‘No one finishes fish paste’: Twitter reacts to Peck’s and Redro being chopped

It seems many of our favourite products, well for some people at least, are being pulled off the shelves – and fish paste is next on the chopping block.

It was announced this week by Pioneer Foods that their Peck’s Anchovette and Redro fish pastes will be discontinued.

Pioneer Foods is the local distributor of Peck’s and the manufacturer of the South African version of Redro. The company said these products will not be restocked for the foreseeable future in the country, Business Insider reported.

The reason for this is due to an ongoing review that has been communicated to customers. They further stated that they have stopped production and sale-related items of the fish pastes in December 2021.

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Fish paste lovers were not pleased with the news, however, there were as many people that said they dislike the product. Some commentators said fish pastes are rarely finished once opened.

Twitter reacts to Pioneer Foods discontinuing fish paste

I woke up feeling SO good…only to be informed that they’re discontinuing Fish Paste….I’m already over 2022 😩😩

— Fire-Fox (@lana_helberg) January 18, 2022

Fish paste ✖️

Fish past ✔️

— Rory Petzer (@RoryPetzer) January 18, 2022

https://twitter.com/M_Letsholonyane/status/1483317555167211523

Thoughts and prayers fish paste lovers. Last time I ate fish paste and Marmite was at boarding school.

— Nomboniso Gasa (@nombonisogasa) January 18, 2022

I have not met a single person who has ever finished a bottle of Pecks or Redro fish paste. Let's be honest. You lus for it, so you go buy it. Spread it on toast and eat it and then put it in the fridge for a month before you chuck it.

— Fr_eezy (@Fr_eezy) January 18, 2022

I'm going to miss forgetting about my Pecks Anchovette for 3 months in the fringe, only to open it and discover its very particular species of fungus growing in it 😰😭🤢 https://t.co/srJy4HjIQp

— Morgan Bolton (@FreemanZAR) January 18, 2022

The past two years have seen the likes of Simba tomato flavour chips, Lays Salt & Vinegar chips and Nestlé Chocolate Log bow out.

Just in August 2021, Simba’s voting campaign surprised many when the results showed that between these three flavours – cheese & onion, tomato sauce and salt & vinegar, tomato received the least votes.

Simba ran a four-month-long voting and buying campaign for three of their flavours, with cheese & onion receiving the most votes.

At the start of the process, salt & vinegar was leading its competitors. However, surprisingly, cheese & onion won with 44.99%, of the nearly 850,000 total votes. Salt & vinegar received 37%, whilst tomato sauce only received 18.01%.

Nestlé cleaned house on their chocolate range introducing Kit Kat Chunky Salted Caramel and Nestlé Chunky White. Milky Bar Double, Bar One Peanut and Milky Bar Peanut were discontinued in August 2020. 

Just like Pioneer Foods, Nestlé said they were influenced by consumer feedback when they made the changes.