This has been going on for a long time. Go buy a whole bag of potato chips, see how full the bag is.... was 3/4’s full or more when I was a kid.
They say the reason for so much air in the bag is to keep them from getting smashed. I find that to be plausible. When it comes to weight and size, however, there’s nowhere to hide.
“This has been going on for a long time”
The 50’s at least, but likely forever. Writers (and now clickbait bloggers) keep re-discovering the accordioning of sizing and pricing every few years as though it’s a major discovery.
In 1959 a candy bar was a nickel (cue the guy from Seinfeld).
Later on, a candy bar grew in size and became a dime. And then it gradually shrank back down.
Then, what do you know. It grew back and was fifteen cents. Rinse and repeat.
Summary: Products grow and shrink and you either pay or don’t. Folks know what’s going on - they aren’t fooled. But they either want the candy bars or they don’t. Apparently they do, at whatever the size and price. But the candy bars don’t just shrink down to nothing (except for the mini-size, and those bags may shrink too, but again, not down to nothing).
Summary of summary: Blogger discovers shrinkage again.
was 3/4’s full or more when I was a kid.
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Full when I was a kid. Candy was pennies too