or was it just my imagination?
2006-11-19 07:37:45 · 13 answers · asked by ragdoll 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
yes they were.
but its like everything now, the price goes up and the size goes down
2006-11-19 07:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by ♥gigi♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You noticed it too? Yep they have definitely done the shrinking violet bit and it was relatively recent as well. Most times you think a choccy bar is 'not as big as it used to be' it's normally comparing them from childhood. The first time I tried a Werther's Original was about 10 years ago and I'm certainly well beyond childhood - they were bigger then, absolutely sure of it!!
2006-11-19 07:53:19 · answer #2 · answered by Number O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I noticed the other day that Sherbet Fountains are only about half-full nowadays and the liquorice stick can't be used as a staw anymore.
Maybe grandad Werther has already part-sucked them before putting them on sale?
2006-11-19 07:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by Quasimojo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it was not your imagination, they were certainly bigger and rounder, when i bought some after quite a few years i was very disappointed as they do not last as long and being smaller i am rather inclined to bit them and gone in no time at all then like you i wish they were as they used to be.
2006-11-19 07:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Dazzle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I ate some yesterday and remember thinking exactly the same thing. Now it was a small bag rather than a roll of sweets, so I'm hoping that if I buy a roll pack next time they'll be back to the way we remember them.
2006-11-19 10:03:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything was bigger and rounder in the good ol' days!
2006-11-19 07:51:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I think they were too. However, Penguin bars have shrunk also, but the price is the same. Its just a marketing con and they think we are so thick that we won't notice.
2006-11-21 01:24:08 · answer #7 · answered by Joanne E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were, as were curly wurlys and wagon wheels to name but a few. Obviously the general consensus nowadays is give less, charge more.
2006-11-19 07:51:41 · answer #8 · answered by Dava 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure they were though when I was a kid they were just called butterscotch and were slightly harder but easier to break your teeth on!
2006-11-19 07:53:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as everything .......... weren't toffee crisps bigger than they used to be?
2006-11-19 07:45:52 · answer #10 · answered by toon_tigger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋