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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:13 AM Original message |
Ways Retailers Give You Less Product for Same Price |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. I noticed this with the french onion dip I buy |
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bluebellbaby (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah...I noticed this a couple of years ago... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Such as the traditional 12 oz. package of macaroni formerly a pound, |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Tuna fish. Remember when you squeezed the oil out you still had about 3/4 left? Not any more. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. I wish they'd list the slotting fees they got for each particular product. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, the other option is the same amount for more money |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. best way to deal with this: don't buy prepared foods |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Check the bottom of the plastic container of hummus at Trader Joe's. nt |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. manufacturers -- not retailers. |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. here is a fun site |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. yeah -- i love that. nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. right, the manufacturers. nt |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. I love the way they all shrink simultaneously |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. I bought Albacore tuna last night - it used to be 3oz packs, |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. Let me tell you the saga of the pigeons |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Costco rotisserie chicken... huge! nt |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. *Sigh* I wish we had Costco 'round these parts |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. How long has a 1/2 gallon of ice cream been 1 1/2 quarts? |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. my favorite ice cream has been |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. when breyer's first started with their product downsizing, they called it "space-saver packaging"... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Breyer's is the one that really annoyed me for some reason. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. i found one ice cream that is still 1/2 gallon. it's byrne dairy and it's good ice cream |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I noticed it in 2006. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. and a lot of times, they still call it "half-gallon" in their sale-flyers... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. Cereal boxes are same heighth but not the same width... |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. You missed one of the BIGGEST rip-offs... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't buy cheap ice cream -- it's nothing but air. |
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