Random Probably the most pointless snack ever

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I'm normally pretty forgiving when it comes to weird snacks meant to be eaten on-the-go, but this one completely puzzles me:

It's just a bit of shelf-stable cheese, three tiny onions (why not four? It's meant to be shared or at least to provide seconds) and a couple of crackers all packed together in an oversized bag. It's really not substantial enough, and certainly not to demand ten pounds for a couple of packets when you can get two full meals for two for the same price (or close to, anyway, if you manage to snatch them right as they go on sale due to an approaching "best before" date).

I remember Ashens reviewing the same thing ages ago and being just as perplexed as I am right now, seeing that it still exists.

It's wild.

 

[Zerpina]

Ya waffles hun, I was pretty bumfuzzled when I watched Ashens review of it.
And honestly, cheese, onions, and some stale crackers... even if it were fifty cents or one dollar US... would still be too much. I really don't understand this as a snack, and someone's obviously buying them as they are still being made.

But what idiot with that much disposable income is buying these en masse?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Ya waffles hun, I was pretty bumfuzzled when I watched Ashens review of it.
And honestly, cheese, onions, and some stale crackers... even if it were fifty cents or one dollar US... would still be too much. I really don't understand this as a snack, and someone's obviously buying them as they are still being made.

But what idiot with that much disposable income is buying these en masse?

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But you know what the really weird thing is? If they actually tripled everything (make that a full package of crackers, put more onions in and add a larger block of cheese), then I can see it working as a sort of "camping MRE". Right now, though? Well, it's making me feel a whole of a about how I spend MY money XD

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

this snack feels like it’s trying to be quirky just for the sake of it. The portioning is bizarre (three onions??), and the price is borderline offensive for what you get. It’s like someone took the idea of a Ploughman’s lunch, stripped out the substance, and packaged the leftovers. I remember Ashens tearing into it too, and it’s wild that it’s still on shelves. Maybe it survives purely on nostalgia or novelty, but yeah… definitely not something I’d reach for unless I was trapped in a motorway service station with no other options.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

I went to the grocery store and saw "organic" plantain chips for 8.99USD freedom dollars. I laughed and bought regular bucket size for 4 freedom units. What a ripoff

 

[Zerpina]

But you know what the really weird thing is? If they actually tripled everything (make that a full package of crackers, put more onions in and add a larger block of cheese), then I can see it working as a sort of "camping MRE". Right now, though? Well, it's making me feel a whole a lot of better about how I spend MY money XD

I don't buy a lot of snacks, mostly if I do, it's beef jerky or something similar. But yeah I agree, or hell even if it was just a dollar or two, I could see it being a camping snack, like trail mix or the like. But no a 10 note? for what essentially amounts to a handful of food. Nah, thanks. That's almost McDonald's pricing.

this snack feels like it’s trying to be quirky just for the sake of it. The portioning is bizarre (three onions??), and the price is borderline offensive for what you get. It’s like someone took the idea of a Ploughman’s lunch, stripped out the substance, and packaged the leftovers. I remember Ashens tearing into it too, and it’s wild that it’s still on shelves. Maybe it survives purely on nostalgia or novelty, but yeah… definitely not something I’d reach for unless I was trapped in a motorway service station with no other options.

I don't even know if I would reach for that in a zombie apocalypse

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

I don't buy a lot of snacks, mostly if I do, it's beef jerky or something similar. But yeah I agree, or hell even if it was just a dollar or two, I could see it being a camping snack, like trail mix or the like. But no a 10 note? for what essentially amounts to a handful of food. Nah, thanks. That's almost McDonald's pricing.

I don't even know if I would reach for that in a zombie apocalypse
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The undead are closing in and that’s all that’s left on the shelf, I’m still walking past it. I’d rather take my chances with canned beans and mystery jerky than pay ten quid for three onions and a sad cracker. At least give me four onions so I can throw one at a zombie.

 

[Zerpina]

Also, as far as I can tell, at least where I live, I don't think they sell them here, or again in the state I live in anyway.

And to quote Ashens

"I fear no man now that I have this impervious ladder of steel, this, this God of blades! This motherFUCKING EXCALIBUR! Come, my beauty! Let us demonstrate your unlimited power and cleave this hideous Earth in TWAIN"

 

[bjork]

Looks like lunchables but somehow less impressive. I didn't know that was possible!

 

[Bakuma1997]

They tried to overthink portable meals, just stick to a bag of chips/crisps or TV dinner

 

[CheesyExplosive]

 

[Zerpina]

I don't know where you live, but combos here are about 1.50 a bag, and for the amount you get, eh, not bad for pretzels and cheese. I still am not fond of them, not a fan of junk food really, beef jerky now and again as I said above.

Mind you, the last time, probably over five years ago I ate combos.
They kind of tasted like burnt, stale pizza crust dipped in salt. Eh, probably just because I don't eat stuff like that often