…and here it is. After years of provocation, at last, the thing that will make the British people rise up and riot.
This is some serious shit.
Aldis Oaties are better than hobnobs.
There I said it!
The headline says “soar”, but the article reports “could go up in price by as much as 5%.”
Isn’t inflation expected to be not far off that? To me soaring would be at least over 10%, probably more like 20+
so its official…. brexit and 2021 are the end of the world as we know it….. no hobnobs…. i am on the first slow boat to china
Only the posh will be able to afford them – Hobsnobs.
It was Bedlam in the shops this morning. Panic buying, rioting, looting. Some even resorting to autocannibalism when they realised all of the Hobnobs had been stripped from the shelves. What kind of government would allow this to happen?
Thing is though, if they put the price up, then less people will buy them, leading to a surplus which will mean they sell them cheap anyway.
first Brexit, then Coronavirus, now the price of Hob Nobs. Things are starting to get serious.
1. Warn public prices will increase
2. Use emotive and slightly scary language, like “soar” or “accelerate sharply”
3. Use pandemic as excuse
4. Put prices up a shitload
5. Profit!
I was idly wondering earlier today how many companies will do this in the coming few months, irrespective of whether their costs actually change.
Edit: The reason I was thinking about this is my gf needed to buy a new phone charger for her mum. I guessed it would be a fiver. The price in Tesco? £12! Twelve quid for a USB charger and cheap cable.
“Which it says has to pass onto consumers” I call bullshit on this as they made £2bn profit last year. Fuck mcvities. You don’t have to pass it onto consumers, you take the profit hit like a man. Boycotting mcvities now.
>The firm, which is owned by Pladis Global, said brands such as Jaffa Cakes, Penguins and Hobnobs could go up in price by as much as 5%
Checkout The Secret World of Biscuits available on the app All 4 for more about the history of these life saving products.
Thanks to Brexit it was obvious costs would rise… Adding a Pandemic on top just makes things even worse.
Some people argue that it’s down to the Pandemic – and obviously that doesn’t help. But other countries aren’t having quite the same cost increases or limited supplies as badly – so yes it’s mostly thanks to Brexit we get to have higher costs and less rights…
Waiting for the day someone in charge with a brain relaizes this and ends up rejoining (even though we’ll be worse off than before we left, as we come crawling back or worse rules). Just give me back freedom of movement and I’ll be happy at least. That has completely screwed over my life.
“As much as 5%” is just inflation, complete non story
Brexit will finally start to become extremely unpopular when the Get Brexit Done voters have to pay significantly more for their Mars bars and packets of Space Invaders.
Are we going to see a wage increase to offset the rising price of choccy-biccies? We sure won’t!
However, it said its “humble chocolate digestive” would be less affected. There is nothing humble about the McVities Chocolate Digestive. .
If there was a straw to break this camel’s back… this is it.
You’ll see people begging on the street to get their fix of chocolate Hobnobs.
Prices to go up by 5%. So our 1.35 hob nobs will now cost 1.50. If you buy own brand biscuits they’re like 80p, so 84p. I eat maybe more biscuits than the average person but I don’t think this is a cause for concern.
And just like toilet roll, and petrol, suddenly panic buying cookies is the way to go this time.
In 2016 this subreddit said to prepare for this. This is what we’ve been saving and investing for. The supply of hobnobs will be assured.
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…and here it is. After years of provocation, at last, the thing that will make the British people rise up and riot.
This is some serious shit.
Aldis Oaties are better than hobnobs.
There I said it!
The headline says “soar”, but the article reports “could go up in price by as much as 5%.”
Isn’t inflation expected to be not far off that? To me soaring would be at least over 10%, probably more like 20+
so its official…. brexit and 2021 are the end of the world as we know it….. no hobnobs…. i am on the first slow boat to china
Only the posh will be able to afford them – Hobsnobs.
It was Bedlam in the shops this morning. Panic buying, rioting, looting. Some even resorting to autocannibalism when they realised all of the Hobnobs had been stripped from the shelves. What kind of government would allow this to happen?
Thing is though, if they put the price up, then less people will buy them, leading to a surplus which will mean they sell them cheap anyway.
first Brexit, then Coronavirus, now the price of Hob Nobs. Things are starting to get serious.
1. Warn public prices will increase
2. Use emotive and slightly scary language, like “soar” or “accelerate sharply”
3. Use pandemic as excuse
4. Put prices up a shitload
5. Profit!
I was idly wondering earlier today how many companies will do this in the coming few months, irrespective of whether their costs actually change.
Edit: The reason I was thinking about this is my gf needed to buy a new phone charger for her mum. I guessed it would be a fiver. The price in Tesco? £12! Twelve quid for a USB charger and cheap cable.
“Which it says has to pass onto consumers” I call bullshit on this as they made £2bn profit last year. Fuck mcvities. You don’t have to pass it onto consumers, you take the profit hit like a man. Boycotting mcvities now.
>The firm, which is owned by Pladis Global, said brands such as Jaffa Cakes, Penguins and Hobnobs could go up in price by as much as 5%
5%! that’s like an extra 7p a pack! https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/278371514, do these people think I’m made of money?!
Checkout The Secret World of Biscuits available on the app All 4 for more about the history of these life saving products.
Thanks to Brexit it was obvious costs would rise… Adding a Pandemic on top just makes things even worse.
Some people argue that it’s down to the Pandemic – and obviously that doesn’t help. But other countries aren’t having quite the same cost increases or limited supplies as badly – so yes it’s mostly thanks to Brexit we get to have higher costs and less rights…
Waiting for the day someone in charge with a brain relaizes this and ends up rejoining (even though we’ll be worse off than before we left, as we come crawling back or worse rules). Just give me back freedom of movement and I’ll be happy at least. That has completely screwed over my life.
“As much as 5%” is just inflation, complete non story
Brexit will finally start to become extremely unpopular when the Get Brexit Done voters have to pay significantly more for their Mars bars and packets of Space Invaders.
Are we going to see a wage increase to offset the rising price of choccy-biccies? We sure won’t!
However, it said its “humble chocolate digestive” would be less affected. There is nothing humble about the McVities Chocolate Digestive. .
If there was a straw to break this camel’s back… this is it.
You’ll see people begging on the street to get their fix of chocolate Hobnobs.
Prices to go up by 5%. So our 1.35 hob nobs will now cost 1.50. If you buy own brand biscuits they’re like 80p, so 84p. I eat maybe more biscuits than the average person but I don’t think this is a cause for concern.
And just like toilet roll, and petrol, suddenly panic buying cookies is the way to go this time.
In 2016 this subreddit said to prepare for this. This is what we’ve been saving and investing for. The supply of hobnobs will be assured.