I'm just after having a Wagon Wheel with a cup of tea.

Now, as everyone with a sweet tooth (like me) all know, a wagon wheel is good with a cup of tea because there is more to a wagon wheel than your average biscuit. Having not had the pleasure of having such a combination in a number of months (I'm tryin to cut down on the sweet stuff in a bid to cut down on the waist size) you can imagine my excitement after a colleague of mine informed me that he got a packet of wagon wheels to share amongst ourselves.

However, when I got mine the first thing I noticed was that they seemed to be alot smaller than what I remember! Has anyone else had the same experience as I have just had...much to their disappointment of course...?! Maybe a campaign can be started to get them restored to their original size again!

HENRY (Tyrone) - Posts: 42 - 25/05/2009 16:36:03    293202

There have been many debates amongst fans of the biscuit about the size. Wagon Wheels have supposedly shrunk in size as time has progressed, but Burton's Foods Ltd have denied this. It has been suggested that the supposed shrinkage is due to an adult's childhood memory of eating a Wagon Wheel held in a much smaller hand. In Australia however, Arnott's have stated that tray packs of Wagon Wheels were in fact Mini Wagon Wheels and have re-released the original 48g Wagon Wheels.[2] The original factory which produced the biscuit in Slough during the early 1980s were transferred to an updated and modern factory in Llantarnam in South Wales. The original factory in Slough produced the biscuit with crinkled edges and corn cobbs rather than the updated smoother edges. This caused the overall diameter of the biscuit to shrink slightly, but not as much as fans of the biscuit believe. Also, although the UK Wagon Wheel has barely shrunk, it is still noticeably smaller than the Australian equivalent. The diameter of the Australian version is measured at 88 mm which is 14 mm larger than the UK version. Even though the Australian version is wider in diameter, the UK Wagon Wheel is notably thicker by 4 mm. As of October 2006, the Canadian Wagon Wheel measured 70mm x 17mm. This is from wikepedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Wheels

paddyogall (Mayo) - Posts: 5110 - 25/05/2009 17:00:38    293250

Maybe you've got bigger?
Or it could have a puncture.

RMDrive (Donegal) - Posts: 2202 - 25/05/2009 17:05:44    293262

Havnt had a wagon wheel in years. Heard that there were jam ones out

John_3__7 (Meath) - Posts: 546 - 25/05/2009 17:12:04    293271

Maybe the cup which you dunk the wagon wheel into has got bigger!

Fredthered (Donegal) - Posts: 1144 - 25/05/2009 19:39:29    293451

i thought kit kats looked smaller too. then i realised they were far away!

Chester1970 (Armagh) - Posts: 509 - 26/05/2009 10:35:07    293982

Aldi are doing 9, yes 9, wagon wheels for E1.59 today. not a sign of the blue ones though

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 26/05/2009 14:45:39    294379

Everything has got smaller due to the credit crunch..this way the manufacturers do not use can make more revenue and use less raw materials. It seems to be all the nice stuff!:( lol

fuppin (Tyrone) - Posts: 567 - 05/07/2009 20:18:57    333014

Are they still making them havent seen any in years?

UptheDeise (Waterford) - Posts: 225 - 05/07/2009 20:49:55    333077

they are smaller and dont taste as good as before!

saffron21 (Antrim) - Posts: 138 - 05/07/2009 21:59:41    333188

got some there last week, they definately have changed cos they are not nearly as nice as before. the biscuit part is now a darker colour, did it not used to be a much brighter colour? i think this is where they have lost their taste

Lad (Meath) - Posts: 136 - 06/07/2009 09:38:31    333466

will someone ring Willie Wonka and Complain

williewentwell (Tyrone) - Posts: 1712 - 06/07/2009 11:59:25    333672

Real Wagon wheels have gaps in them 4 the spokes,this is not concurrent with the confectionary brand otherwise it would appear as in the form of a curly wurly.

fredrickwood (Roscommon) - Posts: 2871 - 08/07/2009 23:37:24    338241