stevebrum 6,820 Posted October 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Icicle said: So you know what dangleys taste like?---Hmmm Gristly I’d imagine? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
proud panther 1,504 Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, bendover said: Never liked topics, marathons were better Snickers are going to be renamed Marathon shortly, so you can reminisce with one in your hand lol. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
89buttons 749 Posted October 30, 2019 15 hours ago, rocket007 said: Wispa Gold has been re-launched and is available in Tesco Army assembled - storming the gates Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waytogo28 2,054 Posted October 30, 2019 10 hours ago, stevebrum said: So you know what dangleys taste like?---Hmmm 10 hours ago, stevebrum said: Gristly I’d imagine? Depending on their size and age they can be delicious. Worth a try sweetbreads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC2 11,150 Posted October 30, 2019 11 hours ago, Baldyman said: Speedway could learn from chocolate, tasted for the first time how many go back for more chocolate,, chocolate has also moved with the times to keep relavent. Cider did the same, now gin is doing it, it's giving the customer what it wants, by investing in itself and moving on. Speedway needs to be more like chocolate and gin. Chocolate is relevant? Well, yes, in a diabetes sense. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, for example, has 55% sugar and 25% cocoa solids. People are addicted to sugar, not chocolate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keepturningleft 588 Posted October 30, 2019 'You've got to search for the Aero inside yourself' M People (1994) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebrum 6,820 Posted October 30, 2019 2 hours ago, waytogo28 said: Depending on their size and age they can be delicious. Worth a try sweetbreads. Are dangleys different to dingleys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,646 Posted October 31, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 12:57 PM, Blupanther said: Cadburys has not tasted the same since the sell off to Mondelez who changed the ingredients. Just tastes of slimy cheap and nasty palm oil these days. That's progress for you Agree, Cadbury's just give me a constant headache these days. Stick to Galaxy now, can't be beaten. Unlike Speedway, it offers good value for money. Cadbury's has turned into the Speedway equivalent, lower the standards and charge more for it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lefty 1,257 Posted October 31, 2019 Similarly the supermarket bags of Roysters crisps have gone down from 25g to 21g, with the price staying the same! So I'm now trying Seabrook's. Any more Speedway parallels out there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldyman 6,243 Posted October 31, 2019 Aldi milk choc came out top in a taste test against other top brands. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,646 Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Baldyman said: Aldi milk choc came out top in a taste test against other top brands. Again, another Speedway equivalent. Excellent quality, great value for money but many refuse to try it as it's at the lowest level of the rung. People don't like to be seen buying cheap as it makes them feel inferior. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,246 Posted November 1, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 9:04 PM, Baldyman said: Speedway could learn from chocolate, tasted for the first time how many go back for more chocolate,, chocolate has also moved with the times to keep relavent. Cider did the same, now gin is doing it, it's giving the customer what it wants, by investing in itself and moving on. Speedway needs to be more like chocolate and gin. plenty of old school things have made remarkable comebacks like real ale, cider & gin as you stated so watch out Sherry will be next....you heard it here first Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattK 3,447 Posted November 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said: plenty of old school things have made remarkable comebacks like real ale, cider & gin as you stated so watch out Sherry will be next....you heard it here first What you will note is, although those things have regained popularity, it isn't branded or marketed in the same way as when it was popular previously. Gin has regained popularity by targeting young drinkers, selling itself as a premium drink and coupled with exotic mixers. This is the problem with speedway. The world has moved on but the sport hasn't. Promoters idea of marketing hasn't changed since the 70s and still involves going into schools and down the local village fete. The other problem speedway faces is that is it a premium price for a spit and sawdust product. That is a hard sell in anyone's book. I think too many promoters are sitting around thinking "speedway will be next" - however, they've been doing that for the last twenty years. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC2 11,150 Posted November 1, 2019 25 minutes ago, MattK said: What you will note is, although those things have regained popularity, it isn't branded or marketed in the same way as when it was popular previously. Gin has regained popularity by targeting young drinkers, selling itself as a premium drink and coupled with exotic mixers. Gin. The emperor’s new clothes of marketing. Whether you infuse it with rhubarb, raspberry or botanicals, it still tastes of ..... wait for it ...... tonic water! And then some insist on Fever Tree rather than Schweppes!!! Why? Is it more tonicky? What a load of cobblers. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,246 Posted November 1, 2019 46 minutes ago, MattK said: What you will note is, although those things have regained popularity, it isn't branded or marketed in the same way as when it was popular previously. Gin has regained popularity by targeting young drinkers, selling itself as a premium drink and coupled with exotic mixers. This is the problem with speedway. The world has moved on but the sport hasn't. Promoters idea of marketing hasn't changed since the 70s and still involves going into schools and down the local village fete. The other problem speedway faces is that is it a premium price for a spit and sawdust product. That is a hard sell in anyone's book. I think too many promoters are sitting around thinking "speedway will be next" - however, they've been doing that for the last twenty years. Maybe speedway needs to stop trying to update itself (mostly because its struggling and constantly 15 years behind any trend) and embrace the fact that its dated or "retro and chic". Tea shops are making a comeback, Gin is massively on the rise so rather than over complicate things why not let the sport run as it was in the 70's & 80's. Don't make the stadia updated let them be shabby chic and embrace it you might develop a new hipster trendy youthful following. Maybe Len Silvers braces aren't dated but ahead of the game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites