Shrinking Grocery Products

[New Englander]

Have you noticed the size of the items we buy at the supermarkets just keep getting smaller. Remember when orange juice came in a 64oz container? Well, now the one I buy is down to 51oz's. Go buy some ground coffee to perk at home. In the past you got a pound in the bag. Now some are down to 11oz's. All the while as the sizes shrink, the cost goes up.
The fleecing of America! :rant-rave:

[JoMar]

Except for the shareholders who insist that profits remain so their investments grow.

[PersonalChoice]

One reason for the higher costs of products and services is that the US dollar is losing its value due to inflation of currency (the more dollars created out of thin air, the less valuable they become). Another reason for price increases are the taxes on corporations. Also, the rules and regulations that business owners must adhere to in order to stay in business. Now, add to that mandatory minimum wages, healthcare costs, etc., and you have price increases that are inevitable and passed on to the consumer.

[Bjeanj]

Oh, for heaven’s sake. Company costs rise, too, and most, if not all are trying to balance price increases with what customers will pay. If you want to pay lots more for a 64-oz bottle of juice, rather than a little bit more for a 51 oz bottle, purchase two 32-oz bottles. I suspect if the company passed along their cost and offered the same 64 oz bottle, you wouldn’t buy it.

It’s easy to hang one’s hat on a catch phrase like “the fleecing of America” but I consider that a knee jerk, naive, uninformed response. Most of us who have a 401k are shareholders of many, many companies. We don’t like to see our 401k account values reduced because company profits are reduced. There’s certainly a lot to say for companies who successfully navigate tough economic decisions.

[Two Bills]

Products and production costs more each year. To keep the price rises at a reasonable level, companies reduce the amounts in packets.
If the items rose with actual cost, you would scream even louder for your 1lb packet
People want their investmets and wages to rise, but seem to forget that the product and manufacture cost will rise in line with it.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Orange juice cartons went down from 64 ounces to 59 ounces back in 2010. Some of them are down to 52 ounces as of earlier this year. THIS year's change was in part due to Hurricane Irma, which destroyed crops. Tropicana knew that raising the price would result in people switching to cheaper products or simply doing without OJ entirely. So instead, they took 7 ounces of juice out of the container. It's kind of ironic that you're just now noticing though, considering this started over 8 years ago.

[Happinow]

“They” must think the public is stupid. I’ve been noticing the shrinking products for years. Most visible for me is the cereal boxes. They are so much thinner than they used to be, yet they are charging more. The oz. on many products have decreased. It’s called inflation, which “they” claim there is none. 🤔🤔

[Topspinmo]

European model, charge more and get less

[patfla06]

“They” must think the public is stupid. I’ve been noticing the shrinking products for years. Most visible for me is the cereal boxes. They are so much thinner than they used to be, yet they are charging more. The oz. on many products have decreased. It’s called inflation, which “they” claim there is none. 🤔🤔

I talk about this a lot. Do they think we don’t notice?
Some of the products have shrunk so much you
have to laugh.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I am 3/4 of an inch shorter than I used to be.

[DeanFL]

I am 3/4 of an inch shorter than I used to be.

same for some guys after swimming in a cool pool...seinfeld shrinkage...

[NotGolfer]

Remember when you got a large candy bar for a nickle? Remember penny candy that filled a small bag for a dime?? Change happens as manufacturing costs increase. Think of the transportation it takes to bring the items to you as well.

[Nucky]

same for some guys after swimming in a cool pool...seinfeld shrinkage...

One of the funniest scene ever. As long as it didn't happen to me.

I worked the overnight shift stocking shelves in ShopRite in N.J. and we suddenly noticed many items feeling differently when we were stocking the shelves. The first item was Chock Full Of Nuts Coffee which I believe went from 16 OZS. too 13 OZS. but the price stayed the same. Others followed but my memory says they were mainly cereal.

As long as the food is available I'm good with things shrinking, what are you going to do? If you need the item you will but the lesser amount for a higher price. Great Subject though.

Just don't sell me less than a gallon of gas for the same money, that wouldn't work for me.

[thetruth]

Rising costs. You must choose as costs go up-raw materials, insurance, labor etc to-raise the price, cut the size, cut the profit, stop producing the product or GO OUT OF BUSINESS. It is that simple.
The FED tells us? they seek a 2% rate of inflation. Another example of THE BIG LIE. How many people ask or wonder why?
Assuming they achieve 2% rate of inflation and hold it-has never been done in history. At 2% rate of inflation fuzzy math but in 36 years it will take two dollars to buy what a dollar buys today.
Inflation favors the debtor-reduces the true value of the amount owed. Our nation currently owes, if you believe the numbers 21 trillion dollars. Another example of the big lie. Most people including me cannot fathom what a trillion dollars is-let alone 21 of them. I read somewhere that it is 65,000 for every man,woman, child and puppy dog in the US. HUM- the cost of OJ, coffee etc goes up. The good news your share of the real money value of 65,000 goes down by 2% by 1,300

[New Englander]

Orange juice cartons went down from 64 ounces to 59 ounces back in 2010. Some of them are down to 52 ounces as of earlier this year. THIS year's change was in part due to Hurricane Irma, which destroyed crops. Tropicana knew that raising the price would result in people switching to cheaper products or simply doing without OJ entirely. So instead, they took 7 ounces of juice out of the container. It's kind of ironic that you're just now noticing though, considering this started over 8 years ago.

Where do you get the idea that I'm just noticing this now? I've noticed this for years.
Also, this is another post about something!

[New Englander]

I am 3/4 of an inch shorter than I used to be.

So am I, but I charge less. :icon_wink:

[thetruth]

Remember when you got a large candy bar for a nickle? Remember penny candy that filled a small bag for a dime?? Change happens as manufacturing costs increase. Think of the transportation it takes to bring the items to you as well.

I must be getting old. I remember when my income was twenty-five cents a week-my allowance. I could buy a slice of pizza and a small soda for that.

We mostly forget the other side. My dad was supporting a family of four. We were on the poor side but didn't know it. My father was earning about $100 a week.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I must be getting old. I remember when my income was twenty-five cents a week-my allowance. I could buy a slice of pizza and a small soda for that.

We mostly forget the other side. My dad was supporting a family of four. We were on the poor side but didn't know it. My father was earning about $100 a week.

When my father broke the $100 a week barrier, we joined the Country Club.

[My Post]

One thing I marvel at is when you buy fresh spinach to saute. The container it comes in is huge and it looks like so much, but then it's maybe enough for 2 ppl BC of the way it cooks down.
I can't even imagine how much space fresh spinach takes up in restaurant walk ins where they cook it for say 200-250 dishes in a service.

That's one of the things that is just not the same frozen. Whereas, I think certain veggies are better frozen.

[retiredguy123]

I am 3/4 of an inch shorter than I used to be.
On average, people lose 0.4 inches in height every 10 years after age 40.

[mfp509]

Toilet paper is the worst one. Can't cut back on my need to use it unfortunately.

[Chi-Town]

When I bought a fifth of whisky it was 25.6 oz. Now what looks like a fifth bottle is 750 ml which is 25.361 oz. Talk about downsizing!

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[manaboutown]

On average, people lose 0.4 inches in height every 10 years after age 40.

I wish that loss worked for my waist which seems to gain in size about half an inch every 10 years!

[Rapscallion St Croix]

On average, people lose 0.4 inches in height every 10 years after age 40.

So, if I live long enough, I won't be allowed on many of the rides at the theme parks.

[manaboutown]

On average, people lose 0.4 inches in height every 10 years after age 40.

I think that is due to our spinal discs drying up. It is even worse for those poor souls suffering from camptocormia.

Camptocormia: the bent spine syndrome, an update (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989190/)

[Bjeanj]

Toilet paper is the worst one. Can't cut back on my need to use it unfortunately.

My parents had 8 children. Growing up, I remember my mother telling us to use 4 squares of toilet paper (small rear ends), instead of grabbing the end and whipping off two feet or more. My needs have grown, so to speak, but I still try to be thrifty.

;-)