http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2005/12/05/underpacking/ Ace King, Check it Out! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2005/12/05/underpacking/#comment-5983 I Want My Jaffa Cakes | DarrenBarefoot.com Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:16:35 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=50#comment-5983 [...] My curmudgeonly (no more than I, really) friend Joe makes a very valid point about cookie packaging. He took this photo of a box of Jaffa Cakes, a very tasty cookie of British origin (obsessive Wikipedia entry ahead): Its a bit of a scam that several snack manufacturers have adopted as a way to to increase profits at essentially low/no cost on the basis that their consumers are stupid and don�t notice that the contents no longer fill the packaging. Well guys �Some settling of contents may have occurred during transit� just doesn�t cut it in this case. And yes I know it says 12 cakes in the pack, which means that strictly speaking the trades the descriptions act has not been breached, but lets face it, the game is up. [...] [...] My curmudgeonly (no more than I, really) friend Joe makes a very valid point about cookie packaging. He took this photo of a box of Jaffa Cakes, a very tasty cookie of British origin (obsessive Wikipedia entry ahead): Its a bit of a scam that several snack manufacturers have adopted as a way to to increase profits at essentially low/no cost on the basis that their consumers are stupid and don�t notice that the contents no longer fill the packaging. Well guys �Some settling of contents may have occurred during transit� just doesn�t cut it in this case. And yes I know it says 12 cakes in the pack, which means that strictly speaking the trades the descriptions act has not been breached, but lets face it, the game is up. [...]

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