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Only in Australia...
From the "Only in Australia" department, for make benefit of anyone who doubts we've reached peak cross-branding, Jatz-flavoured Tim-Tams:-
https://www.coles.com.au/product/arnott ... 5g-7862884
https://www.coles.com.au/product/arnott ... 5g-7862884
I thought the grey swan symbol was good, but when he said the new country's flag should be printed on "holographic" fabric, I began to doubt.
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I presume that these are another attempt at producing something with enough fat, sugar and salt that the ignorant just eat oodles of it, the manufacturers make a jolly good profit out of them, and the tax-payers get to pay their eventual hospital bills.
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Nuh-ah. They're baked, not fried, don' ya know? So all is good on the health front. I'm merely complaining about "brand leveraging", and silly flavour combinations. (I hope we never reach the American extreme of bacon-flavoured vodka.)Cholmondely wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 9:19 amI presume that these are another attempt at producing something with enough fat, sugar and salt that the ignorant just eat oodles of it, the manufacturers make a jolly good profit out of them, and the tax-payers get to pay their eventual hospital bills.
This requires explication, so here (I hope) is the cross-branded product, and the original inspiration - Australia's favourite cracker.
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Issues with Images
What I actually see in your post is this:
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Image
And when I visit
I get this
Coles Online is not available in your country or access has been blocked.
What I actually see in your post is this:
Image
Image
And when I visit
https://shop.coles.com.au/wcsstore/Coles-CAS/images/7/8/6/7862884-zm.jpg
I get this
Coles Online is not available in your country or access has been blocked.
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Re: Only in Australia...
well bugger me! Jatz TimTams?? got to try to see how bad they could be!!!
whats next ? cheese and vegemite flavoured?
whats next ? cheese and vegemite flavoured?
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Information helpfully supplied by Google:-
Now to my plainte du jour, the cross-branded Jatz Tim-Tam.
https://www.arnotts.com/articles/news/w ... -met-salty
They've made an even saltier Tim-Tam (where's the puke emoji? ) and by means of suggestive packaging mean to have theirvictims customers deluding themselves into experiencing the taste and mouthfeel of a salted cracker biscuit (called a "Jatz") while consuming their favourite choc-coated treat. I find this problematic on several fronts.
I am hoping for a reply from some Aussie, saying, "I have tried them..."
[ ] They're great!
[ ] Avoid.
So they're very similar. So similar, in fact, that if we discount the size, texture, taste and mouthfeel, they can justifiably be described as "identical". But I suspect you knew what a Tim-Tam was. And in case you didn't, now you do: it's "identical" to a Penguin.What is the British equivalent of Tim Tam?
Tim Tams or Penguins? The Australia versus Britain sweet ...
McVitie's Penguin Original v Arnott's Tim Tam Original
The chocolate-covered, cream-filled biscuits are identical except for the Penguin being longer by more than a centimetre. The British biscuit is crunchier too, but an overload of sugar makes the treat cloying and one-dimensional. 23 June 2020
Now to my plainte du jour, the cross-branded Jatz Tim-Tam.
Well... tHaT SuX. It's sold "exclusively" by Coles, so the only other source to direct you to, dear reader, is the manufacturer.Cholmondely wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 11:04 amIssues with Images
And when I visit
https://shop.coles.com.au/wcsstore/Coles-CAS/images/7/8/6/7862884-zm.jpg
I get this
Coles Online is not available in your country or access has been blocked.
https://www.arnotts.com/articles/news/w ... -met-salty
They've made an even saltier Tim-Tam (where's the puke emoji? ) and by means of suggestive packaging mean to have their
I am hoping for a reply from some Aussie, saying, "I have tried them..."
[ ] They're great!
[ ] Avoid.
For information of foreign devils, pre-mixed cheese and vegemite is a real product, and the current champion of the "things that shouldn't exist" aisle.
I thought the grey swan symbol was good, but when he said the new country's flag should be printed on "holographic" fabric, I began to doubt.
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Here's what sort of Vegemite products I can get at Coles ATM:Wildeblood wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 1:20 pmFor information of foreign devils, pre-mixed cheese and vegemite is a real product, and the current champion of the "things that shouldn't exist" aisle.
Clockwise from top-left:
1. Shapes (think things like BBQ Shapes, Chicken Crimpies, those sorts of things), but with a decidedly Vegemite flavour. Not recommended.
2. Afore-mentioned Vegemite and Cheese spread. I love Vegemite, and I love cheese, and I even love combining them myself (A vegemite sandwich with with nice crumbly tasty cheddar added is super good), but I wouldn't touch the "flavoured cheese" jar with a 10-foot pole.
3. Le snak - small crackers with a vegemite dip. I guess. Seems unnecessary.
4. Vegemite scroll. This one I can vouch for. Very tasty.
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Haven't tried the Jatz Tim-Tams yet. A former April fool's joke someone thought was actually a good idea... Not convinced.
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kind of like the vegemite shapes myself... the cheese and vegemite rolls are bloody great! i may have eaten a 1 or 50 of these.
why buy expensive le snack when a box of jatz and jar of vegemite is much more ecconomical.
i also agree with your assesment of the premix cheese and vegemite. prefer my own proportions.
why buy expensive le snack when a box of jatz and jar of vegemite is much more ecconomical.
i also agree with your assesment of the premix cheese and vegemite. prefer my own proportions.
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I note with disdain that Coles have placed their Christmas range on sale today. It's not even Spring yet. Advent is still three months away.
And, to return momentarily to the topic of Coles-exclusive, limited-edition, cross-branded grocery products, did anyone else notice - and try - the Four-n-Twenty "Cheeseburger flavoured" pies?
https://www.coles.com.au/product/four-n ... 0g-8433624
If you did, but you didn't, and you wondered, don't. They're not good; a great idea, very poorly executed.
And, to return momentarily to the topic of Coles-exclusive, limited-edition, cross-branded grocery products, did anyone else notice - and try - the Four-n-Twenty "Cheeseburger flavoured" pies?
https://www.coles.com.au/product/four-n ... 0g-8433624
If you did, but you didn't, and you wondered, don't. They're not good; a great idea, very poorly executed.
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Good to know, will avoid.
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Yes, it's been six months already. You know what that means: time for all the prices in Coles and Woolworths to rise. This time they didn't bother with the 50c increment, and just went from $5 to $6 - another 20% rise.Wildeblood wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:02 pmMeanwhile, and far away...
Coles just put the price of Tim-Tams up, by another 11%, today.
That's $4.50 to $6.00 in one year, which any 8-year-old can tell you is a 33% increase. Meanwhile, the traitors in Canberra will try to tell you the inflation rate is 6% p.a. or so.
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Come the counter-revolution we’ll string them all upside down from the handbars on our sedan chairs…
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