Posted on 07/30/2012 6:45:37 PM PDT by Heart-Rest
This decreasing size has been going on for years—can’t blame Obama for this.
That was actually one of my thoughts too when I learned about the raisins. I think I can live without those raisins...
(I have to relinquish this computer right now, but I'll check back later for any other reply posts from anyone.)
In the late 70s, one could buy a 3-lb can (48 oz) of coffee. Over the years, coffee containers have gone through periodic downsizing. A couple of ounces here, a couple of ounces there.
Now, the can is about 27.5 ounces. That is a near 50% reduction.
In the late 70s that 3-lb of coffee cost about $8.99-12.99.
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I noticed this too but the competitor was similarly re-sized as well. I bought the competitor anyway.
Slice a potato, rinse, pat dry, throw it in the hot oil. Show the kids how they are made.
Incredibly cheap, incredibly good.
Just figure out unit prices (per ounce) and go from there.
...of course if you ‘learned’ math using calculators, it’s probably not worth the time.
After three months in a dark, cool storage area, the Sun-Maid raisins had to be thrown out. They had developed some kind of weird rust-colored crystalized coating, almost fuzzy looking. The brand-x raisins still had that shiny, greasy look and appeared fine. Anyone else notice this poor shelf life with SM R's?
What is the brand x?
Update - hubby was in town and was kind enough to call and ask if we needed dog food. Well, as to be expected, there are no more of the 10% bonus bags so we’re officially in the 40 lb. reduced size.
I clean the shelf whenever the Blue Diamond almonds are on on sale. Of course, our one and only grocery store usually clears the selves of sale or coupon (not that our local paper has coupons) items asap. I’ve posted before that it’s like making a drug deal (not that I’d know about those) whenever I demand they go to the back and bring out the advertised items. The usual reply is, “the truck didn’t come in” or claim I can only get one. Yeah, seems that HEB delivery truck always arrives empty. They had boneless beef ribs on sale this last week and they only had 4 packages... like I’m that dumb. I’ve noticed they haven’t had reduced prices on older produce since last summer.
This has been going on for at least two years. A lot of bacon brands are now 12-14 ounces, not a full pound. A half gallon of ice cream is now 1.75 quarts. Everything is shrinking, and shrinking how far our paycheck will go today. The only thing expanding is the price.
We used to buy a 1/2 gal of ice cream. Check your labels, mine says 1.5. And the price was definitely not lower.
We used to buy a 1/2 gal of ice cream. Check your labels, mine says 1.5. And the price was definitely not lower.
This week I actually bought a few boxes of Great Value cereals, to gIve them a try. They were only about $2 a box and decent size. The way we go through cereal i just won’t pay $4 for a ten oz box.
The one that has ticked me off recently is Ricotta cheese. It is now in 15 oz containers, instead of 1lb. So, if I have a recipe that requires one pound of ricotta cheese, I am required to buy a 2 pound container, or 2- 15 oz containers. As a baker this realllllly ticks me off!
Costco, so far, still sells 7-ounce cans of tuna (its own brand), or at least they recently did.
Same thing for cat food...
Costco, so far, still sells 7-ounce cans of tuna (its own brand), or at least they recently did.
Same thing for cat food...
You’ll not save major bucks by shopping around, but every little bit helps, especially now.
I’ve started doing a fair amount of my grocery shopping on-line. Sometimes I have to up the quantity to get free shipping but, it’s food, it will get eaten eventually. Plus there’s no sales tax and the product is delivered to the front door.
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