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I am a fan of good shortbread cookies. For many years one of my favorites has been Lorna Doone.

However, your recent changes in the ratio of ingredients and packaging have impacted both flavor and product price to and unacceptable degree. In it's current form I will no longer purchase your product. Good shortbread is easy to find and Lorna Doone is no longer good shortbread.Nice going.

Maybe Mexico will serve to improve your ability to provide consistent value and quality in your products.

Your management is seriously needs an overhaul not the customary bonuses.

Another satisfied customer...NOT!

Reason of review: Unsatisfactory Changes in product quality and value..

Location: Acworth, Georgia

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Guest

They just donโ€™t have any flavor any more! Why did you ruin them?

Guest

I agree. Family noticed lack of flavor. I,too, will not buy them again as of Feb 2022

Arletha Cpc

I used to eat Lorna Doone cookies all the time when I was young and loved them. It is sad how companies put profit before quality.

Especially in this day and age when so many companies are moving toward healthier products as well as organic. Instead of making their cookies unhealthy they should actually use better ingredients and make them a better tasting more healthy cookie and than promote and advertise their new healthy cookie.

Not only for kids but the market is certainly there for a decent somewhat healthy cookie. WAKE UP LORNA DOONE

Guest

Bought my first package in years and I was totally dismayed that the recipe has changed. You can no longer call these shortbread cookies.

They taste nothing like short bread now. They used to be a pretty good version of shortbread and so much cheaper than Walkers but now there's no resemblance to a shortbread cookie whatsoever, and the ingredients show clearly why that is.

Super disappointed and will never be buying again. Clearly this is about profit not product.

Guest

I am so mad!!! I purchased a big box from Sam's Club.

These are NOT the rich buttery cookies I have always loved. I was so excited to get them for my kids and share a treat from when I was little.

These are dry crackers with a gross after taste. Maybe the birds will eat them.

Guest

Quality is terrible. I thought the last box I purchased was just a bad run...Lorna Doone cookies have been so bad, this will be the 2nd box I am throwing away

Guest
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Over the summer I kept getting boxes of Lorna Doones that only had three cookies per packet instead of four, or three and a half cookies. Some boxes are stale the moment you open them, even though the expiration date is a year away.

The current box tastes like they increased the sugar drastically and they don't taste buttery. Just about to give up on them.

Guest

I just ate a Lorna Doone cookie. Wow!

These are not the shortbread cookies I grew to love in the early 80s with my morning coffee! I do not like them. Very bland. What happened to the sweet taste of these?

Too expensive!

My son bought these. I'm glad I didn't spend a dime!

Guest

Just bought a pack of Lorna Dooneโ€™s and was so disappointed with them!! I kept saying to my daughter, these cookies donโ€™t taste right.

I was thinking it must be me, they just donโ€™t taste good!! Ugh what have they done:(

Guest

Agreed! It's like they tripled the amount of butter (or whatever fat they use) and it has almost a gritty texture.

At least that's been my experience lately. I've had to return several boxes. The inconsistency is unacceptable, especially at the price they charge. Inedible.

Very disappointing. I wrote in to nabisco and naturally I've received no response.

Guest
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There is no butter -that's the problem. That's why they should not be called shortbread cookies any longer, as butter is the main ingredient of shortbread.

These use two or three kinds of oils, one of which is hydrogenated and they're disgusting now. They put profit before product and it's a shame.

Guest
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Totally agree. After several years we just purchased Lorna Doone cookies and were shocked from the first bite that they were not the shortbread cookie we used to love.

Dense, with no buttery flavorโ€ฆlike eating a slice of cardboard. Nabiscoโ€ฆ..you best fix this and return to the old recipe or these will become a product of the past with nobody buying them.

Guest

Lorna Doone's have become nothing but a flavorless, sugar cookie packaged in a Lorna Doone shape.

Guest

I have loved Lorna Doones for as long as I can remember (50 years?). When they recently disappeared from the shelves I went online to try to find out why.

After reading all the negative reviews about the apparent recipe changes and taste of the โ€œnewโ€ recipe I donโ€™t dare try them. The price is so much higher too.

Why would you take a chance on something new when the old is so good? You know what they say.....โ€if it ainโ€™t broke, why fix itโ€.

Guest
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Profit.

Guest

Lorna Doones are now crap! Clifford Stubbs, Principal Food Scientist

Guest

Why did you change to individual packages? You just priced me out of buying my favorite cookie!

Guest

I'm a former RJR Nabisco employee and always have eaten Lorna Doones because they WERE really good. I'm now switching to Walkers and tossing the LDs I bought yesterday.

Guest

Horrible. These used to be my favorite shortbread cookies...then I recently tried them and my feelings have changed.

Walkers are sooo much better now. No more buttery taste.

They used to be crunchy but almost melt in your mouth. So disappointed.

Guest

What do I have to buy to get close to the great snack I grew up with before bed each nite? This I a total joke.

Can anyone recommend another brand that comes close? The only thing this crap has in common with the original is the square shap Total garbage

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