Feb. 7th, 2006

katiefoolery: (Ginger)
I used to love Cheese in a Biskit (despite the spelling) because the biscuits (or biskits, it you prefer) came in the shape of a little slice of Swiss cheese, complete with holes.  Imagine my surprise when I poured some into a bowl this afternoon, after not having eaten any for ages, only to discover they now come in the shape of a wavy rectangle, thus:

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It seems a little silly to be as bitterly disappointed as I was, but there you are.  I stood there in the kitchen, looking into my bowl of boringly-shaped biscuits, and lamented this development in the world of biscuits.  Those little Swiss cheese shapes had been so much fun.  Why on earth would you switch such fun biscuits for such drab ones?  I guess the simple answer is that it's more economical to make boringly-shaped biscuits.

However, this wasn't the end of my afternoon of unfortunate discoveries.  As I was putting the remainder of the biscuits away in the box, I thought it seemed a little light.  I didn't think I'd poured that many into my bowl.  Glancing at the box, I noticed that it claimed to weigh 175 grams, but I could have sworn you used to get more.  A little research on the internet revealed I was right: you used to get 200 grams in a packet, as we can clearly see in this image here.

So why did I have a box in my kitchen, looking like this?

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I feel incredibly ripped off.  This is just another example of companies increasing their profit margins: we pay the same price, but we get less.  I'm heartily sick of it.

Has anyone else noticed shifty things like ths happening to their beloved products?

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