My mother in law was having a clear out, and inside this tin were loads of those fuzzy promotional stickers with googly eyes and ribbons.
This is still probably a special bumper Christmas size tin, but even so, is a great example of shrinkflation.
by Scarif_Citadel
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That’s a beast! Wonder how much they’d charge for it today.
All I remember from these was not being allowed to eat the green triangles, because mum loved them. I think I was 19 before I tried one. Wasn’t worth the wait
Coffee Cremes are back this year
The good old days!
Take it to your local refill station. We’ve got one at John Lewis and they charge £12.50 to refill your tin!
Seems it would cost about £20.75 to refill that at Tesco now
They were not a fiver or less though iirc. I remember them being pretty expensive, definitely a once a year treat.
How much would it have cost?
I found a 1981(?) advert showing a price (for 5lbs which is a bit less than 2.5kg) for £8.95. That’s equivalent to £33 in today’s money.
£4 for 600g in Tesco (could be cheaper elsewhere) so I could fill the 1980s advert tin (and then some) for £16. In fact I could fill it twice over and still have change from £33.
Take this into a John Lewis to fill up!
I remember back in the 90, Roses tins and quality street had lots of chocolates in. and the chocolate tasted better in the 90s