Keith Wigglesworth, Mead Way, Highburton,
Huddersfield.
THE reduction in the size of the chocolate bar Toblerone
created a lot of adverse publicity, but recently I discovered yet another sneaky
method used by manufacturers to reduce the product volume and thus increase
profits for themselves.
This relates to the humble Oxo cube, which is no longer a
cube, as it now sports a groove down four sides.
The groove, having a triangular cross section will, at a
rough estimate, reduce the overall volume of the cube by around 10 per
cent.
Considering the actual size of the cube and the new saving
of product volume, this will make the manufacturer a tidy amount of extra profit
and of course, the product price to the customer will not have been
reduced.
I rejected the notion of taking accurate measurements
on the grounds that maybe I should get out more often! Yorks
Post.
