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What the hell Haribo!?

Basq · 2008-02-11 20:42:37

Both my local Dunnes and Tesco have pushed the price on all their Haribo stuff in the last week from €1.65 - €1.70 to a whopping €2.15! Yes.. all our favourites have been affected. Starmix, Kiddies Super Mix, MicroMix, Goldbears, Fangtastics etc. Feckin' outrage.. I adore the Haribo stuff but don't think I could be arsed…

11-02-2008 9:42pm

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Both my local Dunnes and Tesco have pushed the price on all their Haribo stuff in the last week from €1.65 - €1.70 to a whopping €2.15!

Yes.. all our favourites have been affected. Starmix, Kiddies Super Mix, MicroMix, Goldbears, Fangtastics etc.

Feckin' outrage.. I adore the Haribo stuff but don't think I could be arsed in paying this much for them.

So.. there I was on a jelly binge in Dunnes with the prospect of paying €2.15 for Haribo being (pardon the pun) a little difficult to swallow. So glanced around the shelves and spotted my other favourites, Maoam Stripes, which have also been pushed up from about €1.75 (or so) to €1.96 but that isn't too bad as there's plenty in a packet of Maoam Stripes.

Also picked up some Trolli Gummi Bears too..... yummmmmmy!

Back on topic.. Haribo, what's the deal-i-o here then?

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#2 11-02-2008 9:55pm

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That's pretty bad! They sell here for about £1. I saw them in the airport for £1.75!! And there's a chain of stores called FarmFoods where you can get sweets ridiculously cheap - they sell 2 bags for £1!

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#3 11-02-2008 9:59pm

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SuperValu are 2 for 1 at the minute!! 1.69 is the price!!

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#4 11-02-2008 9:59pm

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Rub it in my face, why don't you Faith?!

The only thing I can think of is Brian Cowen put forth a jelly tax in the Budget. Wouldn't put it past him... he can reduce our stamp duty on credit / ATM / debit cards all he wants. But our jellies... he's gone TOO FAR this time!

jonny24ie wrote:

SuperValu are 2 for 1 at the minute!! 1.69 is the price!!

Yeah, but no SuperValu really near me unfortunately!

And I'd imagine they'll be pushed up even more when that offer ends.

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#5 11-02-2008 10:01pm

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Are they definitely the same size bag?

There are slightly lighter bags around, maybe thats what the last price was for?

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#6 11-02-2008 10:01pm

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Pacifico wrote: »

Are they definitely the same size bag?

Yeah, checked that. They're the standard 227g bags I always got.

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#7 11-02-2008 10:02pm

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Pacifico wrote: »

Are they definitely the same size bag?

There are slightly lighter bags around, maybe thats what the last price was for?

Yeah, I think the ones in Farm foods are slightly smaller, but not very noticably.

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#8 11-02-2008 10:06pm

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I only ever see those smaller bags in vending machines, like in the cinemas and Dublin Airport always have them in their machines.

Charge €2 for them normally.

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#9 11-02-2008 10:09pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055232764

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#10 23-02-2008 11:52am

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aldi sell them pretty cheap too. Sorry not sure the price. can't buy jellies anymore cos I eat the whole bag and then get a tummy ache!!!:(

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#11 23-02-2008 12:17pm

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Got a massive tub of Tesco Value Jellies.

They're not actually bad - big tub of them for about €3.

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#12 25-02-2008 10:26pm

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Got thru an enormous bag of goldbears whilst skiing in italy for a week recently...absolute quality. Got a nice snap of each individual colour lined up in the snow too.

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#13 07-03-2008 12:19pm

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basquille, you can get a carton type box of Starmix in the €2 shops if your near any. contains 2 300G bags

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#14 07-03-2008 12:23pm

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My lil son will love this thread as his nickname is 'Haribo ' .

He will think this it's all about him ahhhhhhhhhhhh

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