• Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    It’s a weird thing to think about, but in a ship-of-Theseus sort of way a lot of the products we grew up with don’t really exist anymore. By that I mean, if it’s half the size and made of different ingredients then the Mars Bar as it was introduced has effectively been discontinued. There’s just some other, crappier knock-off being sold under the same name now.

    • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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      5 hours ago

      Yep, really stretching the bounds of how far name recognition will get them. All of Christie, Mondelez and Nestle products are barely even edible anymore. Forget the shrinkage, it’d be slop if they doubled the size.

      Mondelez used to be a champion of quality but quarterly earrings erode all scruples.