The standard bar used to be two ounces; now they are about 1.5 ounces. They have covertly reduced the weight and hidden it by hoping we cannot convert grammes to ounces. Bring back our bigger bars.
2007-02-23 14:08:58 · 23 answers · asked by Jack Nick 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Perhaps because the people who are eating them are getting bigger.
2007-02-23 18:03:11 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe, your right when the weight got converted they gradually reduced the size. It is smaller because the chocolate bar companies don't sell as much as before. Reason is, all our money is strapped by the cost of living. We buy our groceries and there is no money left for treats. Parent are more careful as to how much junk food their children eat also. The chocolate bar companies want 80% profit now. The difference in the size is visual to older people but not to the real young.
2007-02-23 14:26:28 · answer #2 · answered by Stars 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a little child.... 'Wagon Wheels' looks huge and it was a treat eating them as they looked bigger than my hand.
Years passed... when I got one 'wagon wheels' and I just looked at it in dismay. It was no longer bigger than my hand and it was smaller.
I think its probably our eyes have gotten bigger! haha. Well like the first answer - world has gotten bigger.
Thats why the sweet companies have brought out 'double' and 'triple' or 'kingsize' bars now.
Can't believe how much they cost now... soon it'll be a fiver for a kingsize Mars bar!! Wish they stayed the same price as they were in our childhood days and we all would be living like kings and queens but then again the companies need to make their money otherwise there would be no 'Wagon Wheels' or 'Mars' bars!
Just go out and buy yourself a 'kingsize' bar or a box!!! haha
2007-02-23 20:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by _ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are trying to get us to eat smaller portions. Not fair is it? We should be making our own choices. What's worse is that they are making us pay the same amount for their smaller bars. and expecting us not to notice. Some serious cost cutting going on as well I think.
2007-02-23 18:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by wendyad3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos we got greedier... Now they make the usual bars smaller to make the king sized bars look bigger!
2007-02-23 14:16:24 · answer #5 · answered by JustJem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha.Wagon Wheels used 2 be massive'man!iAnd the Bounty bars used ti be massive!the sticky fingerd bosses down at the chocolate factory have gotten greedy!...well who wouldnt in a chocolate factory??
2007-02-23 14:15:38 · answer #6 · answered by snuffylover4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely chocolate is getting smaller because people know that chocolate is addicting to people and if they keep selling it at huge amounts, lots of people will be getting obese. I like chocolate, though I don't eat way, way, way, way, way too much! Yum!
2007-02-23 14:33:17 · answer #7 · answered by M-Shizzle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They know everyone is hooked, we are all a bunch of chocolate
junkies and will buy the smaller bars.
2007-02-23 14:13:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean--I got a breakfast burrito at McDonalds this morning.I haven't gotten one in awhile.It was about half the size of what it use to be.I know this doesn't really answer your question but it's the first thing I thought of when I read your question...lol
2007-02-23 14:14:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because thats how they screw you over if the bar is smaller youll have to buy 2
2007-02-23 14:12:10 · answer #10 · answered by Sawyers girl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they stayed the same, but the rest of the world got bigger.
2007-02-23 14:11:21 · answer #11 · answered by I Know Nuttin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋