Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 One of the things big industry does to try and hide price increases is to make the product smaller or put less in the box in an effort to not raise prices. The buggers have struck at the very heart of western civiliation. During the great pandemic the TP makers made the rolls of TP 3/4" narrower. So for several months we were paying the same for less. Now with rampant inflation we are paying more for less. In another few months as prices increase and TP decreases we will become a third world nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 So much for worrying about whether it comes off the roll over the top or bottom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Cheaper paper towels now fall out of the standard paper towel holders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider Creek Shootist Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: So for several months we were paying the same for less. Now with rampant inflation we are paying more for less. Kinda rubs ya the wrong way .......................That stinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Don't forget the three-pint half-gallon ice cream cartons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 It’s been dubbed shrinkflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 This crap has been going on for years. I am pretty sure breakfast cereal companies like Nabisco and Kellogg’s started this back in the early 2000’s. I first noticed it with Triscuit crackers. The $3.29 - 16 Oz box became 13.5, then 12.5. I stopped buying them. Now I see the same box is now 8 ozs at the same price, or thereabouts. Next came Campbell’s soups. 16 Oz became 15, then 14.5 now 14 ozs. Now 16 Oz lunch meat packages are 12 Oz. 8 Oz cans of (whatever) are 6 Oz. My son-in-law’s Mom made some dish for a get together we were having and I heard her complaining about not making enough but following her recipe and it didn’t taste the same. I cannot remember what she had made, but I told her that companies are down sizing packages without changing prices and have been doing it for quite a while. She went into the house and came out with a couple of boxes and a couple cans and announced “He’s right. Look at this?” All these folks at this party pretty much discounted what I said until she showed them the 16 Oz containers that no longer held 16 ozs. This has been going on for years. Just like the Socialist take over of our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 If it says "New and Improved", it isn't. Just worse, smaller and more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 The candy companies are the worst!! They started by offering a bigger candy bar at a “SLIGHTLY” higher price, keeping the original size bar for sale too. Then they slowly raise the price of both for a year or two while they shrink the both bars until the bigger bar is the size of the original. Then they discontinue the smaller bar and start over!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I recently sent Tillamook an email and literally told them to shove all their products right up their ***es. They were one of the only companies that still sold an honest 1/2 gallon of ice cream, then one day it became 1.75 quarts. Then recently, a few months ago, they reduced it to 1.5 quarts. This really ticked me off so I looked them up online and found this little write up they did to justify reducing their container sizes. It read like horse**** warmed over. They were “saving the environment”. “Watching out for the health of their customers”. Blah blah blah… Totally written by some corporate brain dead brainwashed limp-wristed bed-wetter. I wrote them a very colorful email on their message system. I haven’t heard back. I will go to hell before buying another product of theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: “He’s right. Look at this?” All these folks at this party pretty much discounted what I said until she showed them the 16 Oz containers that no longer held 16 ozs. Around here, I always follow up a revelation like that with, "Say it with me, 'The Fat Guy is always right'". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Does anyone know how shortage and paying same working for the ladies of the evening...If they are even working still... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Yep everything going up. Last week I bought a bottle of Baileys Irish Creme for $29.00, pre pandemic it was $19.00 for exactly the same bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Texas Lizard said: Does anyone know how shortage and paying same working for the ladies of the evening...If they are even working still... Texas Lizard It's the only thing that has gotten larger for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Have you miked the thickness of TP? The single ply here is right at 0.0065". A roll I had in shop that is about 15 years old, same brand, is 0 .010". So not only narrower but 35% thinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 If they can keep making it, without people getting sick...Blue Bell ice cream still comes in full 1/2 gallon cartons. They also sell a one pint version, and single serve 3 ounce version. The three newest flavors are: Coconut Cream Pie; Chocolate Sheet Cake; and Milk & Cookies. yum-yum!!!! Carpe diem!!! or...carpe ice-cream-em !!! I ain't connected with Blue Bell...just sayin' some items, if they were reduced in volume, would/could be a shootin' affair. This would do it. around here, anyway. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 As much as I hate government regulations there should be a weights and measures type mandate to keep this crap from happening / continuing. Know what? Never mind. They would just muck it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 19 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: As much as I hate government regulations there should be a weights and measures type mandate to keep this crap from happening / continuing. Know what? Never mind. They would just muck it all up. While I agree with you in principle, all THEY would do is say that the package has to reflect the proper measure of weight/volume. On the other hand, I think that there should be a Federal Mandate that every truck stop in the country should have a Waffle House in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 When was the last time you saw a half gallon of ice cream, a 5 pound bag of sugar, a pound of butter, etdangcetera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I'm seeing 16 oz. cubes of butter around here, not sure how much the quarters weigh. Just checked the quarter's package in our fridge and it does say 16 oz. on it. Neither packages are so called "brand names" as they come from lower price super markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Business Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Coffee is no longer 16oz. Now it is in 12 oz packages. Been going on for years. That grinds my gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Some years back Jack Daniel’s changed from 90 proof to 80. Same price though. They had the gall to claim that market research showed to folks wanted their whiskey to be watered down. That’s why God invented ice cubes! Snarl! Seamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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