Toblerone bars are shrinking in weight but not the price. Shocking news.
Posted by
Eastern Iowa, USA
7535 posts
Before panic sets in, the change is just for the UK market to adjust for the lower valuation of the Pound, keep price the same, hrink the bar rather than raise the price.
About the only thing to glean from that is obviously someone thinks the Pound will be slow to rebound, if it does.
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23266 posts
That is standard US practice for years. Watch the Hershey bar shrink.
Posted by
Houston
3517 posts
I have seen the pictures of the new bar -- it is an abomination! It looks like they took out every other triangle from the bar.
Posted by
Bainbridge Island
3098 posts
Wonder how much it cost them to re-tool the machinery to make the new shape?
Posted by
San Antonio TX, United States
2393 posts
Candy makers have been play this game forever - shrink the candy to keep the price - they think they are fooling us...
Posted by
Oxford, United Kingdom
5326 posts
It is equivalent to around an 11% price increase.
Must have been easier to retool the chocolate than the boxes and wrapping, which remain the same size.