Marvelous, cost reduction bites back

[DaveL]

I had a jumbo roll clean up roll from Aldi. I finished it up after probably a year of it hanging on a quick holder I put together.
Bought a two pack as they them in store a little while ago, guess what? They have reduced the size of the cardboard tube, it no longer fits the holder!

 

[Woodbloke]

Ain't life a thing Dave I believe there's an acronym but I don't know on earth what it means...SNAFU I think :lol: :lol: - Rob

 

[DaveL]

Luckily I have a lathe

And after putting it back together, functionality is restored.

 

[9fingers]

Ain't life a thing Dave I believe there's an acronym but I don't know on earth what it means...SNAFU I think :lol: :lol: - Rob

A military expression Rob
Status Nominal: All Fu**ed Up

but often mis quoted as
Situation Normal: All Fu**ed Up

Bob

 

[RogerS]

Actually there is method in their madness. It was some bright spark at Sainsbury's IIRC who worked out that by making their toilet roll tube smaler in diameter that (a) they could pack more in a box. (b) which meant more boxes in the truck (c) which saved money and (d) reduced their carbon footprint.

Found it...2012. 140 tonnes of CO2.

https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/sa ... 23-04-2012

Now if we can only get those miserable bean-stuffing planet-killing Heinz not to supply pointless plastic wrapped tins of three baked beans I will die a happy man.

 

[Woodbloke]

Ain't life a thing Dave I believe there's an acronym but I don't know on earth what it means...SNAFU I think :lol: :lol: - Rob

A military expression Rob
Status Nominal: All Fu**ed Up

but often mis quoted as
Situation Normal: All Fu**ed Up

Bob

At least Dave's holder wasn't FUBAR'd Bob :lol: - Rob

 

[DaveL]

The annoying thing, if you look at the last picture, laying in the orange air hose is the other half of the first twin pack I had bought, with the bigger diameter card board tube in. So I now have two half packs of paper rolls open, enough for the next 3 or 4 years. And either will fit straight on my holder.[emoji23]

 

[Dave R]

The annoying thing, if you look at the last picture, laying in the orange air hose is the other half of the first twin pack I had bought, with the bigger diameter card board tube in.

The easiest way to find something you've misplaced is to buy another one. I have a bunch of putty knives for that reason.


Imagine the reduction in carboard use in a year and how much less air they ship by reducing the diameter of the tube. Of course they might have also reduced the amount of paper wound on the tube and increased the price to compensate for the production changes required.

 

[flying haggis]

I always take my paper out from the middle of jumbo rolls. grab the cardboard tube with a pair of pliers and twist and it will come out them the paper forms a tongue sticking out

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

At least Dave's holder wasn't FUBAR'd Bob :lol: - Rob

For the non-militaratii of the forum:

Fouled (or similar!) Up Beyond All Restoration/Repair/Recall/Recognition

Sam

 

[Cabinetman]

I always take my paper out from the middle of jumbo rolls. grab the cardboard tube with a pair of pliers and twist and it will come out them the paper forms a tongue sticking out

Yes that’s the way you do it with those wall mounted paper towel dispensers, but they have a specially made cardboard tube that is designed to unravel more easily, Ian