Meanwhile the name brand stuff is twice as expensive and everything has security tags on

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
    hexagon
    ·
    6 hours ago

    A few years ago before the inflation hit Finland's leading chocolate maker altered their gift box design while also completely coincidentally reducing the amount of chocolates in them by like 1/4

    When they were asked about it they were just like so-true "the consumers wanted more impressive boxes to make their special occasions feel even more special"

    • StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her]
      ·
      5 hours ago

      Fazer? I just saw the boxes today sold at about 6€. Funnily this is also one of the OG fash families (Whites) with firm ties to Germany afaik.

        • StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her]
          ·
          5 hours ago

          Pretty sure it was like in 2021-22 when it was always 3 for 10€. Now it's two for 10€ on sale, lol.

          I really really dispise how hard Fazer has been able to build the brand on banal nationalism. Not to mention how hard they go on exploiting cheaper manufacturing countries and still have those outrageous prices. The laskiaspulla and runebergintorttu for example are all made in other countries, frozen and then sold here as "fresh". With twice the price of local bakeries.

          I could do a huge rant on how Fazer and a few other essentially monopolies have destroyed our bread culture and small bakeries here, but I'll save that for another day.

          • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
            hexagon
            ·
            5 hours ago

            To be completely honest, I very rarely buy anything from Fazer and when I do, it's the few of their chocolate and biscuit brands that I happen to like. Definitely not any of their breads and other baked goods though, that shit costs an arm and a leg. It's all the cheapest shit from Lidl or Prisma for me 😎

            spoiler

            I prefer Marabou's milk chocolate anyway