Brickbat to Nestle

[Daisy]

There are very few chocolate biscuit bars that I like, but one of them is the trusty KitKat.

I opened a packet of 2-finger Kitkats today and found this.


Not only had they taken away the slide on wrapper and the nice shiny bit of tinfoil and substituted a nasty plastic wrapper that I couldn't undo without breaking the fingers, but to add insult to injury they don't even think it's important what flavour it is. "Flavour Variant" makes it sound like an evil mutant mushroom, and if you want to check what kind of mutation it is you have to peer at the "fin seal" - whatever that might be.

What planet are they on!

[Gemini]

That's awful Daisy. As a York citizen we were always proud of Kit Kats here, but things have changed haven't they?

[Lizzie48]

I answered this in another thread, sorry, I did read about this and also that they are changing the wrappers of Quality Street.

[Nanto2girls]

They know how to spoil a good thing.

[Grauntie Mag]

OH takes them to golf. This is going to be a game breaker, I can see it coming. How can one deal with a ‘flavour variant’?
What other flavours can there be for a KitKat? I await his reaction from behind the settee with interest.

[Daisy]

Lizzie, I read about the Quality Street wrappers as well. But to do this to Kit Kats!!! I think they tried changing the wrappers once before but there was a national outcry and they backed down. I bet this comes under the strategy of being beneficial to the planet - Nestle!

I literally couldn't tear the wrapper off. And the chocolate didn't taste great either.

Grauntie, I confess this was "Dark"Kit kat, but I believe other mutant variants are available.

[Oma]

Why take off recyclable wrapper like foil and paper to put those awful wrappers on that as you say are impossible to remove ,
I have resorted to scissors at times
Also stop messing with flavours .

Plus the size is tiny compared to what they were but twice as expensive .

Im not a lover of Kitkat I find them too sweet but do like the Dark chocolate

[Lizzie48]

There are over 300 varieties of Kit Kat!!!!

https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/kit-kat-flavors

[Daisy]

Lizzie, I had no idea about there being so many mutant variants, although I do remember getting some Japanese ones last Christmas. My GS2 is learning Japanese and as a stocking filler I got him a mini hamper of Japanese goodies, and it included something that was clearly KitKat!

I hope Nestle hasn't messed with all 300!

Oma, totally agree.