Amy Goodman: Workers Feel the Pain of Bain

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3. Food prices are already a lot higher, in the absolute sense, than anyone likes to admit. But

in addition, packaging continues to shrink even smaller than the "smaller" sizes of a few years ago.

Last week I was looking at the boxes of Rice-a-Roni on the grocery shelves and I thought maybe there was something wrong with my eyes. I swear the packaging has been reduced yet again. Cereal boxes are about as tall as they've always been, but if you turn them sideways they're nearly thin enough to fit into a picture frame.

I hate this, because it's nothing but gross manipulation of the consumer by the manufacturers. It's a significant increase in price masked by tinkering with the packaging. Do they think we don't notice?

I'd almost feel better if they'd just increase the prices accordingly and write "screw you" on the outside of the box.