The Price of Sweeties...

[JP7]

I was in the supermarket today, and spotted they are now selling Creme Eggs for 50p! Am I the only one who remembers them at 25p not so long ago?

And as for Curly Wurlys... half the size they used to be!

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

2 4 1 Cadbury's mini eggs at your local co-op. Forgot the price as i scoffed them.

Don't mention the ever shrinking curly wurly...Have you seen the size of wagon wheels wouldn't fit on a smart car nevermind a wagon.


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[Sam_Y_93]

And 15p for a fredo

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[JP7]

And 10p Chomp bars, hehe.

Is it because the manufacturers are making Wagon Wheels and Curly Wurlys and stuff smaller, or did they just seem bigger when we were little?

[swanny]

in work.. 60p for a creme egg

65 for a mars bar
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[MaybeGuy]

its a tax on kids
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[pinkyfloyd]

When I saw the title I wondered why a grown man was making a post about sweeties. And then it struck me

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On a more serious note though. Ruffle bars used to be 10P now they are near 30. The old advert used to say "just try and keep one to yourself" bloody things are too small and expensive to share!

Wagon wheels used to be wagon sized now they are tiny.
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[stinkwheel]

[Poseidon]

You want a rip off? In Dereham there is a proper sweet shop... pick'n'mix in the middle of the shop, jars of sweets on all the walls that you take to the counter and get the weight you want. £0.99 for 100g!!! I remember when it was 20p a quarter (bearing in mind I'm only 26). And WHAM bars, 25p for a standard one, 35p a bar for the so called xtreme sour! I used to get 50p pocket money and would be able to buy enough sweets to induce a coma!

And when did super-duper-ultra-mega-xtreme sour stop actually being sour? I recall bleeding cheeks and tongue ulcers from eating sour warheads. Now I can eat everything and not even suck my cheeks in a little!

I can see why the yoof of today are so discontented. I'd be so angry at the false promises of sourness and extortionate prices that I would be driven to a life of beating up the elderly too!
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[stinkwheel]

[Charlie]

[mysterious_rider]

Can't be arsed with sweets. All overpriced and full of shite anyway.

[Chalky.]

Being a paedophile is getting more and more expensive

[kitty kat]

Today I saw a Twirl for 80p When they first came out they were about 25p.

When I was young (many years ago) black jacks and fruit salads were half a penny and you could get loads of sweets for my 10p pocket money. Mind you my 2 mile bus fare was only 2p
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[Ditto]

Twix and Mars bars etc used to be 27p RRP! Said on the packet.
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[Sam_Y_93]

I want a Creme Egg now...
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[StevenF]

It's the big bags I think have went up loads. A big bag of Minstrels or Skittles used to be about £1, now there double that!
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[swanny]

[Clanger]

There's a sweet shop in Brighton which sells sweets from around the world at extortionate prices...but because it was my birthday I treated myself to something in a tin (basically for the tin!!!)
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

**** Egg Update ****

Whilst walking the dogs i couldn't get eggs off my mind.

Yummy
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[GhostRider]

I almost voided my bowels in the shop the other week when I saw a caramel bar for 65p. But I had out the idea in my head on the walk round, so I was already looking forward to the chocolatey goodness, so I gave in to their extortionate bastard price, and they're definitely smaller too. Wasn't really worth it in the end either, nostalgia was sweeter than actually reliving the experience.

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[yuri2085]

I almost bought a cream egg last week until I went .
Scum.

[-LG-]

I noticed this today, had a £1 left ofter, said my sister could get a packet of sweets, expected to be able to get something for my other sister as well, 50p when I was younger could get you lots...now it can't even get you a Mars bar at Martins!

Can remember spending my pocket money on Polos as well, used to be 24p each, now they are 41p at Tesco, but 63p at Martins .

[Harold_Shand]

Not exactly sweets, but Space Raiders were 10p for, I think, about 10 years. They are now 20p but are in a much bigger bag than the old ones. Brilliant. The cost of everything is going through the roof, shame my wages isn't.
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