Sundray@lemmus.org to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMars Bar from the 1990s found during house clearance - shrinkflation in actionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1571arrow-down12cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1569arrow-down1external-linkMars Bar from the 1990s found during house clearance - shrinkflation in actionwww.bbc.comSundray@lemmus.org to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square108fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoTranslation: we have made a number of updates to our bar sizes and pack formats to reflect consumer demand People don’t by Mars because it’s a top-tier, gucci product. alongside considering wider external factors such as manufacturing costs and the price of cocoa And if we stayed the same size, it’d be really expensive, because among other things the global climate no longer supports chocolate production. TBF none of it is a lie. That’s as close as corporate-speak comes to “yup we did that”.
Translation:
People don’t by Mars because it’s a top-tier, gucci product.
And if we stayed the same size, it’d be really expensive, because among other things the global climate no longer supports chocolate production.
TBF none of it is a lie. That’s as close as corporate-speak comes to “yup we did that”.