Products that make me mad -- Yoplait Whips
So I was at Ultra Foods the other day taking advantage of their big Yoplait yogurt sale. They were out of the light cups so I went with "whips," which I'd never purchased before. HUGE MISTAKE. Check this out:
- Yoplait light yogurt? six ounces
- Yoplait whips? four ounces
Yes: You get a third less product for the same price -- and it appears to simply be Yoplait light yogurt that they have simply whipped up so it's full of air. Stir, and it collapses like a souffle into four ounces of real yogurt. Nice trick, Yoplait! Not only that, the texture is completely off. I don't like it. The kids don't like it. Good thing I have 10 more cups...
So what products make you mad?
You are not supposed to stir them. If you just take a spoonful and stick it in your mouth, it's supposed to be like moose (sp). I think that they are also trying the old trick of putting the food on a smaller plate (container) to fool us into feeling fuller. Doesn't work with me, but I don't think that my daughters know that there is an ounce difference.
LOL you guys -- I didn't figure you were supposed to stir them, just thought I'd see what happened after we all tasted and didn't like it. It collapses into 4 oz, but the consistency still isn't the same. 🙂
Oh ick! Melanie had to go and bring up Carmine. When I found out about
Carmine (many, many years ago in a galaxy far away) I stopped wearing
lipstick. And now I read on the Wiki that they add it to yogurt! I know it's added to some lunch meats and hot dogs.
My Grocery Peeve is the foil pans (I like to use them when I go to a potluck)
aren't 9x13 any more...they're 8 x 111/2 or something like that. Trying to find
5x9 foil loaf pans is also tricky. Many 5x8's. I see that the 8x8 square cake
pans are now going to 7x7.
Rachel's Mom
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=600&sid=2222542
My grandma sent me this link today - I guess everyone is getting "angry" about this issue! Note how they bring up "whipping in air" in this article too 🙂 HAHA
Hi. I am The Director of Consumer Services for General Mills/Yoplait and happened to see your posting. I am sorry you did not enjoy our Whips product. Whips is an entirely different product than Yoplait Light, designed primarily as a dessert substitute with the consistency of mousse, in great tasting Yoplait flavors. I would be happy to refund the money you spent on Whips or replace them with other Yoplait varieties. Please contact me at the email address provided.
Impressive.
I LOVE YOPLAIT WHIPS.I WISH I COULD FIND ALL THE FLAVORS. SO WHEN I FIND WHIPS I GET SO HAPPY & JUST TAKE THE FLAVORS AVAILABLE WHICH ARE ALWAYS CHERRY CHEESECAKE, CHOCOLATE, OR KEY LIME. I LIVE IN SUN CITY CENTER , FLORIDA 33573. PLEASE SEND SOME MORE WHIPS TO MY LOCAL WALMART, I WILL BUY THEM ALL NO PROBLEM. YUMMY! EVEN BETTER ....I WISH I COUD BUY THEM IN BULK AT SAM'S CLUB...ANY POSSIBILITY OF THAT REQUEST?
Linda, I'm happy to hear that you enjoy Whips. I'm sorry that they are sometmes difficult to find. While we would like every flavor of every product we make to be on all retailers shelves, the retailers have limited space and stock only the products that sell teh best for them. It gets even tougher with club stores like Sam's bcause they carry very few items within any product category. I will forward your comments to our sales and marketing teams so they can let the retailers know what we're hearing. You may wish to tell the store manager where you regularly shop that you'd like to see more of these.
Im addicted to the whips! I have scoured all the grocery stores in my area and have managed to find 5 flavors, but im steadily hunting for the vanilla. There needs to be some sort of tracker or "yoplait delivery boy" lol. I HATE regular yogurt but i havent found a flavor whip i dont like!
I love the vanilla whips too, but nobody carries them around me anymore! I've asked at my local Jewel, and they said Yoplait was discontinuing them to make more of the more expensive Greek yogurts. I hope this is not true. My kids and I are fans of plain old boring vanilla, and it's getting harder to find.
Try Bi Lo they have all flavors.
Gee. None of you should be eating that Yoplait crap yourselves let alone feed it to your kids. It's more pudding than anything remotely resembling yogurt. Check the sugars and carbs: the amounts are staggering! And, it is added high-fructose corn syrup! No wonder we are an obese, sick nation!!
You might wanna speak for yourself, “we” are not obese at all!!! No one in my family is, and we are Americans. We aren’t even considered to be even close to being overweight!! Worry about what you and your family eat instead of what other people eat and feed their kids!!
I'm so glad you posted this. I know I'm late, but I just opened up this crap and didn't even realize (until I read your post)that it has real sugar. Glad I just grabbed one.
Well, if it wasn't for whips I would never eat yogurt....At 48 years of age, the whip is the only reason I eat yogurt and that just started about 3 weeks ago...lol, so I guess I have no complaints as of now.
I eat Whips as a dessert. I get the idea that's what they're intended to be, more or less. Just look a the flavors. Desserts...
Reading all these replies,I now know why it is so difficult to find Whipped Yoplait. I am almost 90 years old and never could eat yogurt, then found Whipped!! now my nephew checks every other day and buys all they have on the shelf - from 12 to 20, for he knows that I have become an addict, but would just like to have more variety...but this great-grannie will make it if they keep making it!
For ice cream, Blue Bell is still sold in 1/2 gallon containers--still a private company.
I have way too many recipes I have to buy 2 of something instead of 1 and then wind up with an open
container in the fridge.
Suzann, check the dates on your Blue Bell 1/2 gallon containers, your store may have sold you expired stock. All the ones I bought in the last year and what's in my freezer are 1.75 qt.
Not Blue Bell...you must be thinking of Blue Bunny. Blue Bell is still a full half-gallon, thank goodness!
Ohhh, she's based in the Chicago area...that explains it!!