Celebrations fans say the festive treat is now a total ‘waste of money’ as woman compares her new box to one from 2009
A WOMAN has left people stunned by showing the size difference between a 2009 box of Celebrations, and a box she bought this year.
Deborah explained that she’d kept hold of the old tub to put her dog’s biscuits and treats in, but hadn’t realised just how dramatically the new box had been sized down.
And it was only when she put the two tubs side by side that she saw the incredible difference in size.
“This is the Celebrations box today,” she began her TikTok video.
“With the tiny best before date there, and it’s 600 grams.
“And the one that I’ve had in my cupboard for years, holding my dog’s biscuits, treats, which has its best before date, nice and big, so you can read it – 29/3/09.
“And it’s holding 975 grams.”
Concluding her video, Deborah marvelled: “The difference in that!”
“Is this something to Celebrate?” she wrote over the top of the clip.
“I ate an entire contents of the new ones in 2 sittings,” one person commented on the video.
“I wish I was joking lol!”
To which Deborah replied: “It’s easy with the one we have now.
“You would have probably been sick eating the old box full!”
“I remember when they were filled to the top with chocolates and you couldn’t see the bottom, not like nowadays,” she added.
“One part is to do with £ inflation, the other is companies rigging the size slowly so that u don’t realise you’ve been conned,” another wrote.
“Totally!!” Deborah responded.
“I’m not buying them this year,” a third raged.
“Seen someone open a tub in tesco – you can see the bottom of the tub, there’s that little in them.”
As Deborah replied: “You’re right! I bought them for trick or treating.
“Barely enough for a handful of kids!”
“Waste of money, I don’t buy them anymore,” someone else insisted.
“I know I’m being mugged off so I can’t enjoy them.”
“They know people won’t pay £12 odd so the only option is to just make them smaller,” another commented.
“I stopped buying years ago, but still crave them at Christmas.”
“I really don’t get why they haven’t just raised the price?!” someone else agreed.
“People aren’t stupid, they don’t expect it to be the same price as it was 25 years ago.”
While another person insisted: “We all know they’ve got smaller!”
To which Deborah replied: “Yes, but when you see them together it’s amazing how much smaller!”