Cathedral City fans angry over 'sad' change to cheese and demand 'rethink'

Cathedral City has rolled out a major change to its cheese shape – and customers are fuming. The cheesemaker has confirmed the change may not be here to stay after it sparked fury and anger among loyal cheese lovers and fans.

Fans are angry with Cathedral City after the cheese maker changed its slices to square-shaped - meaning they don’t cover all the bread. A change has been made to the popular lunchtime snack which has made slices thicker and shorter.

The pack weight has not changed at 150g, though, the Sun newspaper has confirmed. Taking to social media to fume, one said: “Cathedral City really sliced us a raw deal—literally. They went from genius rectangle slices that fit our bread like a glove to basic square slices.

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“Now my sandwich has corners of sadness!” And another called Mary Lynn said: “Don't try and market 'Now square slices' as if this is a good thing. It isn't. Slices of bread are not square. There is now insufficient coverage. Please re-think.”

Another added: “What the hell is this? You’ve made your slices square and now I have to use a slice and a half to make a sandwich! Makes zero sense.” And another fan fumed: “Who makes 8cm x 8cm sandwiches, and who wants even thicker slices of cheese?

"So, after 20 years I'm swapping to Tesco Gouda slices to give them a try.” Cathedral City previously said the measure, which began around May, would last around three months but has not said when it will end.

A spokesman told the Sun newspaper after it reported the furore today: “The plan remains for the rectangle shape to return. No date has been set for this. We are seeing that some of our consumers prefer the square shape, whilst some prefer the rectangle.”