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  • Edgy 2
    Guest
    • Jan 2019
    • 2035

    Originally posted by Jonathan View Post
    Anyone else remember Echo bars? They are no longer made by Fox's, sadly.
    Yes,a Twix shaped thing,biscuit with white chocolate covered in milk chocolate
    “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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    • Bella Kemp
      Full Member
      • Aug 2014
      • 459

      Originally posted by Padraig View Post
      I've nearly given up chocolate, but I'm allowed to dream and I dream of marzipan. Terrys used to do a slim Marzipan bar, but I never see it now. They took away the marzipan diamond from Black Magic. There was never a marzipan choc in Quality Street. The Danes still value it and I used to get presents from Denmark at Christmas. Thankfully Lidl get a load of large marzipan bars in for Christmas and I am on the lookout! There's life after Trump after all.
      Follow this link to heaven Padraig. I once visited the Niederegger shop in Lubeck - pure joy!
      Niederegger Marzipan aus Lübeck - Höchste Qualität seit über 200 Jahren.

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      • LHC
        Full Member
        • Jan 2011
        • 1556

        Originally posted by Bella Kemp View Post
        Follow this link to heaven Padraig. I once visited the Niederegger shop in Lubeck - pure joy!
        https://www.niederegger.de/marzipan/
        The cookware and cleaning gadget shop Lakeland sells Niederegger marzipan, particularly in the months leading up to Christmas.
        "I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
        Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest

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        • Bryn
          Banned
          • Mar 2007
          • 24688

          Originally posted by LHC View Post
          The cookware and cleaning gadget shop Lakeland sells Niederegger marzipan, particularly in the months leading up to Christmas.
          At least some Waitrose stores stock Niedergger, though at an exorbitant £5 (as against Lakeland's £4.99 for 100g). A clear example of their no longer being "never knowingly undersold".

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          • oddoneout
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            • Nov 2015
            • 9162

            Originally posted by Bryn View Post
            At least some Waitrose stores stock Niedergger, though at an exorbitant £5 (as against Lakeland's £4.99 for 100g). A clear example of their no longer being "never knowingly undersold".
            The wonders of the 99p hook... The undersold pledge was for the department stores. The Waitrose equivalent was a Tesco price match on certain lines.

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            • Bryn
              Banned
              • Mar 2007
              • 24688

              Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
              The wonders of the 99p hook... The undersold pledge was for the department stores. The Waitrose equivalent was a Tesco price match on certain lines.
              Did not Waitrose also use the slogan once John Lewis took then into its partnership in 1937? They may have dropped it before the John Lewis Partnership department stores but I seem to recall them using it when I first started shopping in them, back in the 1960s.

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              • oddoneout
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                • Nov 2015
                • 9162

                Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                Did not Waitrose also use the slogan once John Lewis took then into its partnership in 1937? They may have dropped it before the John Lewis Partnership department stores but I seem to recall them using it when I first started shopping in them, back in the 1960s.
                It's possible but Waitrose didn't feature on my radar until early 80s.

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                • LezLee
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                  • Apr 2019
                  • 634

                  From Wiki: - 'In 1925, Spedan Lewis devised the slogan 'never knowingly undersold' at Peter Jones. Intended mainly as a control on sourcing merchandise, it also meant that customers could shop knowing that they were not paying more at Peter Jones than they could buy identical goods for at other stores. Trade improved and profit-sharing was resumed.'

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                  • Joseph K
                    Banned
                    • Oct 2017
                    • 7765

                    A recommendation: crunchy almond Toblerone. I was disappointed when they discontinued the coconut variety, so it's nice having this which complements the original ...

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                    • Padraig
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                      • Feb 2013
                      • 4233

                      Originally posted by Bella Kemp View Post
                      Follow this link to heaven Padraig. I once visited the Niederegger shop in Lubeck - pure joy!
                      https://www.niederegger.de/marzipan/
                      Thank you Bella. I'm a bit late in replying to your kind suggestion - the truth is I have just seen it. I went to the website and saw some of the temptations which will suffice for now. I was in my Lidl store today and completely forgot to look for their Christmas marzipan. But, I've picked up the scent after your last year's post and I'll track down what goodies are available. May I be the first to wish you a sweet and merry Christmas?

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                      • mikealdren
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 1199

                        Originally posted by Padraig View Post
                        May I be the first to wish you a sweet and merry Christmas?
                        Please don't start that, it's still November!!!!

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                        • eighthobstruction
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 6433

                          ....The sweet taste of Cadburys all wrapped up in delicious museum....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72dr8dx4dno
                          bong ching

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                          • Serial_Apologist
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                            • Dec 2010
                            • 37642

                            Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
                            ....The sweet taste of Cadburys all wrapped up in delicious museum....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72dr8dx4dno


                            It should also be known that the choice biscuits always displayed on the Footage Detectives hosts' plate on the Talking Pictures TV channel are artificial

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                            • DracoM
                              Host
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 12965

                              Is organic 'black' chocolate bad for diet, or......?

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                              • pastoralguy
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 7749

                                Originally posted by DracoM View Post
                                Is organic 'black' chocolate bad for diet, or......?
                                Not if you eat it at work! That’s what I tell my colleagues and myself when we have sweet meats handed in…

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