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Re: Crisps

Post by Mo » Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:49 am

Ok, more than a year on

Yesterday I had nothing to bring in for lunch so I went in to Tesco. Guess what they didn't have! I'll tell you. Salt n vinegar Discos, that's what. So I got the next best thing, Salt n vinegar square crisps and do you know what they weren't? I'll tell you. Square. That's what they weren't' They were curly. Not curly like a quaver but like curly like scrunched up paper. WTF? There is just no need for that.

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Re: Crisps

Post by Phillip Phlopp » Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:54 am

The postie will be struggling under the weight of his sack as he delivers to Mr Echo
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Re: Crisps

Post by Julian Mince » Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:00 am

i remember when they did something similar a few years ago. We tried all eight flavours and they were all equally vomit inducing.
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Re: Crisps

Post by Mo » Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:41 am

Phillip Phlopp wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:54 am
The postie will be struggling under the weight of his sack as he delivers to Mr Echo
I've just noticed he is coming to Glasgow in August. I will be sure to speak to him in person.

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Re: Crisps

Post by Lisa » Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:45 am

Mo wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:49 am
Ok, more than a year on

Yesterday I had nothing to bring in for lunch so I went in to Tesco. Guess what they didn't have! I'll tell you. Salt n vinegar Discos, that's what. So I got the next best thing, Salt n vinegar square crisps and do you know what they weren't? I'll tell you. Square. That's what they weren't' They were curly. Not curly like a quaver but like curly like scrunched up paper. WTF? There is just no need for that.
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Re: Crisps

Post by Julian Mince » Fri Jan 31, 2025 11:15 am

Mo wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:41 am
Phillip Phlopp wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:54 am
The postie will be struggling under the weight of his sack as he delivers to Mr Echo
I've just noticed he is coming to Glasgow in August. I will be sure to speak to him in person.
Hasn't he already arranged an audience with you Mo?
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Re: Crisps

Post by Lisa » Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:05 pm

I don't know if he has! I would be writing a strongly worded email to the lead singer of, oh.
Oh.

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Re: Crisps

Post by RockitRon » Tue Aug 12, 2025 3:00 pm

Mo wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:49 am

Yesterday I had nothing to bring in for lunch so I went in to Tesco. Guess what they didn't have! I'll tell you. Salt n vinegar Discos, that's what. So I got the next best thing, Salt n vinegar square crisps and do you know what they weren't? I'll tell you. Square. That's what they weren't' They were curly. Not curly like a quaver but like curly like scrunched up paper. WTF? There is just no need for that.
You may like to know that they have brought back Pickled Onion flavour Discos, last seen 20 years ago

https://www.talkingretail.com/products- ... 8-07-2025/


Meanwhile, Walkers have reduced the salt in their Salt & Vinegar and other flavours (except Ready Salted and Cheese & Onion) by almost half.

The rationale behind this is that they now fall below the level of the new HFSS (High Fat, Salt & Sugar) regulations which would otherwise have prevented them from advertising on TV before 9pm, or at all on digital channels, after 1st October 2025.

However, at the same time they have launched two new flavours, Masala Chicken and Sticky Teriyaki, which are not HFSS compliant. They managed to get a whopping free plug for these by way of a feature on yesterday's This Morning.

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/walker ... 24.article

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