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Co-Op Fair Trade 85% chocolate.

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eggyg

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This is my favourite, it has a fruity taste to it which takes away the bitterness which some 85%ers have. BUT they are discontinuing it! So I have raided my local Co-Op and bought the last 11 bars! It's reduced to 80p. I did get a funny look! Now just trying to figure out how to make it last til I can aquire a second mortgage so I can buy Green and Blacks on a regular basis! :-D
 
eggyg said:
This is my favourite, it has a fruity taste to it which takes away the bitterness which some 85%ers have. BUT they are discontinuing it! So I have raided my local Co-Op and bought the last 11 bars! It's reduced to 80p. I did get a funny look! Now just trying to figure out how to make it last til I can aquire a second mortgage so I can buy Green and Blacks on a regular basis! :-D
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Nooooo!!! That's my favourite too! A few weeks back they had it for £1 a bar and I bought 20 bars, so don't feel bad! 😱 🙂 It was £1.59 in my Co-op this morning, will pop in tomorrow and see if it's been reduced. Tescos do one for £1.05 - not quite so nice, but edible 🙂
 
Oh! Our co-op has had a new version for a couple of months now, so I hope it's the older version they're discontinuing, and not the new. I think the new is even nicer than the old, very mellow, not at all bitter. The old,use to come in a dark brown cardboard wrapper, if I remember rightly. The new comes in a red and black jazzy pattern and is £1.20 a bar.
 
Thanks for the tip, eggyg. I love Co-Op chocolate, as it's all Fair Trade. Guess I can't risk leaving a visit until my ususal post parkrun Co-Op raid!
 
Robin said:
Oh! Our co-op has had a new version for a couple of months now, so I hope it's the older version they're discontinuing, and not the new. I think the new is even nicer than the old, very mellow, not at all bitter. The old,use to come in a dark brown cardboard wrapper, if I remember rightly. The new comes in a red and black jazzy pattern and is £1.20 a bar.
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The one they are discontinuing in our area is the jazzy red and black one, it may be Carlisle folks just aren't sophisticated enough for 85% chocolate! I may be asking for food parcels from you all if that's the case! :-D
 
For clarification, this is what our co-op has at the mo. It seems popular, it keeps selling out. Please tell me this isn't the discontinued one!image.jpeg
 
Ha, crossed in the ether Eggyg. Noooo, they've only just started stocking it. How could they!
 
Northerner said:
Nooooo!!! That's my favourite too! A few weeks back they had it for £1 a bar and I bought 20 bars, so don't feel bad! 😱 🙂 It was £1.59 in my Co-op this morning, will pop in tomorrow and see if it's been reduced. Tescos do one for £1.05 - not quite so nice, but edible 🙂
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It might be a area thing, was defo only 80p, have tried the Tesco one, not bad. But not the Co-Op Fair Trade one. :-(
 
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For clarification, this is what our co-op has at the mo. It seems popular, it keeps selling out. Please tell me this isn't the discontinued one!View attachment 1484
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That's the one, hopefully it's just our area, it is lovely though isn't it?
 
Well after reading on here, I went to the coop after walking the dog, though I had to go to furthest one as could not park at the nearest. I also bought the Burgen bread too whilst there!
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grovesy said:
Well after reading on here, I went to the coop after walking the dog, though I had to go to furthest one as could not park at the nearest. I also bought the Burgen bread too whilst there!
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Let us know what you think! 🙂
 
Will do. I have 2 stores near me if I like in the future I could walk there to get , but the dog is 15 and he would not manage there and back any more! I went on the way back from short walk in nearby park!
 
grovesy said:
Will do. I have 2 stores near me if I like in the future I could walk there to get , but the dog is 15 and he would not manage there and back any more! I went on the way back from short walk in nearby park!
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Aw, is it one of the dogs in your picture? 🙂
 
Yes the black one, the black and white one was his toy at the time!
 
I have two bars of Green & Black's in the fridge door. I bought it, shortly after being diagnosed, in 2013, worrying I would miss the occasional sweet thing. Does that they are still there, unopened, confirm I don't have a particularly sweet tooth?

MrB enjoys chocolate, but his absolute favourites are the Terry's Dark Choc Orange, so we stockpile those from time to time.

Maybe I'm just not normal.

No answers to that, please!
 
I just can't eat milk chocolate anymore. Last time I tried it, it was like eating a bar of sugar.
 
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