I remember when coffee was sold in 36oz containers and a link of polish sausage was 1 lb. Now they are 32oz and 13oz respectively. A bar of Dial soap was a solid bar, not a hollowed-out piece of something that’s been whipped full of air to make it look big. And the 5 lb bag of potatoes really did have 5 lbs of potatoes? I bought a 5 lbs bag at Kroger, brought it home and weighed it: 3lb, 15oz. Start weighing your package meat and produce, too. I bought a 2 lb bag of shrimp at Kroger. I found out it is sold “glazed”, which means a thin layer of ice on each shrimp. After thawing and pouring off the melted water, 1lb, 12oz of shrimp. Inflation is worse than you think!
Sugar, which used to be sold in 5 lb bags is now sold in 4 lb bags...........
It’s all from ChyNah, anyway. Especially that shrimp. The ‘glaze’ is a ‘bug’, not a feature :-)
It’s weird when I make casseroles with my old recipes using Campbell’s Soup. The soup cans then were larger than they are now, so it just doesn’t work out well.
“I remember when coffee was sold in 36oz containers “
Costco sells a 43.5 oz.