Easter Eggs down 38%.
- 30 March 2010 07:3845091But no alas not in price. Did you know..did you know, and not a lot of people know this..that Easter Eggs will have shrunk chocolate-wise this year by 38%. Yes 38% - Outrageous I hear you shreik!
Well yes. Instead of gorging over there on the sofa in your Easter Sunday string vest, stuffing your gob with the one highly decorated solitary egg, you will now have to buy two eggsss to get the same level of satisfaction. Well you dont want to be shortchanged on your eggy chocolate intake do you? If you only get one egg, you will be shortchanged on chocolate by the aforementioned 38%. Catastrophe my friend ! Not good for the chocaholic addiction. Not good for the indulgence.
Women of course love their eggs. So if you hand them a smaller egg this year, even though you will still have paid the same for the blasted thing, you will be sent to the mangey oul doghouse...so here's the thing, you will just have to spend more on more eggs. Otherwise you will be considered a miserable cheeeeepskate. Not good at all if you want to maintain a harmonious household.
Ah though...where once you might have compensated yourself by thinking that this increase spend was at least going straight into the British economy, ah not now alas, you havent got that satisfaction any longer, because all chocolate is now in the hands of foreigners, Americans, Swiss, Belgians..blasted foreigners are everywhere. Its enough to make you gorge so it is....on chocolate !!
email: dover7@msn.com - 30 March 2010 09:2745095Hi Paul,
I definately agree that an Egg needs to be a certain size to offer that level of satisfaction, especially in my case!! and of course it has to be Cadbury - nothing else will do!!!!
On the whole though I have found Easter Eggs cheaper to buy this year than ever before. Last week Tesco were selling good size Cadbury Eggs for 95p and yesterday they had the Large Cadbury Eggs with those Super Large Mugs for £3.00 instead of £6.00 not bad, I have stocked up on the Large Ones because the Mugs are a great size for the perfect cuppa!!
Sheli xxx - Brian Dixon
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30 March 2010 09:2845096paulb,if you are looking a nice easter egg for the spiecial woman in your life try m & s,they have a nice easter chocolate bunny on the top shelf for around 40 quid though.but worth it to keep her who must be obayed quite for an hour or two.
ps,dont forget the charradaney.
- 30 March 2010 09:3745097C'est Catastrophe Mon Ami, qu'est-ce que! l'oeufs chocolate fini?, Merde. It makes you want to join UKIP, n'est pas!
Joking apart, Sheli is right, Easter eggs this year seem to be cheaper but, as PaulB says, they are smaller by 38% no less, Shocking! - 30 March 2010 09:4345099I still say, that when it comes to chocolate - resistance is futile!
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30 March 2010 09:5845101diana,have you had an encouter with the borg recently. - 30 March 2010 10:0345103And my husband a Seven of Nine fan?
Just every evening at 7 on Virgin 1.... - 30 March 2010 10:3845105I must be one of the few that dosen't actually like Easter eggs. I'll eat the chocolates inside in some cases, but honestly prefer a nice selection box of choccies or flowers instead of an egg. I still get given a few and the dog is getting fatter by the day!
- 30 March 2010 13:0145121I get a bar of aero off anyone who knows me, and as to buying eggs, it`s been money or a bar of chocolate in recent years to give, avoiding all that wasteful packaging on the eggs, although it does look nice.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
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30 March 2010 16:2845154diana,ditto allways at 3 pm.gives me chance to have a cold shower. - 30 March 2010 17:5645173I wondered why Easter Eggs were so cheap this year..............True friends stab you in the front.
- 30 March 2010 19:2245190Sorry to put a dampener on a jolly topic, but I sincerely hope what you said Jeane was a joke - chocolate is poisonous to dogs!
- 31 March 2010 17:4945294I was kidding
- 31 March 2010 21:1645340Phew! All the more for the rest of us then!
- 1 April 2010 07:2845412Woof! Woof!
But now back to humans. A report hitting the airwaves yesterday, just by total co-incidence co-inciding with Easter co-incidentally..stated that if you eat at least 7.5grams of chocolate a day, particularly dark chocolate, it is actually good for you. Oh rejoice one and all! In actual fact you are at a 39% lower risk of getting heart problems or stroke in comparison to someone who consumes neglible or near negligble amounts per day.
It actually lowers peoples blood pressure... something to do with the flavonoids found in the cocoa bean, so there you are. A modest consumption of chocolate will lower blood pressure and lower your risk of stroke and so forth.
Good news therefore for lovers of Easter Eggs, so go for it, but as they say ...everything in moderation...or there are other problems lurking.
email: dover7@msn.com - 1 April 2010 08:2345420Paul: flavonoids?????
- 1 April 2010 08:3945422I wanted to go out with 7 of 9 but couldn't get on with the family!
My request this easter is for a chocolate egg sandwich - a childhood favourite - whilst normally I praise Vanes granary - this has to be on white bread with butter and crush up a thin egg.
- 1 April 2010 08:4745424Oh my gaaawd David
whoops Diana..flavanols ! but I dont know what that means either so have looked it up..."substances in cocoa that boost the body's supply of nitric oxide" so there you are. I hope thats clearer
email: dover7@msn.com - 1 April 2010 10:2845447YUM , love chocolate , i saw an easter egg from hotel chocolat for £60 a beast of a egg. I have dropped hints to the hubby . lol
- 1 April 2010 10:2945448YUM , love chocolate , i saw an easter egg from hotel chocolat for £60 a beast of a egg. I have dropped hints to the hubby . lol