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Halloween is canceled this year (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.world

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Holy smokes! Candy got expensive AF. (TikTok screencap)

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[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

fuck that

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago

Exactly why I haven’t done it in a couple of years. I hate it, cause I love this holiday. But get fucked with these prices. Maybe this is all the winning.

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You'd be paying about $150 for a bag that size in Australia. Halloween - that special month of the year when confectionary prices triple. Mendelez and Nestle strangling the goose before it even arrives...

I like a couple of years ago they tried going "aspirational" - 200g bags of florentines and dried fruit for $35 - super Jeremy ! 95% of it ended up being fed to hogs...

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

No, you would not. $150? Try just over $50.

Random example bag - https://www.walmart.com/ip/M-M-S-Milk-Chocolate-M-M-S-Peanut-SNICKERS-TWIX-MILKY-WAY-Milk-Chocolate-Individually-Wrapped-Halloween-Candy-Trick-Treat-Variety-Pack-200-Ct-Bulk-Ba/5175566490

2.18kg for $24.96 USD. ~37.71 AUD.

We simply don't make bags that big, because that size is pretty ridiculous. But, you can buy 20-packs of Snickers, Twix, Milky way standard price $7.50 at Coles. They're between 300 and 320 grams so you'd need about 7 bags for the equivalent content and weight = ~52.50 AUD.

Yeah, about 40% more expensive, but these are made in Australia with cane sugar and real milk, not whatever hugh-fructose corn syrip + sawdust filling the US ones have nowadays thanks to endless Republican deregulations.

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[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I'm putting out a bag of potatoes this year instead.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

At least we don't have to worry about getting our houses egged anymore.

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[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Candy canes for my house again. They remain cheap. You just have to wait for this stuff to sell and they put out the Christmas stuff.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do you get many trick-or-treaters in November?

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

They sell it starting about October 29th. I’ve done it before.

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