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« on: November 22, 2007, 02:19:17 am »
Does anyone know why nestle changed the After Eight mints from the  "Wafer Thin" with the nice chocolate to the rather thicker and smaller version with what I call nasty chocolate?

I remember the chocolate being allot darker than it is now and allot thinner too as well as the mint being wafer thin unlike the new one which is atleast twice as thick.

The packaging has also changed to say "Thin Chocolate Mints".

IMHO they should never of sold Rowntrees off to Nestle as they have made allot of changes in products and not for the better either.
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2007, 07:07:45 am »
I can't agree with you more. Cheap and nasty is what sums up the former Rowntree products that Nestle acquired.
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2007, 01:57:54 pm »

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IMHO they should never of sold Rowntrees off to Nestle as they have made allot of changes in products and not for the better either.


Who are 'they'?
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2007, 07:55:20 pm »
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Does anyone know why nestle changed the After Eight mints from the "Wafer Thin" with the nice chocolate to the rather thicker and smaller version with what I call nasty chocolate?

I remember the chocolate being allot darker than it is now and allot thinner too as well as the mint being wafer thin unlike the new one which is atleast twice as thick.

The packaging has also changed to say "Thin Chocolate Mints".

IMHO they should never of sold Rowntrees off to Nestle as they have made allot of changes in products and not for the better either.

Yes, but think of the savings in Tesco!

 
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2007, 08:10:29 pm »
They are the people who pulled the strings in the company.

The Rowntree family would have taken a back seat in the company when it was floated as a PLC and share holders became involved.

The people who ultimately are responsible are the share holders who would have made out nicely on the deal with a Brucey Bonus on their dividends.

Does anyone know what Nestle paid for Rowntrees?

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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2007, 08:11:35 pm »
Yep, Savings made at Tesco.

Every Little Helps! LOL

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« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2007, 07:15:24 am »
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They are the people who pulled the strings in the company.

The Rowntree family would have taken a back seat in the company when it was floated as a PLC and share holders became involved.

The people who ultimately are responsible are the share holders who would have made out nicely on the deal with a Brucey Bonus on their dividends.

Does anyone know what Nestle paid for Rowntrees?

 

I sympathise, but you can't really blame the shareholders. It was their money that kept the company going after it was floated on the stockmarket.  Actually, i think the Rowntree family did have quite a big share in the company at the time of the sale.

 

The sale nearly didn't happen as the Monopolies and Mergers Commission was not happy with Nestle's dominance in Europe and the relatively few number of chocolate companies. Nestle fought for a long time to finally get their hands on Rowntree.

 

It was a sad, sad day. Not a single former Rowntree chocolate product is the same as it was when  taken over. IMO, without exception, the products are cheap imitations of their former selves.
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« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2007, 02:22:36 pm »

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They are the people who pulled the strings in the company.

The Rowntree family would have taken a back seat in the company when it was floated as a PLC and share holders became involved.

The people who ultimately are responsible are the share holders who would have made out nicely on the deal with a Brucey Bonus on their dividends.

Does anyone know what Nestle paid for Rowntrees?



82 quid.
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« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2007, 04:47:49 pm »
LMAO 82 Quid... Was that  in Chocolate money?
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« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2007, 11:46:52 pm »
Is this the reason Yorkie bars are rubbish nowadays too?
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« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2007, 07:14:31 am »
Yes.
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« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2007, 09:08:55 am »
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Is this the reason Yorkie bars are rubbish nowadays too?

Haven't yorkie bars always been rubbish
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« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2007, 02:08:17 pm »

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Is this the reason Yorkie bars are rubbish nowadays too?

Haven't yorkie bars always been rubbish


No, their was a year when they were exceptional, somehow they managed to get the consistency off to a T and the taste rivalled CDM bars.



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« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2007, 05:17:30 pm »
Lou knows only too well.
She used to go out with the trucker from the advert.

Apparently he used to call his "Yorkie" too due to it being a bit of a terrier.
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« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2008, 06:23:52 pm »

As far as i know AFTEREIGHT are made at the nestle factory in frankfurt germany i agree they dont taste the same and are packaged differently. I know another large part of the vast ROWNTREE FACTORY in york is going to close and be re-developed, i imagine that will involve moving more products overseas as KRAFT did when they bought out TERRY,S and CADBURY,S are planning to do when they close there BRISTOL factory, NOT TO MENTION mars WHO HAVE CLOSED ONE OF THERE LARGE FACTORIES in SLOUGH and moved many of there products to europe.  Its about time we boycotted there products and bought ENGLISH  only , problem is we dont know whats made where. I think this is common with everything thats changing and its nice to have nostalgic memories of when life was simple and uncomplicated..

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