[MayflowerMadam]

We’ve been buying large eggs for years. About a year ago, the “large” eggs got noticeably smaller, although at the same price as the formerly large ones. It seems that that’s being done across the board, with most products.

You can’t use older recipes now. Some recipes call for a can of x-oz. of soup. Now that soup can has fewer ounces. A recipe (Watergate Salad) using a box of pudding has to be modified because there is less pudding in a box.

[4yearlurker]

I worked for years on egg farms in South Jersey when I was a kid back in the late 1960s early 70s. Eggs were graded by weight. we had from smallest to largest Pullets,(no yolks) small,medium,large,extra large,jumbo,and double yolkers. As far as washing we washed all the eggs as most were covered in blood and crap.

[a fool in paradise]

“Cuts calories” by reducing the content.

Also it allows the manufacturer to raise prices (by shrinking the size) without the public getting wise.

Open a Kit-Kat pack and get 3 bars instead of 4. That’s a 25% loss.

Some beer bottles are only 11.2 oz.