The packaging now claims, "Now with two extra scoops!".
I just have to laugh... American consumers are just so stupid. I mean it would be like the 2012 elections... "Obama-Biden 2012: More liberal agenda in every executive action!"... and the voters eat it up.
Can we please get 1/2 gallon packages of ice cream? Oh and while I am asking, can we please get electable conservatives to represent us in Washington D.C.?
Anyways... blah blah blah.
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American consumers are just so stupid.
They vote also.
I love when the package says “10% more” and it’s the same ounces as the ‘smaller’ version.
It is the same mentality that puts carbon dioxide sensors in a freezer that contains dry ice...and then not understanding why the alarm goes off.
“But the salesman said...!”
They have done the same with many products, including coffee.
I can remember a time when the ‘large’ can of coffee was 3-pounds (48 ounces). Over the years, they have removed a few ounces, while keeping the container about the same size. Now, only a few stores have a large can in the 34 ounce range, but many have their largest can at around 27 ounces.
With other foods, I have noticed significantly more liquid before getting to the actual content.
Reminds me of Crystal White dish washing soap. It came in a straight sided plastic bottle for years, then they took out almost 1/4 of it and put it in a bottle with a narrow middle, then announced, NOW IN AN EASY TO GRIP BOTTLE!
Of course, the price was the same as the larger bottle.
I have a 10 pack bar of Ivory soap purchased three years ago. It is at least three times larger than the current 10 pack. I am keeping it around as proof.
(need to take a photo)
Coupons used to take the edge off some of this, but the offerings in the Sunday paper (I only pick it up for the coupon inserts) are less and less worthwhile.
I’m off to the wholesale club with a list for myself and other family members next week. The “downsizing” of packaging is often evident there, too.
And wait until the “less for more” trend hits our health care system in earnest next year! Whee!
The one that actually made me angry was when I bought a new pack of toilet paper before I used up the old one, and saw that the new pack (two rolls high) was two inches shorter than the old one.
There is also blatantly contradictory labeling. My child’s playdoh on one side says ‘Non Toxic’ but on the other side says ‘Made In China.” Which is it?
At least it has been a long time since they changed the size of the whisky bottles from the standard fifth (4/5 quart or 757 ml) to the metric fifth (750 ml). Not much else that hasn’t changed except for gas is still sold by the gallon no matter how hard they tried to push the metric system on us. They just took the lead out and raised the prices. Yea, I’m still mad about that.
The jars look exactly the same size but they put a huge dimple in the bottom so you are getting an ounce or two less but charge you the same price or more.
Also notice cans of tuna fish will be packed with more water or oil but less fish.
And bags of Lays potato chips and such will have the same size bag but have much less in them. I have an old pic of my moms kitchen that had a brand new bag of chips and it said in Bold Letters "One Pound Bag". I got a new bag of chips and set it in the same place in the kitchen. Same size bag but waaaaay short of a pound.
Also noticed that two liter pop like Pepsi and such used to be available all of the time for a buck. Now you have to wait for a special sale BUT you can get a 1.5 liter bottle for a buck now. (I don't remember seeing these much until lately.)
I buy almost all my household goods at Dollar Tree. Everythig is 1$. I figure I’m not getting screwed over too bad this way.
I haven't had a box of processed cereal or a frozen food entree in my house for years. So they can change and shrink the packaging all they want because I'm not buying it.
It does mean grocery shopping several times a week because I'm buying mostly fresh food with short shelf life.
90% of what you find in a conventional supermarket is crap. And generally speaking, if they are offering coupons for it in newspaper flyers, you don't want to put that stuff on your kitchen table.
I haven't had a box of processed cereal or a frozen food entree in my house for years. So they can change and shrink the packaging all they want because I'm not buying it.
It does mean grocery shopping several times a week because I'm buying mostly fresh food with short shelf life.
90% of what you find in a conventional supermarket is crap. And generally speaking, if they are offering coupons for it in newspaper flyers, you don't want to put that stuff on your kitchen table.