10-01-2012, 16:37
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Shrinking Bag of Dog Food
Having had dogs for years - and living near Food Lions we've just picked up a bag of Kibbles when needed.
But over the years the bag had shrunk from 25 lbs to 20 lbs and then 17.5 lbs.
We were talking about it the other day.
The wife came back from the store tonight with a bag of Kibbles - 16 lbs.
This keeps up and we'll need to start getting the 50 lb bags from Sams.
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10-01-2012, 16:58
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You used to buy a half gallon (64 oz.) of ice cream. Now you get 48 oz. for more money. Bacon was 16 oz. and now is 12 oz. Again for more money. And the list is never ending. Unfortunately, the Cost of Living adjustment does not take into account food and fuel. So bend over here it comes again.
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10-01-2012, 17:10
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Originally Posted by ChuckG
You used to buy a half gallon (64 oz.) of ice cream. Now you get 48 oz. for more money.
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And some ice cream is now marketed as "double churned" --- fancy talk for "we've added a bunch of air." And consumers fall for it.
S.
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10-01-2012, 17:54
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Uh huh and has anyone noticed the toilet paper rolls are shrinking? Much "shorter" than they used to be.
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10-01-2012, 18:07
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Uh huh and has anyone noticed the toilet paper rolls are shrinking? Much "shorter" than they used to be.
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I thought my ass was just getting bigger. 
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10-01-2012, 22:36
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Take heart brothers and sisters .... this is double plus good news ....
Chocolate ration. The chocolate ration in 1983 was 30 grams per week. (For comparison, a standard Hershey's Chocolate Bar is 43 grams) In the year 1984, the chocolate ration went up to 25 grams per week.
http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-dict.html
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10-01-2012, 23:58
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But, I'm sure it has nothing to do with helicopter Ben Bernanke printing too much money. Inflation, the old school way to steal money.. 
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10-02-2012, 06:31
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If you shrink the product size incrementally while maintaining the products familiar appearance, most are non the wiser. If I go pick up dog food I am looking for a blue bag of Iam's in the medium sized bag. Walmart and Target carry only the 17.5 lb. bags, however a quick google search shows that some retailers do carry 20lb. bags.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=20+lb+i...0-24&sp=-1&sk=
It is possible that you will find the larger bags for a similar price at feed stores and pet specific stores.
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10-02-2012, 14:00
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Companies have been doing this for years in order to fool us consumers. They give us less. But raise the price at the same time. Just like internet providers. They take on more costumers, never pay to upgrade their system, your internet gets slower and slower as your bill is increased.
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10-02-2012, 17:33
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Look at what happened to a roll of toilet paper. 
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10-02-2012, 18:01
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SHRINKING????
LOOK HOW "CHANGE" IS WORKING FOR US NOW..... VOTE RIGHT NOV.6, 2012
& MAY-BE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ANYMORE OF THAT BS CHANGE....TK
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10-02-2012, 18:36
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Quote:
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I thought my ass was just getting bigger.
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Thank your for turning this shitty day I had around
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10-02-2012, 18:47
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Thanks for starting this thread, Pete. I'd been toying with the notion of starting a thread on this topic for a few years but I didn't think it would draw much interest.
In addition to shrinking sizes, has anyone also noticed the increasingly "efficient" ways food and goods get packaged? The plastic containers holding liquids are ever thinner, local coffee houses and fast food chains experiment with flimsier paper cups and plastic tops, and consumer electronic devices have the minimal amount of protective packaging.
Yet, one thing remains unchanged. THE [KINSHIP-TIE DELETED / GERUND DELETED] LID ON CONTAINERS OF YOPLAIT STILL SPURT YOGURT ON YOUR [GERUND DELETED] SHIRT WHEN YOU OPEN THEM. 
(Did that sound bitter?) 
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10-02-2012, 19:15
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The increasing "efficiency" of packaging is the company's cost effective way of Going Green. it's seems like the win-win. Until your scolded with a hot cup of Joe.
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10-02-2012, 19:32
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I just bought some vitamins yesterday. Both bottles had cotton in them. I kept pulling out more and more and more cotton balls until I realized the bottles were only 1/4 full of vitamins.
I'm guessing marketers have data that shows a large percentage of people, if viewing two bottles on a shelf with the same label (like "Vitamin C") will always grab the larger bottle, even if it's the same quantity/price as the smaller bottle.
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