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To: MayflowerMadam

“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.


15 posted on 03/29/2018 6:15:04 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge)
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To: a fool in paradise

And we noticed that our new checkbooks have two or three fewer checks in them than in the past. I think it used to be 25, now it’s maybe 22. Same cost as before.


21 posted on 03/29/2018 7:29:18 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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