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Starburst lollies vanish as Mars Wrigley says brand discontinued in Australia

Starburst lollies vanish as Mars Wrigley says brand discontinued in Australia

A confectionary brand has been forced to respond after lolly lovers spotted their favorite treat had mysteriously disappeared from shelves.

TikToker @nariman.dein took to the social media platform to ask if a conspiracy is underfoot, revealing she’d been looking for Starburst lollies everywhere with no luck.

“Can someone tell me where these lollies went,” she asked her followers.

“I’ve been looking everywhere in Sydney – Big W, Coles – these lollies don’t exist.”

She said the Starburst lollies were the best and asked if anyone else remembered the treats.

“Is there a conspiracy theory – did they just stop selling them and no one realized?” she asked.

Many of the TikToker’s followers echoed the claims, saying they also couldn’t find them.

“I miss the lollipops the most,” one person said.

Another added: “I love those lollies but they stopped selling them – like what, why?”

A third added: “Starburst is just gone I’ve been looking for them too.”

Someone else said: “No lollies compare to Starburst.”

Others claimed there was limited stock at their local IGA, and another added the range couldn’t be found in New Zealand.

The Starburst range included Chews, Babies, Snakes and lollipops.

A spokesperson from Mars Wrigley, which manufactures Starburst, revealed the true reason the popular treats were so hard to find currently in Australia. And for fans, it isn’t good news.

“We regularly review our Mars Wrigley product range to ensure we’re offering our consumers great tasting products that are also great value for money,” the spokesperson told news.com.au.

“Our STARBURST® products are imported from Europe and like many businesses that are importing products from overseas, the brand has been exposed to supply chain difficulties and rising cost pressures over the last two years.

“After reviewing all options, we’ve made the difficult decision to discontinue the brand in Australia from June 2022.

“As a proud Australian manufacturer for more than 60 years, we are taking this opportunity to prioritize and invest in the brands and products we make locally in Australia such as M&Ms, Maltesers, Skittles, Snickers, Extra and Eclipse.”

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Egg shortage: Latest product to vanish from supermarket shelves

Egg shortage: Latest product to vanish from supermarket shelves

Australians are being hit with a national egg shortage, as consumers move towards free-range eggs amid rising production costs, extreme weather events and worker shortages.

Supermarkets across the country are back to implementing purchase limits, with farmers grappling to keep up with demand after they decreased their chicken numbers during lockdown.

Owner of Chooks at the Rooke, a free-range egg farm southwest of Melbourne, Xavier Prime told 3AW Radio that part of the problem was the cold weather that affected how often the birds laid eggs.

“Part of it is the time of the year as well.” he said.

“Free-range eggs, in that sort of space the birds are open to the elements, and with the daylight hours being shorter, that has a lot to do with how many eggs the chickens lay.”

Mr Prime said “to lay the optimum”, hens needs 15-16 hours of daylight every day, but at the moment they are experiencing just 10-11 hours.

A Woolworths spokesman said the scarcity of eggs was due to a production shortage on farms, with the cost of young hens laying eggs increasing by 20 per cent.

“The market-wide supply of locally produced eggs in some regions has recently been impacted by reduced production on a number of farms,” they said.

“While we continue to deliver eggs to our stores regularly, customers may notice reduced availability at the moment and we thank them for their patience and understanding.

“We’re in close contact with our suppliers and are working to increase the availability of eggs in stores as soon as possible.”

The supermarket giant has installed a two-carton limit in some stores.

Mr Prime said he hoped the supply shortages did not push consumers back to caged eggs.

But free-range eggs aren’t the only product Australian shoppers are being stripped of, with supermarkets reporting bare shelves for other household items such as chickpeas, lentils, lettuce, tissues and cold and flu tablets.

“We’re experiencing reduced availability across some of our lentil and chickpea products due to supply chain delays,” a Woolworths spokesman said.

The supply chain issues are a combination of the war in Ukraine, flooding and other extreme weather events on Australian shores.

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