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1 posted on 02/15/2012 5:50:13 PM PST by John W
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That just means you’ll have to pay more for the amount of calories you really crave for.


2 posted on 02/15/2012 5:54:10 PM PST by hawaiianninja (Palm note to self: Work for a succesful 2012! +Throw the garbage out!)
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By the end of 2013, chocolate-maker Mars says all of its chocolate bars will be under — or right at — the 250-calorie mark.

And they will rise the price.

3 posted on 02/15/2012 5:54:28 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Snickers has already downsized their little bite size candy bars.


4 posted on 02/15/2012 5:54:28 PM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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Some things will remain King Size -- but your snacks will be dealt with harshly.

5 posted on 02/15/2012 5:54:43 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I am pro-Jesus, anti-abortion, pro-limited government, anti-GOP.)
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Wonderful news citizens. The chocolate ration has been increased to 10 grams.

[but wasn’t the chocolate ration 20 grams last week....AH THOUGHT CRIME!!]


6 posted on 02/15/2012 5:57:36 PM PST by DManA
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LOL this is funny.

They are downsizing their candy bar to do us a favor.

I remember as a kid when the Giant sized bar they sell now was the regular sized bar they sold for a nickle.

They kept making it smaller and smaller to keep it at a nickle, and finally they jacked up the price.

That is whay they are making this one smaller too, don’t be fooled by their BS that they are doing us a favor.

By the way the article didn’t mention that they would charge less for the smaller bar did it??

I remember when I used to go to the store and buy a candy bar, I never do any more. I cannot see my way to dump a dollar or more on a sweet tooth.

The only time I eat candy now is when it is left over from halloween.


7 posted on 02/15/2012 5:57:57 PM PST by Venturer
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Of course, this is all about M&M/Mars being concerned about our health. Nothing whatever to do with the fact that a smaller candy bar sold for the same price as a larger one equates to more profits. Certainly not.

Similarly, coffee companies are worried about our excess caffein consumption; why else would they reduce the size of their standard bag o' beans from a pound to 12 ounces?

And thank God for my local tavern: thinking only about the health of my liver, they now sell their "pints" in 14 ounce glasses.

Ain't it great that so many people care about our well-being?

8 posted on 02/15/2012 5:58:14 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina ("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
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Anybody remember 5th Avenue candy bar?
IMHO the best candy ever made.
It was orginally made by Ludens, and was similiar to Butterfinger only softer and MUCH better.
It was covered in milk chocolate with almonds on top.
Hersheys bought it and discontinued the almonds.
Now, you seldom see them in stores.


9 posted on 02/15/2012 5:59:41 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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Will we be allowed to purchase more than one at a time?


10 posted on 02/15/2012 6:00:48 PM PST by dainbramaged (I lost my mantra around 1969.)
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I think this will go over about as well as Olive Garden’s reduced portions.

No value for my money means that my money will find other ways to be spent.


12 posted on 02/15/2012 6:04:16 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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Hm. I remember when they came out with those tiny two bite size bars they euphemistically labeled “Fun Size”. I have never determined who that “fun” was for; it certainly wasn’t me!
So, could the new size be named “Michellesized”?


13 posted on 02/15/2012 6:07:13 PM PST by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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So, what did a 5 cent snickers bar weigh in about 1960 when the little grocery store my folks shopped in sold them for 6 for a quarter?


14 posted on 02/15/2012 6:07:55 PM PST by muir_redwoods (No wonder this administration favors abortion; everything they have done is an abortion)
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It sort of reminds me of beer manufacturers' campaigns for responsible drinking.

Really? I picked up a six pack of Budweiser the other day in these new spun-aluminum bottles and when I got home I realized I'd purchased six 16-ounce beers versus six 12-ounce beers.

I wasn't terribly disappointed.

21 posted on 02/15/2012 6:15:49 PM PST by Drew68
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And let us not forget the latest meme.

Whipped chocolate, now with Air Bubbles tm., new New NEW.

4/5ths the chocolate at the same price, what a concept.


29 posted on 02/15/2012 6:24:27 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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32 posted on 02/15/2012 6:25:45 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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Just like how Tropicana just announced that "since most of their purchasers 'water down' their 'not from concentrate premium juice,'" they're just going to do their customers a favor and water it down for them! Not that I've ever met anyone who has said, "Gee, this orange juice has too much orange flavor!" Not to mention that the packaging is already smaller, selling you less of their watered down juice.

It all gets back to ONE THING, AND ONE THING ONLY!

The government just will not admit that there's any price inflation. And the rest of the world just plays along. We hear it all the time. Not a tiny little bit of inflation. Who are you going to believe? The soothsayers in the Obama regime and their ministry of propaganda, or your lying eyes and wallet?

Just because you can no longer buy a 1/2 gallon carton of OJ (they're now 59oz, down from 64), a package of hot dogs now has 7, rather than 8 franks, maybe to help hide the fact that the weight of the package has dropped from 16 down to 12oz, and a can of tuna fish has gone from 6oz to 5oz, while at the same time, all of the above HAVE increased in price!

No inflation? No, none at all, according to the apologists in the ministry of propaganda. Look how home prices have dropped (how many home owners are happy about that???!!!) and computer and consumer electronic prices have dropped? I found myself shouting at the television, "HOW MANY HOMES, COMPUTERS, and CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICES DO YOU BUY EVERY WEEK, YOU F*@&#NG MORON!?!?!?

My monthly utility bills have gone up, as has the cost of every gallon of gasoline I buy so I can go to work every day! As has the cost of everything that I have to buy on a regular basis!

I am getting so sick and tired of the ministry of propaganda telling me that I should just ignore that shower of piss down my back, don't worry, after all, it's only raining!

Mark

33 posted on 02/15/2012 6:25:54 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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As long as they’re halal...


35 posted on 02/15/2012 6:27:11 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (This Message Contains Privileged Attorney-Client Communications)
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I don’t have a problem with this as long as they lower the price on the lack of candy that we are buying. They price should be the same as buying two of the new candy bars on what was the price of one prior to the change.


37 posted on 02/15/2012 6:27:47 PM PST by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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New healthier size, same great price!


40 posted on 02/15/2012 6:39:38 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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This is what it looks like, citizens. While you're fussing and fidgeting over this pol and that somehow you accommodate the boot on your neck.

Slaves don't have the luxury of pretending they follow a philosophy. Time to quit being conservatives and start being free men.


41 posted on 02/15/2012 6:41:29 PM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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