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Ice Cream, Etc
Nov 23, 2018 08:20:03 #
Longshadow wrote:
YEARS ago someone asked why the package reduction, one manufacturer's response was "People want smaller portion packaging." - Horse hockey!
My biggest pet hate on this is more to do with the 'nutrition' info on the packaging. The little boxes of Raisonettes and stuff you get at the movies (the only size they sell...) have very reasonable amounts of carbs, etc. listed. Then, if you look at the top of the info, it lists the box as 2.4 portions! What kind of nonsense is that???
Nov 23, 2018 08:20:05 #
Brucej67 wrote:
When I worked for Kraft/Nabisco they had a policy "If the customer is satisfied with 60% quality then that is what we give them we are in business to make money not quality", I hated that statement.
Geeze!!! Nasty way to run a business.
Nov 23, 2018 08:56:26 #
That even extends to bird seed. When I questioned the reduction from 25 to 22 pounds (in the same size bag) the store manager explained this "was due to customer preference" because, apparently, 25 pounds was too heavy to carry. "Then why did the price remain the same?" I asked.
The manager mumbled something about "headquarters setting the price" and walked away.
The manager mumbled something about "headquarters setting the price" and walked away.
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Nov 23, 2018 08:59:21 #
fourlocks wrote:
That even extends to bird seed. When I questioned the reduction from 25 to 22 pounds (in the same size bag) the store manager explained this "was due to customer preference" because, apparently, 25 pounds was too heavy to carry. "Then why did the price remain the same?" I asked.
The manager mumbled something about "headquarters setting the price" and walked away.
The manager mumbled something about "headquarters setting the price" and walked away.
Haha. Wait until the package gets down to 12 lbs and then the marketers come out with the "New 25 lb bag"....
Nov 23, 2018 09:08:45 #
DAN Phillips wrote:
A sign of the time, look for Jesus to come back soon!
As long as He brings a full half gallon! : )
Nov 23, 2018 09:10:47 #
Longshadow wrote:
Haha. Wait until the package gets down to 12 lbs and then the marketers come out with the "New 25 lb bag"....
I just Googled "five-pound bag of sugar. This is what I got. It weighs only four pounds.
https://www.target.com/p/domino-174-premium-pure-cane-granulated-sugar-4-lb/-/A-13379072?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&CPNG=PLA_Grocery%2BEssentials%2BShopping&adgroup=SC_Grocery&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9004820&gclsrc=aw.ds&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1247077&ds_rl=1246978&ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Grocery+Essentials+Shopping&adgroup=SC_Grocery&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9004820&gclid=Cj0KCQiA597fBRCzARIsAHWby0EFrohjiJQKBuKKu1ZGGvtEbPXReLc0YtaAulIc1bvq3EkMbaZ1D6UaAmY0EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Nov 23, 2018 09:17:33 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I just Googled "five-pound bag of sugar. This is what I got. It weighs only four pounds.
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Yes, been that way a LONG time! Even the store brands are four pounds.
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Nov 23, 2018 09:27:30 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This is just a mild complaint. br br Several year... (show quote)
Well, Jerry, you opened up a can of worms on this observation. (It's now 10oz, not 12oz can) lol
Speaking of Breyers Ice Cream. Years ago, I used to occasionally buy a half gallon and then the size got reduced and then the price went up. I stopped buying it altogether. It was, hands down, the best tasting ice cream around. Something happened over a period of time. They must have changed the recipe somewhat. It sure doesn't taste good anymore. It's downright lousy. Nowadays, I prefer Hillshire Farm Premium. It;s pretty darn good and the package is larger than Breyers.
Nov 23, 2018 09:56:27 #
Nov 23, 2018 09:57:09 #
I picked up on that when they came up with the space saver container which took all the corners off. Now their trying to make bacon in 14 and 12 oz packs. Just won't buy them and a pound of coffee or package is 12 oz. just refuse to bye it.
Nov 23, 2018 10:05:50 #
Bloke wrote:
My biggest pet hate on this is more to do with the 'nutrition' info on the packaging. The little boxes of Raisonettes and stuff you get at the movies (the only size they sell...) have very reasonable amounts of carbs, etc. listed. Then, if you look at the top of the info, it lists the box as 2.4 portions! What kind of nonsense is that???
Stupid nonsense!
(Then some advertise a LOW amount of calories per serving on stuff.
Check the portion size on the package, TWO cookies....... RIGHT!)
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Nov 23, 2018 10:11:20 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This is just a mild complaint. br br Several year... (show quote)
Easy-peasy! Just whip more air into it, or cut back on the quality of the ingredients. Just like opinions regarding photo gear on UHH, some go for quality and others go for price. Usually, these are mutually exclusive concepts.
Nov 23, 2018 10:51:50 #
RS
Loc: W Columbia, SC
One thing that entered my mind when I saw all this happening (which I, too, first noticed with ice cream)
was the fact that now the container companies will be making more containers - bags, cans, boxes, etc -
so the same quantities of produce can be sold/purchased.
was the fact that now the container companies will be making more containers - bags, cans, boxes, etc -
so the same quantities of produce can be sold/purchased.
Nov 23, 2018 11:17:48 #
The prediction among economists is that with the Trump Tariff War on China we can expect prices to stay about the same for most consumer goods...for a while...but that repackaging to reduce quantities/sizes will accelerate. Where there is already a minimum size as with, say inner tubes, the price will go up. Just last week at Lowes I bought an inner tube for a particular sized tire for about $25. The identical tube 2 weeks before cost only $6. A little bit of anticipatory price gouging going on there I suspect. More to come. Hold onto your used inner tubes, etc.
Nov 23, 2018 11:34:27 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This is just a mild complaint. br br Several year... (show quote)
They've done the same to sugar, 4 lbs. now instead of 5. They started raising the prices when the price of oil went bonkers and puzzlingly the prices NEVER dropped after the price of oil went back down. And of course, the drop in amount packaged per product didn't go back up either. Whether they're politicians or producers, they universally treat us like mushrooms kept in the dark and fed horse puckies.
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