Sign of the apocalypse

Chuckanut said:
1.75 liters?!?!!? My store sells 1.5 quarts in most brands.

Maybe it's a good thing. Considering how much I like ice cream, my health and trim, youthful physic are easier to maintain with the smaller sizes. :D
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Oops, my goof. Yep, you're right. I just checked the ice cream in my freezer. 1.5 quarts (1.42 L) Dunno where I got 1.75 Liters from. Heck, that's almost a half-gallon, right there! (0.462 I think?)

Usually, our local Shopper's Food Warehouse has one name brand or another on sale, 2 for $5. Or, at worst, it's the store brand, which isn't half bad. But, the last time I got ice cream, they didn't have any on sale. So I just got one. I think it was $3.99.
 
My beef (no pun intended) are hot dogs. The packages of weiners have gone from 12 in a 454 gm (1 pound) pack, to 10 in a 375 gm pack. Since buns are sold in 8's or 12's, you now have either 2 weiners without buns or 2 buns without weiners. Grrrr:mad:
 
braumeister said:
I think you get what you pay for. All you folks who buy that mass market TP are missing out on the good things in life.

Artisanal Toilet paper is environmentally friendly, multi-cultural and entirely hand-made by our villagers in the hills of Umbria, our reincarnated Goddesses and our Kyrgyzstani spiders.

Or something like that.
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Some funny testimonials on that website.
 
Nothing new. Andy Rooney was complaining on 60 minutes about shrinking grocery packages back in the 90's. Candy bars have been shrinking since my Mom was a kid.

Toilet paper holders are too big for the rolls already.

Masquernom said:
Just opened a new pack of Charmin toilet paper. The rolls are about 1/2 inch narrower than the last pack we bought. I guess everything is shrinking like the candy bars now. :(
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braumeister said:
I think you get what you pay for. All you folks who buy that mass market TP are missing out on the good things in life.

Artisanal Toilet paper is environmentally friendly, multi-cultural and entirely hand-made by our villagers in the hills of Umbria, our reincarnated Goddesses and our Kyrgyzstani spiders.

Or something like that.
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Add the word "Artisan" and the price doubles. Hand made toilet paper? If there is one thing that should be factory made, it should be paper. Especially toilet paper.
 
MRG said:
+1

The only thing they haven't shrunk is a 12oz beer.
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But they have in some cases! There are some 11 oz beer cans! You seen those tall skinny cans? Look close they are only 11 oz. Those skinny cans are mostly the seltzer and other low alcohol type drinks, but some are beer and are only 11 oz.


Who knows, pretty soon the 40 oz bottles will be downsized as well. What will the malt liquor companies do :LOL: :facepalm:
 
Andre1969 said:
Oops, my goof. Yep, you're right. I just checked the ice cream in my freezer. 1.5 quarts (1.42 L) Dunno where I got 1.75 Liters from. Heck, that's almost a half-gallon, right there! (0.462 I think?)

Usually, our local Shopper's Food Warehouse has one name brand or another on sale, 2 for $5. Or, at worst, it's the store brand, which isn't half bad. But, the last time I got ice cream, they didn't have any on sale. So I just got one. I think it was $3.99.
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You point is well made and taken.

Besides the shrinking container for ice cream, the local supermarket no longer carries Dryers Spumoni ice cream. I can get some bright blue and pink ice cream with sprinkles that reminds me of over sweetened bubble gum, but I can't get Spumoni. What is the world coming to?
 
MRG said:
+1

The only thing they haven't shrunk is a 12oz beer.
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Every once in a while you see the 8 ounce beers for sale, but I think no one buys them. On the good news front, apparently 16 ounce cans are all the rage now, for microbrews anyway. Been seeing a lot of them at my local beer store. Same price as the 12 ouncers! Now way! Yes way!
 
EastWest Gal said:
Tuna cans. More and more water/oil. Less tuna. It was 6 oz when I was a kid. Now it's just above 4 oz. If I make a salad with veggies and canned tuna, I just drain and put the whole can in the salad.

No wonder we're having trouble getting enough protein in our diet.
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Yes, a can of tuna is my inflation bellweather. After the 2008 Wall Street fraud debacle, 6 ounce canned tuna went to 5 ounce, with a slight price bump also, I think. I haven't seen any 4 ounce cans of tuna yet. Who would buy a 4 ounce can of tuna? Come on, 5 ounces is small enough, lol.
 
38Chevy454 said:
But they have in some cases! There are some 11 oz beer cans! You seen those tall skinny cans? Look close they are only 11 oz. Those skinny cans are mostly the seltzer and other low alcohol type drinks, but some are beer and are only 11 oz.


Who knows, pretty soon the 40 oz bottles will be downsized as well. What will the malt liquor companies do :LOL: :facepalm:
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I used to go to Aruba every so often, and remember they had a native brew called Balashi, that was in an under-sized can. I just looked it up... 11.27 ounces. I forget how big the bottles were, but they were a bit under 12 oz, as well.
 
John Galt III said:
Yes, a can of tuna is my inflation bellweather. After the 2008 Wall Street fraud debacle, 6 ounce canned tuna went to 5 ounce, with a slight price bump also, I think. I haven't seen any 4 ounce cans of tuna yet. Who would buy a 4 ounce can of tuna? Come on, 5 ounces is small enough, lol.
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For some reason, I always associated tuna with being cheap food. I have no idea what it goes for these days, as my house mate does most of the grocery shopping. He gets it every so often. But I do remember looking at the receipt one day, out of curiosity, and being shocked at how much it was.

For some reason, the only grocery price that sticks in my mind is milk, which is usually around $4.00/gal, or sometimes less, depending on where you buy it. Oh, and 8-oz block cheese is usually $1.49-1.89 at Aldi. And a 16 oz jar of honey-roasted peanuts is about $1.89 I think. Good lord, it's a wonder I haven't died from constipation, I guess! :LOL:
 
Haagen-Dazs. They reduced their size from a pint (16oz) to 14oz years ago. I don’t buy them anymore. Lots of good alternatives that still sell pints.
 
Andre1969 said:
Oops, my goof. Yep, you're right. I just checked the ice cream in my freezer. 1.5 quarts (1.42 L) Dunno where I got 1.75 Liters from. Heck, that's almost a half-gallon, right there! (0.462 I think?)
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You might be use to Tillamook ice cream like me. They were mentioned in that WP article. They were one of the holdouts at 1.75, but I definitely noticed a few months ago when their package size shrank. I’m still buying it though, as many of their flavors don’t have the junk ingredients like many others.
 
I think the Costco-Kirkland brand vanilla ice cream is still 1/2 gallons... But you have to buy two. But.... it's very good ice cream.

Try buying a pound of coffee- haven't been able to do that for a while.
 
I buy TP in bulk packages online and figure out the cost per pound. Amazon has the shipping weights. It is usually a lot cheaper than grocery store prices. Manufacturers purposely make it impossible to price shop in store with all the mega roll and double roll marketing speak.


I try to buy most groceries, especially produce by the pound as well. I bought some "bunches" from Whole Foods pick up during the pandemic and their idea of a "bunch" was pretty small.
 
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Dial soap changed the size of their bath bars years ago; I switched to Ivory soap. Now Ivory soap has done the same thing.

Since I'm retired and still spend most of my time at home (thanks, pandemic) I supposed I could just start bathing less. Hmmm. I'd probably have fewer friends and thereby save some money on lunches out (once that is a thing again).

It's not just mass-produced products suffering from shrinkage. I buy zucchini bread from Whole Foods (I'm addicted to it) and the loaves have been getting smaller and smaller for the past few years. I suppose I will stop buying it when they call it a "loaf" but it's actually the size of a muffin. :mad::mad:
 
braumeister said:
I think you get what you pay for. All you folks who buy that mass market TP are missing out on the good things in life.

Artisanal Toilet paper is environmentally friendly, multi-cultural and entirely hand-made by our villagers in the hills of Umbria, our reincarnated Goddesses and our Kyrgyzstani spiders.

Or something like that.
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I'm visualizing my first order now. :D:LOL::D
 
daylatedollarshort said:
I buy TP in bulk packages online and figure out the cost per pound. Amazon has the shipping weights. It is usually a lot cheaper than grocery store prices. Manufacturers purposely make it impossible to price shop in store with all the mega roll and double roll marketing speak.


I try to buy most groceries, especially produce by the pound as well. I bought some "bunches" from Whole Foods pick up during the pandemic and their idea of a "bunch" was pretty small.
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OK. You win the prize for tight wad of the week. :D

I compare unit prices, but I have never looked at TP by the pound.:facepalm:
 
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