Some marketing dude has figured out the economics behind releasing shitty versions of popular products so people who haven't bought them in a while buy them to try them, thus boosting sales temporarily. It's why all the shitty non standard Tim Tams and Magnums exist. I guess fucking with an existing popular product is an extension of that. It re engages consumers with the br... oh god I'm going to vomit
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Some marketing dude has figured out the economics behind releasing shitty versions of popular products so people who haven't bought them in a while buy them to try them, thus boosting sales temporarily. It's why all the shitty non standard Tim Tams and Magnums exist. I guess fucking with an existing popular product is an extension of that. It re engages consumers with the br... oh god I'm going to vomit
oipic
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What's this about Shapes? Pizza Shapes are my baked-not-fried weakness, and they're nigh-on perfect as they are. Why tinker, Arnott's, why?
Sounds like change that nobody asked for, like when Glad made that stupid packaging change that saw the GladWrap tear-off strip moved to the lid of the box, rather than the lower edge of the box.... which was one of the least thought-through packaging changes I can recall. Common sense eventually prevailed in that case, thankfully, after people power saved the day.
Sounds like change that nobody asked for, like when Glad made that stupid packaging change that saw the GladWrap tear-off strip moved to the lid of the box, rather than the lower edge of the box.... which was one of the least thought-through packaging changes I can recall. Common sense eventually prevailed in that case, thankfully, after people power saved the day.
I'm going in!
Oh wow, more flavour!
The slidy plastic cutter thing on the Aldi cling wrap is way better than the glad wrap one. Never going back.
Lucian Cat
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I hate everything
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God speed. Report your findings.I'm going in!
Lucian Cat
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Worst day ever. Confirmed.
Poimandres
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New shapes? Yeah, they're shit.
I had a packet of the new pizza shapes and directly compared with the old pizza shapes. Everyone agreed the new one's were terrible compared to the old.
- The flavour just isn't as good. Too sweet.
- No "texture" to the flavouring. The little yellow crispy bits don't exist anymore.
- The texture of the biscuit is all wrong. Soft, bad taste, lacking that satisfying crunch
- The "flavour baked in the biscuit" claim seems like bullshit. I licked the flavouring off and was left with a shitty soggy biscuit. There's no flavour inside...
All in all, there is nothing about new shapes that is better than old shapes. Just a total waste.
At least they are keeping the old BBQ shapes on the market with the new one's, but I'm not sure about pizza...
I had a packet of the new pizza shapes and directly compared with the old pizza shapes. Everyone agreed the new one's were terrible compared to the old.
- The flavour just isn't as good. Too sweet.
- No "texture" to the flavouring. The little yellow crispy bits don't exist anymore.
- The texture of the biscuit is all wrong. Soft, bad taste, lacking that satisfying crunch
- The "flavour baked in the biscuit" claim seems like bullshit. I licked the flavouring off and was left with a shitty soggy biscuit. There's no flavour inside...
All in all, there is nothing about new shapes that is better than old shapes. Just a total waste.
At least they are keeping the old BBQ shapes on the market with the new one's, but I'm not sure about pizza...
codswallop
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A few years back they had a change in manufacturing (removing palm oil, or adding it ... something to do with oil). The result is that while the biscuit was fine, all the flavouring never stuck to the biscuit.
So, they've tried to fix that by making them differently, with a different texture and ensuring the flavouring is stuck inside the biscuit instead.
I almost never eat Shapes any more so I don't even care. But I do find it fascinating how people respond to product changes like this.
Lucian Cat
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I rescind my previous statement. Will have to hunt for the old ones.
I find this line (direct from Arnotts ... are you on their payroll or something!?!) absurd. I've been buying shapes (many of their varieties) for many, many years (at about a rate of one box a week), and enjoying them thoroughly. I didn't notice a couple of years ago when the flavour suddenly stopped adhering to the biscuits. They've been just as delicious the whole time.
I'm pretty sure that either:
1) someone new in Arnotts Had To Make His Mark by changing something arbitrarily, or
2) they had to get some new machinery in to replace older stuff and they couldn't replicate the old baking style so they're trying to pass it off as "yeah, we totally did this on purpose".
Disclaimer: I have not had any of the new batch. I just want to refute this bizarro line that the biscuits were somehow broken and flavourless, because they just simply were not.
oipic
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Good heavens, they sound dreadful. Thanks for taking one for the team, Poimandres.
Gee, sales figures must have been declining horribly in recent times?
I cannot understate how much I adore 'traditional' Pizza Shapes, and the capacity for this to rock my world in all sorts of unpleasant ways is saddening.
BRB, off to scour local supermarkets for 'real' Shapes.
BananaArnie
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But what do you think about people changing our favourite food snacks?
No lies detected.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Yes. Also forget savoury and let us go back to chocolate. Forever. Fun fact my wife is all about savoury and basically never eats sweets. Fuck that total killjoy, just give me sugar
BananaArnie
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All I know is that pizza shapes were never good. And people that liked them were nuts
roosters93
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never heard of this before! seemed to me like there was barely a korean animation industry except for a few token kids films. Looks good. Are you sure the director passed though? From quick google he seems to still be with us
yeah they are the best!
mikezilla2
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wait - might have been one of the animators - i recall reading that one of the leads died of aids( he was like 23) and that's why we haven't seen anything big like that film since ........
reptilescorpio
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They got sued over their fat content marketing so they basically said fuck you and changed the whole range rather than just stop claiming they aren't full of fat.
This article suggests that was just for the "light and crispy" line: http://www.smh.com.au/business/reta...-content-claim-on-shapes-20151122-gl5bsd.html
Poimandres
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The thing is... I compared the nutrition information for the old pizza shapes vs the new pizza shapes and the new one's are in no way healthier.
This is a cost cutting measure, through and through. Only way I can see it.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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But I can only eat them with coke to wash them down with. No other drink lets me enjoy them, weird. Like how coke doesn't go with KFC nor pepsi with Maccas chips.
Lucian Cat
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Spotlight Instagram? Huh?
What are you talking about this situation is hilarious
Well I thought Nabiscos now gone 'Chicken in a Biscuit' was that.
I actually ended up eating a decent amount of the BBQ Shapes. Still pretty moreish, even if the flavour is weirdly sweet.
I'm talking more about the negative aspects of social media. Like bullies being able to continue bullying you online when you go home from school.
I'm talking more about the negative aspects of social media. Like bullies being able to continue bullying you online when you go home from school.
Oh yeah that would suck. Especially since I would have been the kid who got bullied.
codswallop
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If you rescind your statement I'll share some of the profit (a pallet of Shapes Classic).
IMO the old (dunno about the new) biscuits are as bland as you can get and there was never enough flavour on them. Haven't bought them for years now.
ClivePwned
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Harsh, but fair.
'stralya!
You have to wait for the second episode to drop in May before we're allowed to progress any further. It's AusGAF (2016) after all
you could theoretically preorder the whole lot and get an on-disc version but only in 2017
It's not like any of us have played videogames to talk about.
I still don't even have a Wii U let alone a Xbone or PS4.0, just playing 3DS and the occasional new C64 game.
Reminder for BrisGAF: Free Comic Book Day is May 7, I'll be at Secret Identity giving out comics and sketches and hi-fives!
I still don't even have a Wii U let alone a Xbone or PS4.0, just playing 3DS and the occasional new C64 game.
Reminder for BrisGAF: Free Comic Book Day is May 7, I'll be at Secret Identity giving out comics and sketches and hi-fives!
ClivePwned
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In honor of Anzac day next week, I'm going to make some Anzac biscuits and lamingtons to share with my British and Euro co-workers next week. It always spins me out that you can make your own arnott's kingston biscuits by using cooking milk chocolate as filling between two anzacs (the only difference in the biscuit is you would put the oats in a blender to make a kingston)
My mum's lamington recipe is controversial. It tastes exactly the same as a freshly made store bought lamington except it has no layer of jam in it. Mum puts the jam in with the chocolate coating. tastes wonderful.
My mum's lamington recipe is controversial. It tastes exactly the same as a freshly made store bought lamington except it has no layer of jam in it. Mum puts the jam in with the chocolate coating. tastes wonderful.
I've played FIFA nearly every day for the last six months but no one wants to hear about that.
Like we have time to actually play games. Too busy consuming other media and talking about new consoles that I won't use very much when I get them to actually play games.
Yep. Theres some with raspberry jam and cream. Like jam rolls I guess.
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