Ice Cream
Sep 26, 2020 08:39:13 #
I was surprised that a friend of mine didn't know this. A few years ago, most ice cream makers reduced their package of half gallon ice cream to three pints. Stewart's is one of the few companies that still sells it by the half gallon. They have three flavors on sale every week for $3.39 - less than you would pay for an ice cream cone. The first time I tried to self-checkout a "half gallon" of the smaller Breyer's, the machine said it was the wrong weight for the item. I guess the computer hadn't been updated.
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Sep 26, 2020 08:52:03 #
I didn’t know that either. Now I feel a little bit less guilty about all of the half gallons of ice cream I’ve gone through.
Sep 26, 2020 08:55:12 #
Same with a "pound" of coffee that shrinks by another ounce about every three years. Down to 12 ounces, now. "New smaller amount...same great price!" seems to be manufacturers' mantra.
Even bird seed suffers the same problem. "Why is a 25-pound bag of seed now 23 pounds?" I asked my Blue Seal manager. "Customer demand" he responded, "People found a 25-pound bag too heavy."
"Really..." I responded, "And did those customers demand the price be kept the same as a 25-pound bag?"
Even bird seed suffers the same problem. "Why is a 25-pound bag of seed now 23 pounds?" I asked my Blue Seal manager. "Customer demand" he responded, "People found a 25-pound bag too heavy."
"Really..." I responded, "And did those customers demand the price be kept the same as a 25-pound bag?"
Sep 26, 2020 08:58:28 #
Instead of changing the price, many food stuff manufacturers change the weight...although reducing 25% is a bit extreme...in the hopes you don’t notice by looking at the unit price. This is more common than you want to know.
You could always start buying the larger sizes.
You could always start buying the larger sizes.
Sep 26, 2020 09:04:01 #
Sep 26, 2020 10:31:41 #
Sep 27, 2020 05:26:31 #
Having lived n Argentina where Ice-cream was truly that, a meltable dairy product. It is amazing that USA Ice-cream left to melt in the sink still has a shape; it is so full of fillers... Plastic!! Also in Argentina, a cone leaves you satisfied, in US there are additives that leave an after taste calling for more cold Ice-cream.
Sep 27, 2020 07:06:28 #
Sep 27, 2020 07:26:12 #
Sep 27, 2020 08:04:01 #
repleo wrote:
I didn’t know that either. Now I feel a little bit less guilty about all of the half gallons of ice cream I’ve gone through.
Looking at the ingredients on some of the small pints of ice cream I found that some major brands list WATER as an ingredient! THAT should make you feel less guilty about eating it as well. More ripped off, but less guilty...
Sep 27, 2020 08:11:28 #
Sep 27, 2020 08:13:41 #
I compensate by buying "half" gallons of ice cream ONLY when they are on sale for $1.99. They've done the same to flour and sugar and years ago they did it to knitting yarn that used to be 4 oz. skeins and then they reduced it to 3.5 oz. The knitting patterns were geared for 4 oz, so trying to figure out how many 3.5 oz you needed was a pain, especially to someone like me who couldn't survive without a pocket calculator. 
Sep 27, 2020 08:31:17 #
HamBar06
Loc: Philadelphia, PA
A very nasty process. Also rubbing me the wrong way is that by reducing quantities and not changing price, the US Government does not recognize this as inflation; thereby not increasing Social Security, etc.
Can anyone really explain why this practice is invisible to Washington?
Larry
Can anyone really explain why this practice is invisible to Washington?
Larry
Sep 27, 2020 08:34:26 #
I suppose you could include lumber in this mix. It’s been a long time since a 2x4 has really been 2x4.
Sep 27, 2020 08:38:59 #
Used to be able to buy rough cut 2x4s that actually were 2x4, or the planed ones that lost 3/8 of an inch.. I guess no one wants splinters anymore
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