New deodorant bottles halved in size but still same price

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04 Feb 2013, 7:47 am

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Deodorant bottles shrink to 75ml but remain the same price
  • New eco-friendly cans of deodorant go on sale today that contains the same amount of product, but which is half the size.
The "compressed" containers, which used to be 150ml, are to be rolled out for brands including Sure Women, Dove and Vaseline Intensive.

Manufactures say the cans, which are not 75ml, are more environmentally friendly as they use about 25 per cent less aluminium, 28 per cent less packaging and less gas, meaning less energy is used.

It is also thought it will cut transport costs by more than a third and shelf space by about 15 per cent.

And absolutely no-one at all saw this coming, did they?! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:



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04 Feb 2013, 4:33 pm

That is a stealth price rise.

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04 Feb 2013, 5:01 pm

ruveyn wrote:
That is a stealth price rise.


By Jove, I think the old codger's got it! ;)



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04 Feb 2013, 5:16 pm

You can make deodorant powder out of baking soda and corn starch. it works good and doesnt come with any of the alluminum crap in it. Just refrigerate or freeze it in an airtight container so it remains active.



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04 Feb 2013, 5:48 pm

Providing a quality product or making money, which do you think the manufacturers care about?


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