname brands.

 

[charlie007]

Looks like confirmation that Quality street are indeed best value.....

I counted every choc in 3 popular sweets tubs - and found one winner

It may have been luck of the draw - but here's which brand I found is best

www.corkbeo.ie

 

[Sue Ellen]

Looks like confirmation that Quality street are indeed best value.....

Poor ol' Eoin sounds as obsessed on this subject as our own Charlie007

 

[charlie007]

Poor ol' Eoin sounds as obsessed on this subject as our own Charlie007

Nice to hear of a fellow traveler and I also seem to recall someone saying Quality Street were by far the nicest

 

[peemac]

brandname chocolates and biscuits are gone, replaced by noname brands.

Probably higher cocoa content and less emulsifiers and palm oils

 

[Grizzly]

We won't be buying any of the Quality Street, Roses, etc. again after this year. Sick of them. They don't even taste like chocolate anymore.

We will treat ourselves to the Butlers and similar brands that contain milk and not Palm Oil.

Had a chicken this year instead of turkey. We will stick to that from now on.

 

[ClubMan]

Had a chicken this year instead of turkey. We will stick to that from now on.

 

[Persia]

We won't be buying any of the Quality Street, Roses, etc. again after this year. Sick of them. They don't even taste like chocolate anymore.

Agree, didn't bother buying any this year but unfortunately got 3 tubs as gifts, kids opened one but didn't eat more than a handful,
Did buy Butlers and got a few boxes. Delicious, all gone.

 

[charlie007]

Quality Street €4.49 in Aldi.
Go for 'em for tonight and give them up next year?

 

[JamieB_]

Two boxes of roses here with half the sweets left in them that nobody would touch over Christmas. most of the nice ones gone and made up then of the disgusting ones that nobody will eat. They will just go in the bin now. Wont be buying any next year.

 

[charlie007]

Plenty of Quality Street €3.50 (clubcard) in Tesco Douglas, Cork.
Also 750g Tins €8.00 (supposedly reduced from €20!) of nostalgia to some I'm sure.
Not showing online, so no idea how widespread.

 

[Purple]

We won't be buying any of the Quality Street, Roses, etc. again after this year. Sick of them. They don't even taste like chocolate anymore.

Yea, really low quality produce, ironically particularly the case with quality Street. Nasty.

 

[Inexpensive]

There was great value in cans of coke in Lidl over the christmas.
Not so great if you're beloved uses most of them to boil the ham in.

 

[It'sSummer]

Lindor was very disappointing this year with hollow centres and ferraro rocher have flat bottoms now (sorry, not sure how else to describe this!)

 

[charlie007]

Reports in boards.ie saying Quality Street tubs €2.50 in Tesco.
BBE Oct '26.

 

[Sue Ellen]

Rumour has it that most of these boxes came from a guy in Cork, wonder who that was , heard you're lying low at moment charlie007