So I bought some shapes last week to give to a friend visiting from another country. I loaded her up with 5 bags & sent her up the coast, leaving myself 3 bags to consume myself. Just dipped into the first bag & there's an abysmal amount of seasoning on these fuckers. "Ahh, a dud bag" I thought to myself. Whatever, it happens. So I open the next bag & it's the same shit. What the actual fuck? When did this happen & how has there not been a national outcry to rival the botched rebrand of 2016?
Obviously I'm never gonna buy them again & I'm out whatever the 8 pack cost me, but more importantly, my European friend now thinks I snack on flavourless biscuits. This is a great embarrassment to myself, but more importantly the country. Can I sue Allen's for emotional damage?
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Yep, they’re firelighters now. Absolutely useless.
Enshittification
Wasn’t their slogan ‘flavour you can see’ or some such shit ?
“there’s no substitute for quality” was substituted.
Check the pack out.
Same as anything remotely good being produced.
They stopped working out and got out of shape?
Nothing. You’re eating the mini share packets.
Ones in normal sized box are completely fine.
It’s a metaphor for humanity’s trajectory
Profit maximisation
These look like they just got waved near the flavouring at the factory and called it a day.
Flavour you CAN’T see!
Enshittified
Shapes? it has changed to Sh**es. lol
Went to shit around 10 years ago.
That’s a naked cracker . . .
Late stage capitalism
Shapes are nowhere near as good now as they were when I was growing up.
They underwent reenshitification.
After the first time they rolled back to the “originals” flavours.
The second time they didn’t change the flavour, they just removed it.
They’ve lost their shape
In one word?
Capitalism
The quality they claimed is no longer there. Chicken crimpy taste bland. Barbecue is bland and feels soft. Pizza well… see post.
Bring back the real recipes and flavours of the 80-90s. Not the shit they call shapes today.
THEY’re NAKED
Eh I find you win with some packets and others you most definitely lose
I’ve noticed that their quality has gone down from 10 ish years ago… sad, inshitification is taking freaking everything, even our snacks..
Flavour you can imagine
Remember all the red shit you’d get at the bottom of the BBQ shapes bag? Now? Bupkus. Flavour Stevie Wonder can see.
These days companies skimp on the qty of ingredients while continually stiff us at the checkout.
Arnott’s, in general, have gone to shit.
They’re owned by private equity.
So what you’re seeing are Shapes under Capitalism.
I get the aldi dupes now instead. At least they’re decent.
I miss the cheese crispy bits
There’s no point in eating unhealthy snacks that don’t even taste good. If I’m going to eat something that’s bad for me, it damn well better be worth it.