Quality Street tubs changed again as shoppers left saying the same thing

With summer drawing to a close, many of our minds will be turning to Christmas soon, and with the festive season comes chocolate. However, those with a sweet tooth have been left fuming as Nestle has made huge changes to Quality Street tubs for the second year running.

The beloved chocolates will once again be sold in paper tubs. It comes as part of wider plans by Nestlé to make all of its packaging recyclable by 2025. Nestle first introduced the eco-friendly, eight-sided paper tubs last year, with shoppers split by the change, with many of the iconic tins that go hand in hand with Christmas.

One disgruntled shopper wrote on X: "Please bring back tins! They were so multipurpose."

A second added: "Quality Street are the same since the tubs went plastic and the wrappers went paper."

"Can't believe quality street tubs are paper now, where will I keep my stash of buttons that suddenly appear when I turn 40", remarked a third.

Another X user said: "Paper tubs? Between this and the wrappers, there's nothing left to call you guys 'Quality Street'."

However, some customers are in favour of the new design and praised the sustainable move. One person simply wrote on X: "This is a great idea."

"Awesome work Nestle," said another customer.

A Nestle spokesperson said: "We're delighted to confirm that Quality Street is bringing back paper tubs in selected Tesco stores this Christmas.

"The brand continues to evaluate the tub's popularity with shoppers, maintaining a view on innovative ways to improve the sustainability of its packaging."

Last year, more than 200,000 paper tubs were issued to select Tesco stores, carrying around 150 tonnes of the Quality Street sweets in total.

Chocolate lovers have also been quick to comment that shrinkflation has once again bitten as 50g has been lost from Quality Street's weight, taking it from 600g to 550g.

As well as changing shape, they are now lighter: the unwrapped Purple One used to weigh 9.59g and is now 8.46g whilst he new look Orange Crunch is down from 9.06g to 8.72g.

A spokesperson for Nestlé responded to the outrage.

"Each year we introduce a new Quality Street range with formats, sizes, weights and RRPs based on a range of factors including the cost of manufacturing, ingredients and transport and the preferences of our customers and consumers," said a spokesperson for Nestle.