As if to say, as if to say he doesn't like chocolate

[venta]

Shall we play a game?

It's called Be Surprised By The Price of Confectionery.

While queueing to buy milk the other day, I idly perused the racks of chocolate bars near the counter. And lo, I was surprised by their prices. Not only that they now cost considerably more than my mental price list suggests, but also by differing amounts by which the costs have risen.

Accordingly, please let me know what you think the prices are (don't check, if you don't buy such things, then guess...). This game is going to be a bit odd if you live somewhere that isn't the UK, but feel free to put in local prices if there are equivalents[*] available, I'd be interested to know!

[Poll #1929056]

A follow-up post will, er, follow up once people have placed their guesses/displayed their knowledge. For these purposes, the prices in my local garage (which is a BP with an M&S Food in it, in Reading) are held to be correct.

[*] If there are any people reading who aren't familiar with my confectionery choices: Mars bars are universal, surely? But (just in case) they're a chocolate bar filled with caramel and nougat-y sort of stuff. Cadbury's fudge is a slim bar of fudge with a chocolate coating. Polos are hard, round mints with a hole in the middle.
[**] Normal size, ie 58g, not those whopping Mars Duos that have appeared.
[***] As ChrisC pointed out to me, the correct answer to this question is, of course, "just enough".

Comments

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

Petrol stations are notoriously expensive for snacks. Well...in these here midlands anyway.

Of particular note is the price of fags in service stations where prices range from £3.80 for a pack of 10 to nearly £6 for a pack of 10. And I'm talking middle of the range budget fags like Mayfair here. Glad I gave up. I'd be stone broke.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I think of the garage as being reasonably priced - until recently, it was the cheapest place to buy a 4 pint bottle of milk - despite it being an M&S. Admittedly, the local competition was Budgens and other corner-shop-esque establishments, so doubtless it could still be acquired more cheaply in big supermarkets. I'm not sure if the chocolate bars are priced by M&S or BP, though - I assume BP, so the price of milk may be completely irrelevant.

(Tesco's price for semi-skimmed is currently £1.39. Until very recently, the garage was £1.29, but has just jumped to £1.49. Most expensive was the Best Buy near the pub, where I declined £1.9something).

No longer living with a smoker, I was somewhat surprised recently to find that the going rate for 20 in a non-service station environment is nearly eight quid. Youch.