Nestle Turtles 317g

During the December holiday season, it is an insane time for candy and chocolate in terms of giving, receiving, and consuming. From working with candy, December was the time, even beyond Halloween, when sales of candy and chocolate would be off the charts. It could make or break you for the year. This year, one of the items I was lucky to receive was a box of Nestle Turtles 317g. Many of you have probably had these before - they are pecan clusters covered in caramel, then covered in milk chocolate. To put it succinctly, they're yummy. I can recall that my first interactions with Turtles for about 20 years were that the box was a plain rectangular one with plastic trays of the Turtles. Often times, the pecans would taste stale. About 2 years ago, a new box came on to the market - it is detailed here. However, when I opened the box, I was dismayed to find that it was only about half full. To add insult to injury, the first packaged Turtle that I picked up was not hermetically sealed, leaving me a bit skeptical as to its safety. I also had not realized that the box expanded to be more easily accessed, as there was no indication anywhere on the box - it was not until I had researched the packaging online that I realized that it had this benefit.

My assumed rationale behind the amount of packaging: Nestle decided to individually wrap the Turtles for freshness, which up front, seems wasteful but appears to be less packaging than the previous tray format. The box is configured such that it is like a "candy dish". Its square front makes it more easily merchandised in a store and easy to ship like its predecessor tray package, and the Turtles are less likely to "fall out of place", as they were in the Turtles tray that would have been placed on its side. It is great too that they have been able to use cardboard, which disintegrates quickly.

Alternative considerations: The box is overall, well designed for its user and is far superior to its predecessor. However, Nestle could do well with making the box a bit smaller. Opening a box of chocolates to find that it is half empty is disappointing. This could also help in reducing shipping costs for Nestle as well as its retailers. There is no indication whether or not the box is made of recycled cardboard.

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