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[email protected], Jarkat2002 at
[email protected] wrote on 1/26/04 1:05 PM:
>> Breyer's ice cream was on sale last week, so I went to get some. As I pulled one out of the
>> freezer bin, I thunked to myself, "hey, the carton seems different, did they change the package?"
>> Well, they changed it all right. They have emulated the evil one (Edy's) and down-sized the half-
>> gallon package to 1.75 quarts.
>>
>> That pisses me off.
>>
>> The weird thing is, they apparently just did this because the bin still had some 2 quart cartons.
>> I rummaged around until I found a few of those.
>>
>>
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> I'm noticing this more and more. Have you seen their yogurt lately? The 8 oz containers are now 6
> oz for the same price. A rice package that I used to buy for my family used to serve 4 w/ 1/2 cup
> each serving, now serves 3 for the same size serving. oh .. and the packaging it self is the same
> size. Brownie mix ... now fits into a 8X8 pan and not the larger size like they used to ... and
> want to buy a gallon of paint ... good luck and be careful. The bucket of paint looks to be about
> the same size, just more empty space on the inside and it's a quart low. Sells for the price of
> the old gallon as well. I thought I bought a pound of mozzarella cheese a few wks ago, got it home
> and realized that the package is now 14 oz, it sold as the same price as the 16 oz package did a
> week before. It's really getting out of hand IMO. ~Kat
>
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> What did my hands do before they held you? Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963)
Yeah, that's a common marketing "trick" to raise profits without raising prices.
Downsize the net weight without changing the size of the package, or the out of pocket. You might
not notice it right away, that's what they hope, anyway.
They first got away with it with coffee, I think. Remember 1 lb cans of coffee? They are now 12-
13 ounces.
Frustrating, isn't it?