Alpo 6,783 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I suppose everyone has noticed that a 1 lb can of corn is now 15 oz, that a 1 lb bag of coffee is now 13 Oz, that a half gallon of orange juice is 60 oz, that a half gallon of ice cream is only 3 pints. Today a church group, from New York of all places, was cleaning up all the downed trees from the vacant house across the street. After they had finished, and piled all the cut up trees at the street, I noticed some new to me containers with the trash. Gallon cans of "50-to-1" oil/gas mix for chainsaws. You don't have to mix your oil and gas for your two stroke engine. They now sell it already mixed. And I thought, "couple of gallon gas cans might come in handy", so I took them out of the trash. I was just reading the can, and I noticed it said it held 111 fluid ounces. That didn't sound right. Did the math. 32 oz in a quart. 4 quarts in a gallon. That's 128 fluid ounces. Short gallon. Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 6,783 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Wowzers. I just looked that stuff up. Home Depot. $6 a quart. And $20 for that short gallon. The quart is actually a quart. Hmmm. Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,995 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Isn’t it getting ridiculous? I started paying attention to the trend of manipulating the customer some time ago. It all started with boxes of Triscuits. They started at 16oz in weight. Then they went to 14, then 13, then 12.5. Now they are at 9 Oz for the same price, or thereabouts. Next was the one that really pizzed me off. Half gallons of ice cream went to 1.5 quarts or 14oz “pints”. Coffee went from 1 pound to 12 Oz with no slow step down in size or price. One day a pound of premium coffee was $7 a pound, the next it was 12 Oz at $7. A couple of months ago I was in a store and saw some weird coffee brand on one shelf at $8.99 for a 12oz bag and right below it were bags of 10.5oz bags for the same price. It’s getting ridiculous. Has as anyone else noticed the higher prices for nearly everything? Butter st $5 and $6 a pound? I really noticed a price jump at Safeway and Von’s a short time after our president announced tariffs. It was as if certain stores didn’t agree with the policy so they increased prices to make a point. Then there is the reports that unemployment is down ( around 3%) and profits are rolling in so someone somewhere said “Hey, we can’t have people thinking ‘all is well’. Let’s raise prices!” Or perhaps it’s just plain greed... Sorry... started going off on a rant. Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 308 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 One of my favorite late night snacks, graham crackers and milk, has suffered the size reduction magic. What used to be packages of lots of nice big fat crackers is now thin smaller and fewer . When they started the downsizing they didn't even try to hide it apparently using up existing packaging that resulted in the fewer crackers dwarfed in large wrappings! Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,112 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Alpo said: Wowzers. I just looked that stuff up. Home Depot. $6 a quart. And $20 for that short gallon. The quart is actually a quart. Hmmm. If they call it a quart, it must be a quart. Link to post Share on other sites
Forty Rod SASS 3935 7,348 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Isn’t it getting ridiculous? I started paying attention to the trend of manipulating the customer some time ago. It all started with boxes of Triscuits. They started at 16oz in weight. Then they went to 14, then 13, then 12.5. Now they are at 9 Oz for the same price, or thereabouts. Next was the one that really pizzed me off. Half gallons of ice cream went to 1.5 quarts or 14oz “pints”. Coffee went from 1 pound to 12 Oz with no slow step down in size or price. One day a pound of premium coffee was $7 a pound, the next it was 12 Oz at $7. A couple of months ago I was in a store and saw some weird coffee brand on one shelf at $8.99 for a 12oz bag and right below it were bags of 10.5oz bags for the same price. It’s getting ridiculous. Has as anyone else noticed the higher prices for nearly everything? Butter st $5 and $6 a pound? I really noticed a price jump at Safeway and Von’s a short time after our president announced tariffs. It was as if certain stores didn’t agree with the policy so they increased prices to make a point. Then there is the reports that unemployment is down ( around 3%) and profits are rolling in so someone somewhere said “Hey, we can’t have people thinking ‘all is well’. Let’s raise prices!” Or perhaps it’s just plain greed... Sorry... started going off on a rant. Rant away. Most of us feel the same way. Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,112 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I buy butter at 4#/$11 Link to post Share on other sites
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 645 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Fig Newtons went from 16oz package to 12 oz a few years ago, so it isn't anything new, just getting more rampant. Link to post Share on other sites
Chantry 1,263 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Not just containers. I have seen the same thing at non-chain restaurants, the meat portions are either getting smaller or decreasing in quality or both. I think some companies and restaurants are in a bind, they can continue to offer the correct or previous size/portion and raise the price and drive away customers who can not or will not accept the higher price or keep the price the same and find a way to lower their costs but making the containers/portions smaller. Link to post Share on other sites
Sedalia Dave 12,928 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Part of this is driven by the calories per serving gestapo. A lot of snack foods had too many calories in a serving. The manufacturers decided that the easiest way to comply was to reduce the size of the product. On paper it complies with the regulations and by reducing the size slowly over time most consumers are unaware that they are paying the same amount for less product. Fast food is another example. I would love to have a bigmac, mcmuffin, sausage biscut ect from 30 years ago. Bet the difference in size and weight would be easily noticable . Link to post Share on other sites
grenadier 140 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 You guys sound like a bunch of old men sitting aro.... wait a minute! ;) Link to post Share on other sites
Blackwater 53393 5,762 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I like peanut butter and graham crackers. I hadn't indulged in this treat for over a year, (diet changes during my foot issue). I bought a box of Nabisco Honey Made Graham crackers the other day. Imagine my surprise when I opened the box and discovered that instead of the expected three packs of ten crackers, there were three packs of NINE crackers!! Nine crackers?? That means that you can't build sandwiches without having a cracker left over in the pack, or you have to open a second pack to complete the fifth sandwich. To add to my displeasure, (and this was the first negative aspect of the change) Nabisco opted to use the same box that once held thirty crackers, resulting in there being extra space in the box which allowed the crackers to flop around and break!! EVERY CRACKER IN THE BOX WAS BROKEN!!! As a final insult, the crackers were over baked and tasteless!! The little kid in me was TOTALLY demoralized and the adult was furious!! Nabisco got a smoking E-mail that I haven't received a reply to!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,995 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Part of this is driven by the calories per serving gestapo. A lot of snack foods had too many calories in a serving. The manufacturers decided that the easiest way to comply was to reduce the size of the product. On paper it complies with the regulations and by reducing the size slowly over time most consumers are unaware that they are paying the same amount for less product. Fast food is another example. I would love to have a bigmac, mcmuffin, sausage biscut ect from 30 years ago. Bet the difference in size and weight would be easily noticable . You know, I don't doubt that is part of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,995 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, grenadier said: You guys sound like a bunch of old men sitting aro.... wait a minute! I will have you know, Sir, that I am 25 years old....until I look in the mirror Link to post Share on other sites
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 6,709 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Me too, Pat! Link to post Share on other sites
Arkansas Jim 107095 72 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I’ve been trying to downsize my container for sometime, not going so well. I just like to eat Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Texas jack Black SASS#9362 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Sort of like my bank account each time I look at it. Link to post Share on other sites
MizPete 1,273 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I have old cookbooks with recipes that require a #10 can of something. Takes a current can and a half to comply. Link to post Share on other sites
Ramblin Gambler 1,397 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 You'd think it wou'd help me to eat less. But now I eat more because I just eat 2 packages of whatever it was. Link to post Share on other sites
Sedalia Dave 12,928 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Arkansas Jim 107095 said: I’ve been trying to downsize my container for sometime, not going so well. I just like to eat I resemble that remark. Link to post Share on other sites
Black Angus McPherson 430 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 18 hours ago, MizPete said: I have old cookbooks with recipes that require a #10 can of something. Takes a current can and a half to comply. That reminds me of an old recipe from my (Great?) grandmother that began: "Start with .50 cents of beef roast..." and ended with: "Feeds 6 to 8" Angus Link to post Share on other sites
Widder, SASS #59054 7,689 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Its part of the Russian conspiracy..... Won't be long before you can buy a dozen eggs at the grocery store and it'll only have one egg in the box. The company that sells you the egg will be named 'DOZEN', and therefore, be able to defraud the customer legally..... ..........Widder Link to post Share on other sites
Widder, SASS #59054 7,689 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Remember the feller what sued Subway recently over their advertised "foot long" sandwiches? They weren't 12" long. I don't remember the outcome of the lawsuit, but I think it ended in his favor. ..........Widder Link to post Share on other sites
Major E A Sterner #12916 275 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 One other thing that has been downsized is toilet paper, I was cleaning out a closet at a friends house and found some real old TP, the size of the roll that it's wrapped on was a lot smaller than the rolls they use now, the width was wider as well. Now that is something that should never be made smaller. Link to post Share on other sites
Widder, SASS #59054 7,689 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 18 minutes ago, Major E A Sterner #12916 said: One other thing that has been downsized is toilet paper, I was cleaning out a closet at a friends house and found some real old TP, the size of the roll that it's wrapped on was a lot smaller than the rolls they use now, the width was wider as well. Now that is something that should never be made smaller. Some of the real old toilet paper was the size of a Sears & Roebuck Catalog..... ..........Widder Link to post Share on other sites
Sixgun Sheridan 4,289 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Don't know how many of you buy Toblerone chocolate bars, but they recently began making the spaces between the triangles larger, so in each package you're now buying less chocolate and more thin air. Link to post Share on other sites
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 6,709 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 6 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Remember the feller what sued Subway recently over their advertised "foot long" sandwiches? They weren't 12" long. I don't remember the outcome of the lawsuit, but I think it ended in his favor. ..........Widder Dang! Who could eat a 12 incher anyway! 1 hour ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Don't know how many of you buy Toblerone chocolate bars, but they recently began making the spaces between the triangles larger, so in each package you're now buying less chocolate and more thin air. Definitely a criminal offence. Link to post Share on other sites
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 3,391 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On 3/21/2019 at 6:24 AM, Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 said: One of my favorite late night snacks, graham crackers and milk, has suffered the size reduction magic. What used to be packages of lots of nice big fat crackers is now thin smaller and fewer . When they started the downsizing they didn't even try to hide it apparently using up existing packaging that resulted in the fewer crackers dwarfed in large wrappings! Charlie, I too like my graham crackers and milk. I crumble mine up into a cereal bowl and add the milk. Now one of the large wrapping packets in the box don't give me enough. Used to be I couldn't get a whole packet in the bowl. . Link to post Share on other sites
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 3,391 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Speaking of smaller container sizes....want to talk about the size of airline seats? Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,995 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 29 minutes ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: Speaking of smaller container sizes....want to talk about the size of airline seats? Nah...the seats are the same size... Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,112 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 They are smaller on some airlines, and the legroom is often different too. Link to post Share on other sites
Michigan Slim 6,534 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: Dang! Who could eat a 12 incher anyway! Not sure how to take that, Allie! When I stop laughing I'll answer! I sat with my son one time and we are four full subs. Went home and ate a supper my wife fixed. She never knew we stopped at Subway. Link to post Share on other sites
Hillbilly Drifter 980 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, Michigan Slim said: Not sure how to take that, Allie! When I stop laughing I'll answer! I sat with my son one time and we are four full subs. Went home and ate a supper my wife fixed. She never knew we stopped at Subway. Keep doing that and you will need to change your alias:) Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 308 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 14 hours ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: Charlie, I too like my graham crackers and milk. I crumble mine up into a cereal bowl and add the milk. Now one of the large wrapping packets in the box don't give me enough. Used to be I couldn't get a whole packet in the bowl. . Well, I'm a dunker. I only dunk once not like a three dunk baptist would be. Got to be careful how long it's in the milk or it may just break away and end up in the bottom of the cup! Link to post Share on other sites
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