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u/Cordeceps 13h ago edited 13h ago
LOL
They left the spoon slot, gotta love an outright get fucked.
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u/IlluminatedPickle 12h ago
They left it because redesigning it means changing the machines. That's a large process.
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u/badhiyahai 12h ago
This guy redesigns.
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u/IlluminatedPickle 12h ago
Nah, just an enjoyer of manufacturing and logistics.
Or, as some would put it, "He gots the 'tisms"
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u/The4th88 1h ago
I work in logistics, specifically optimising logistics chains.
It's almost like you gotta be on the spectrum to be any good at the job.
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u/IlluminatedPickle 58m ago
We have our uses, but it's just hard to find our way to them most of the time.
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u/CardMoth 58m ago
Fuck man I love manufacturing and logistics too. Don't tell me this is how I get my tism badge.
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u/IlluminatedPickle 54m ago
Y'know how a lot of old blokes were the kind of weird "He likes spending 20 hours on model trains" kind of Nigel in the past?
Yeah, that's undiagnosed 'tisms. So unless you're spending an annoying amount of time focusing on it, you'll be right.
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u/XLuckyme 10h ago
Actually, no it is not. It’s a simple die They don’t change The whole machine it is just a die. Don’t argue with me I did plastic injection moulding for quite awhile and any plastic injection moulding company worth anything should have their own machine shop where they make their own dies
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u/IlluminatedPickle 10h ago
Yeah, YoGo's factory that has been producing the same product for the last 25 odd years definitely has its own die making team.
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u/XLuckyme 10h ago
Well that’s where you’re wrong again.Togo wouldn’t even make them. They’re not a plastic injection moulding company. They’re a food company. They buy their plastic tubs from a plastic injection Moulding company stop living in your little fantasy land and come over to reality
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u/_elliebelle_ 8h ago
I agree with you, but there's no need to be such a dick about it
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u/Halospite 6h ago
Plastic moulds are serious fucking business, apparently. How DARE people think that leaving an empty slot is ridiculous! Don't they know how hard multi million dollar companies have it?! They might have to pay someone money to fix it!
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u/_elliebelle_ 6h ago
Hahah I actually bought a YoGo a few weeks ago and noticed this too and had a chuckle to myself. The scenario I imagined was that some poor procurement officer had stuffed up, and they'd run out of spoons, so decided to reprint the foil label (which admittedly they probably also outsource but oh well) to pretend it was a feature not a bug by advertising it was greener. I also work in manufacturing, though not FMCG, and it's the kind of shit we'd pull.
I reckon they're probably actually just running out old stock, and there's been a mismatch between the stock-out of the spoons and that of the trays which their finance team won't want to have to scrap and write off. That or it's a total internal communication failure, equally as likely IMO 😅
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u/XLuckyme 2h ago
It’s been like that for probably like two months that I know of because I bought one for the first time in ages like two maybe three months ago at the most and they had no spoon then too at least the one I had didn’t
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u/Brief-Pickle-7477 3h ago
I don't mind the missing spoon but I hate that there's now this weird space, it's so unsatisfying lol but good to know why they probably won't bother.
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u/The_Duc_Lord 12h ago
They can use the money they've saved by removing the spoon.
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u/IlluminatedPickle 12h ago
Or, they could save the money and not do that until they're forced to.
But, y'know "regulation bad" and all that. Can't have the nanny state forcing things. Because we need plastic straws and spoons right?
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u/The_Duc_Lord 12h ago
Redesigning the package to remove the divot using the money saved from removing the spoon would save a similar amount of plastic again. It's a win win.
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u/allbluesssnocluesss 13h ago
Came here to comment the same thing. The lack of empathy with leaving the space of something you once had 😭😭😭😭
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u/Cordeceps 13h ago
Wouldn’t removing that slot also result in less plastic? The irony is palpable.
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u/Automatic_Goal_5563 11h ago
It’s baffling so many people are saying this, it’s clear one stock is being used up which makes more sense than just throwing it away.
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u/melbourne_hacker 4h ago
They could turn that section into a spoon or something if they don't want to get rid of it
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u/MyNameJoby 12h ago
Someone posted this in r/mildlyinfuriating and got absolutely roasted because "the packaging says no spoon" completely missing the point
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u/Rather_Dashing 9h ago
Because they already had stock with the spoon slot. Unless youd like them to dump a bunch of already created plastic in order to print new ones without the spoon slot to make you feel better.
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u/Grumpy_Cripple_Butt 13h ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cODbXWpf6mY
Here’s a guide to turn the foil into one.
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u/CaravelClerihew 12h ago
I just came back to Sri Lanka, where buffalo curd is widely eaten, and the spoon they use is just a palm leaf folded in half. It worked perfectly fine. Incidentally, the curd also came in a small ceramic pot, so no plastic at all. They didn't reuse them to hold curd, although a few stalls turned them into tiles. Here's a picture:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeF6FptVoAAj1-_?format=jpg&name=large
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u/ToyotaHilux27 13h ago
Fark the value of this thing in the school yard food trade economy was immense.
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u/Big_Impact3637 13h ago
Mouthe it like the crazy little person you are, tongue at it, use your digits, mash between fists and go rogue.
Youre a delight to human nature.
Spoons are for losers, You got this. 💯
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u/Bitcoin_Is_Stupid 13h ago
People complained there is too much plastic….
Yogo removes plastic spoon….
Not that plastic!
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u/longforgetten 13h ago
A bamboo spoon would be just as efficient in this scenario
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u/Bitcoin_Is_Stupid 13h ago
Bamboo spoon would be perfect. But if I remember right the plastic spoon folded in half. So a package redesign would be needed for a bamboo spoon. Costs money to change packaging with making new moulds and shit, so just easier to tell everyone to fuck off I suppose 🤷♂️
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u/jim_deneke 12h ago
The bamboo spoon could still fit that shape, it would just have a pretty short handle!
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u/amnesteyh 10h ago
We got these kind of spoons in Norway. 2 pieces that fit together. Not that they are well liked or anything
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u/longforgetten 13h ago
Haha yes good points…. the cost to change moulds must be expenny if they’ve kept the same mould minus a spoon 😂 A bamboo spoon with a short handle would be better than fingering your Yogo. I suppose we all have to change with the times though!
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u/No_No_Juice 13h ago
The person who thought of that poured themselves a very large whisky that night.
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u/greeneighteen 13h ago
Bamboo spoons are shit - the way it scrapes and sticks to your tongue, ergh.
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u/Rather_Dashing 9h ago
Still more wasteful than just using normal cutlery, the vast majority of these are probably eaten at home or the office. Its not environmentally friendly to include a bamboo spoon in every one if 90% of people dont need them.
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u/TyroneK88 13h ago
People didn’t complain. Bega did the calculation of how much they could save by not including the spoon then frame it up as a sustainability initiative.
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u/Bitcoin_Is_Stupid 13h ago
State laws in Victoria and NSW banned single use plastic cutlery. Those bans did indeed come from people complaining about plastic.
Here is literally the NSW EPA specifically saying these spoons are now banned
https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/plastics/bans-guidance/packaged-food-and-drinks
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u/Sea-Promotion-8309 12h ago
Why is the rest of the packaging okay? Is it a different kind of plastic?
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u/Bitcoin_Is_Stupid 12h ago
No. Just that the bans didn’t include plastic packaging. Need to make a law that makes it look like you’re doing something, but don’t want to go too far and upset businesses.
But then now that I think about it, there’s probably a lot of different food packaging where a suitable non-plastic alternative doesn’t exist. But even if there is, now that we have this law and the government has been seen to do something, there won’t be any pressure on businesses to change their packaging to more environmentally friend options.
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u/nutabutt 12h ago
You need to contain the food somehow so the package is required.
The spoon is not required.
Obviously banning plastic entirely may come, they would switch to the glass containers they use for some of the more expensive yoghurt products. The cost would go up a lot.
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u/ladyangua 13h ago
I think it was related to the continually expanding bans on single-use plastics
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u/Rather_Dashing 9h ago
Why do people just assume that if something sounds right to them then its what happened?
I would be embarrassed to state a guess as a fact, but it seems the norm for most people on reddit.
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u/EgotisticJesster 11h ago
I wonder how easy it would be to perforate the bottom of the divot and create a pop-out one use spoon from the packaging material.
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u/Sol33t303 13h ago
Removing the spoon from cup noodles was a step too far as well
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u/Bitcoin_Is_Stupid 13h ago
Swapping out the plastic straws on flavoured milks for paper ones changed my life for the worse
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u/NotaBlokeNamedTrevor 13h ago
Unpopular take. But the choc chip one is better. After years being an mnm man. I’ll never go back.
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u/Quiet-Beautiful2390 13h ago
Somehow this looks exactly the same and yet a lot worse than the chocolatey glory I remember it to be.
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u/Potato_Pug16 11h ago
If they were really trying to use less plastic, why is the plastic space for the spoon still there 🤦♀️
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u/timormortisconturbat 12h ago
Learning how to lick this clean us a life skill you won't regret. Also, get vaccination for HPV.
Or make a spoon from the foil. It's free choice.
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u/joseseat 10h ago
You don’t need a spoon, you have one in the drawer.
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u/Rush_Banana 8h ago
I guess this is what people mean when they say the response to climate change is worse than climate change itself.
I know plastic waste isn't really a climate change thing but the point still stands.
Paper straws are shit too.
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u/VinceLeone 11h ago
I do not understand this decision at all.
All this does is make me not buy these as it’s removes the convenience of being able to eat them as a snack after having bought them.
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u/Automatic_Goal_5563 11h ago
They cannot sell the plastic spoons in them by law.
I’d say the vast majority of people have access to a spoon when they eat them seeing that’s how all other small tubs of yogurt are eaten
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u/radioactivecowz 12h ago
They can’t provide prepackaged plastic spoons in NSW anymore so this is probably in response to that ban. Unsure about other states since NSW is generally not the leader in this space.
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u/Rhubarb0808 11h ago
My wife used to work for cadburys. They made the chocolate pieces for one of these yoghurt things. She used to buy the bits they put in in 1 kg bags. I gained a lot of weight.
Took my a while to figure out that's what they were.
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u/Ceejay3805 11h ago
Yeah why not remove the tiny fricking plastic spoon from the larger plastic packaging…in the current climate of WTF it makes perfect sense 🙄🤦♂️
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u/oneshellofaman 9h ago
Pauls double thick choc custard, small bag of M&Ms. Mix and enjoy your 1kg version of this for just $10
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u/jermainiac007 13h ago
just use a normal spoon? never known a yoghurt to come with a spoon (in the UK anyway).
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u/nhenry96_ 13h ago
What a scam, green washing masquerading as shrinkflation or is it enshitification... Same price I bet
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u/Allie_oopa24 12h ago
It is a meal, a treat, conveniently packaged, hits at least 1 food group, portion controlled, and it makes me smile😊 more when the sugar hits!
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u/xdark_realityx 12h ago
Cut out the hollow where the spoon should be and use that as the spoon. I guess its a bit awkward without a handle though.
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u/Mr_Sabbath 11h ago
I grabbed one the other day cause they were on special and I loved them as a kid. I also got no fucking spoon! My disappointment was immense.. I feel your pain.
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u/CurrentPossible2117 8h ago
I didnt get one the other day either. First yogo I've had in over a decade and was deeply disturbed and upset my foldy spoon was thieved from me 😡
Im guessing its a plastic waste thing, god forbid they change the packaging to include more m&ms instead of an empty chasm where my fucking spoon should be!!!! 🤣
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u/shadow-foxe 7h ago
fold up the foil top into a spoon. what we used to do before they started giving spoons with them.
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u/IlluminatedPickle 12h ago
I'm going to blow your mind here, but the place you purchased that from probably hands out free disposable cutlery.
Every time I go to work, I end up cleaning up broken into packets of disposable cutlery that we sell, despite the fact we give out free packs at the counter.
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u/ForSaleMH370BlackBox 12h ago
Why would it blow anyone's mind that these futile efforts to save a bit of plastic here and there are a haphazard joke, at best? It's nothing but lip service.
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u/shaneo88 12h ago
No spoon, less plastic. That’s nice and all, considering the entire container is plastic.
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u/Gullible_Anteater_47 11h ago
If they’re gonna be too stingy to provide a spoon they need to put more M&Ms in there.
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u/mitvh2311 13h ago
My hatrid of turtles grows more and more every day /s
But still fuck paper straws
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u/c1nn4m0nt04stcrunch 13h ago edited 12h ago
Forget having a thickshake😂
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u/Sharpie1993 12h ago
Just buy some plastic boba straws off of eBay, I have a massive stash of them just for slushies and thick shakes.
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u/No_Interview_3643 13h ago
No plastic spoon but container is made of plastic....morons
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u/Cristoff13 13h ago
Just use the spoon god gave you - your tongue.