When will consumers wake up to the shrinking food package + inflation scam? [View all]

[IDemo]

I do much of the grocery shopping in the household, and it hasn't been a mystery that food packaging has been on the downsizing path for some time now. But today, several items had me trying to stifle my language, with ridiculous boutique prices and visibly smaller sizes. Coupling dramatic price hikes and less content (now right-sized for your convenience!), the food industry has let it be known they fully intend to enjoy the same obscene profits that their brethren in other areas of modern capitalist society do. They are trying their best to camouflage their efforts, but seasoned shoppers can tell instantly by weight or package feel that the standard jar of peanut butter or box of cereal doesn't measure up, literally.

I guess they figure nobody stopped driving with $4.00 gas, so why shouldn't they get some of the gravy as well? How far is it they think the simultaneous micro-sizing of portions and macro-sizing of prices can go before the buying public says enough? You can't stop eating, but you can make many choices about what, where and how to go about getting the basics of your diet. You can buy bulk or generic foods, join a co-op, take part in a community garden and or raise your own, and purchase from local farmers markets (though these are often not the cheapest route, either).

Something's got to give, it's only a matter of when.