SarahButterfly
Full Member
Just got my box of 24 alpen light chocolate and fudge from amazon- still the 70cal 'old' recipe yay! Not bad for about £8.40
Alpen Light Alert!!!!
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Jeanne Von Buttonpopper
Silver Member
I went shopping last night in Sainsbury's and they seemed to have plenty of the 'old' 70cal Alpen Lights. I think Weetabix may have shot themselves in the foot changing the recipe as their sales are going to be affected that's for sure!
mcv
Silver Member
I don't know if any one remembers but muller light changed their recipe which made the yoghurt not a free food, due to a lot of complaints they changed their recipe back, I think they realised that they would loose a lot of sales if they didn't so making the complaint is well worth it
sweetierufus
Gold Member
I've never had them, now everyone singing their praises wish I had. Don't think I will get them now as stocks will be running low. Plus I can't miss what I never had.
I've got a friend who goes to group who can get hifis from time to time, as I do miss them.
I've got a friend who goes to group who can get hifis from time to time, as I do miss them.
sweetierufus
Gold Member
Monster Muncher
Chubby Man
Can't believe this! I started the plan yesterday and went shopping yesterday evening, these were going to be my breakfast for a lot of the days! Damn. :-( Just checked the packets and they are indeed the new ones.
Not sure what to do, now?
Not sure what to do, now?
xmisskx
Gold Member
if you have the receipt, take them back and swap them for any of the older ones if they have them, if not, get your money back and you should be able to get some from somewhere. from what i've seen, they don't all have the newer ones yet
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louise1982
Gold Member
My local tesco still have shelves full of the old recipe. I stocked up on 8 boxes of the cherry bakewell bars. I will really miss these
GreenDaysOnly
Member
I'm restarting today so have just been to Asda and stocked up. I bought two boxes of Alpen Lights and have now discovered that it's the new recipe ones which won't count. I'll either give them to someone else in the family or return them (out of annoyance and principle!). So glad I spotted this thread before I had them, what a way that would've been to restart!!
Theria
Silver Member
Annoyed to find that now they've taken it off the website I can no longer use my on line food diary properly because I can't record having an old style 70 cal Alpen Light bar as my HEXB. Despite SW telling us that the old bars are OK.
I've used a different cereal bar in my diary - but doesn't that defeat the object of being honest with myself and recording everything correctly? Grrr.
(Incidentally, my iPad just changed a mistyped cereal bar to "feral bat" - I'm glad THEY aren't HEXBs!!)
I've used a different cereal bar in my diary - but doesn't that defeat the object of being honest with myself and recording everything correctly? Grrr.
(Incidentally, my iPad just changed a mistyped cereal bar to "feral bat" - I'm glad THEY aren't HEXBs!!)
GrannieAnnie
Silver Member
Never heard of ferel bats!!
Seriously, just did a shop in my local Asda. Nearly got caught out and managed to swap the new alpen lights that were in my trolley for the old ones, before I paid for them. Looks like most sw`ers locally are doing the same as me - stocking up where possible.
My local Asda only had cherry bakewell and summer fruits left that would count as a hexb.
I really loved the ones in the green packet, think they were apple and sultana. They reminded me of crumble.
Hope weetabix get their act together and sort this out. Think it will be in their interests - financially that is
Seriously, just did a shop in my local Asda. Nearly got caught out and managed to swap the new alpen lights that were in my trolley for the old ones, before I paid for them. Looks like most sw`ers locally are doing the same as me - stocking up where possible.
My local Asda only had cherry bakewell and summer fruits left that would count as a hexb.
I really loved the ones in the green packet, think they were apple and sultana. They reminded me of crumble.
Hope weetabix get their act together and sort this out. Think it will be in their interests - financially that is
PatchworkPuss
Gold Member
Theria
Silver Member
Just add them as a manual entry
There's no option to do that for the HEXs. I'd have to put it in the syns or free food section - which isn't right.
PatchworkPuss
Gold Member
You can still add the to the syn section but you mark them as zero syns. Its perfectly okay to do that and SW say thats how you should work it if splitting your healthy extras. Or save them to your favourites but list them as a HEB so its obvious what they are. it doesn't matter if they don;t appear in the HEB section on the diary xx
Kateoakes2002
New Member
I suspect no one will buy the new bars. I wonder how many thousands of slimming world members buy the original light ones, probably well over 50% of their customers. Amazon are selling 24 packs of the old ones for £8 odd. I am assuming as long as it is 70cal they are the ones we can have as HE ?
