A favourite biscuit has disappeared
Some things are sacred – like a favourite biscuit. There have been heaps of disappearing products throughout the pandemic, though most return. But where are the Ryvitas?
Fans queried their disappearance and sought enlightenment on Facebook. One wrote "Ryvita, stop posting ads for a product that is no longer available in major Australian supermarkets. Has Ryvita been withdrawn from the Australian market?"
Ryvita was spurred into action with a spokesperson confirming that increased production and distribution costs had meant increased prices.
"Woolworths and Coles have declined to accept this increase and have made the decision to remove the sale of these products from their stores," the spokesperson said.
Sad but true. The company says you can still find Ryvita products at most IGA stores.
Have you noticed any other products disappearing from supermarket shelves? Is it fair that supermarkets refuse to stock items because the manufacturewr has had to increase the price? Shouldn't that choice be left up to the consumer?
Hundreds of products have vanished off the shelves over the last 50 odd years and longer, that I can remember.
Agree johninmelb ... and hundreds more new products have appeared. So many innovative choices in the biscuit section these days. Ryvita tasted like cardboard to me, won't miss it.
Now if they removed Saos ... that would be a totally different story for me. Addicted to them LOL.
Shame about Ryvita...I like it with avocado and cottage cheese. I won't go hunting around for it though, but I've heard from my neighbour our local IGA still sells it.
Now chips are another matter. I don't shop at Aldi usually but someone on this forum mentioned their chocolate, so when I was passing by, I dropped in and discovered they sell chips that are even better than Smiths and the bag is much fuller! The chocolate is lovely too.
Typical BIG business. "If we can't make a good profit on the item why sell it and bugger the customers".