We all know food producers have been slowly reducing the volume, but not the price, of the foods we buy. A one pound can of coffee now contains 14 ounces, a 5-pound bag of sugar is now 4 pounds, etc.

The newest ways food producers cheat consumers to keep their profits up is to switch to cheaper ingredients. Sodas once sweetened with sugar now use cheaper corn syrup. Many times, taste suffers and the new ingredients are even less healthy. In some cases, negative customer feedback forced manufacturers to return to their previous ingredients.

Since the '70's I enjoyed Cheez-Its but about 5 years ago they simply stopped tasting cheesy so I stopped buying them. Suddenly this summer, Cheez-Its boxes announced they were "now cheesier" and guess what; they once again taste the same as the old Cheez-Its. I wonder if this is a case where customers forced Cheez-Its to return to their previous formulation. I wish others would do the same.

https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-high-prices-costs-making-food-snacks-sodas-worse-quality-2023-12

Cool car photos! As for the Studebaker in the drink, I bet the owner wishes they would have sprung for the Hill Holder option. In the brake system there is a caged ball connected to the clutch pedal. Put on the brakes pointing uphill and with the clutch pedal down, the ball rolls backwards and covers up the port trapping fluid and keeping the brakes applied allowing you to take your foot off the brake pedal. This allowes you to work the gas pedal. Letting the clutch out disengages the hill holder.