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Shock in England as teabag size reduced

Author
Annette Lunn ,
Publish Date
Tue, 17 Mar 2015, 10:01am
(Stockxchng)
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Shock in England as teabag size reduced

Author
Annette Lunn ,
Publish Date
Tue, 17 Mar 2015, 10:01am

Shock and horror in the United Kingdom, as one of the major producers of tea seems to be short-changing its drinkers.

PG Tips has reduced the amount of tea in each bag.

UK correspondent Malcolm Stuart says 160 million cups of tea are consumed every day - so there's understandable outrage.

"That adds up. A box of 80 teabags is now 7% lighter than it used to be, down by some 26 grams."

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