Happy Christmas? Shrinkflation trims Quality Street again
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Economics | The Guardian on (#4PXGC)
Confectioner downsizes tubs from 720g to 650g - with more chocolates and fewer toffees
Quality Street is slimming down again for Christmas this year as its new seasonal 650g tubs hit UK supermarket shelves this week, downsized again from 720g last year.
Aficionados of the UK's biggest Christmas confectionery brand are in for further surprises with parent company Nestli(C) set to reveal that it will be offering more chocolate and less toffee in assortments in its popular tubs and tins.
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