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Anybody notice that Costco TP is not as thick and soft as it was?
This last pack that we bought sure seems different!
At least our Cottonelle is the same as before.
Anybody notice that Costco TP is not as thick and soft as it was?
This last pack that we bought sure seems different!
I wonder how many people just throw recyclables into their opaque black trash bags for regular pickup.
We have trash and recycle on the same day once a week. If our area is any indication there are quite a lot of people that throw recyclables in the trash instead of the recycle bin. Since I ride in the early morning 10+ miles for exercise I see all the trash and recycle bins on the side of the road. It appears as if it is too much trouble for some people to separate the plastic, glass, and cans even though the bins are provided.
Cheers!
At least our Cottonelle is the same as before.
Anybody notice that Costco TP is not as thick and soft as it was?
This last pack that we bought sure seems different!
Ha, I bought two Cottonelle Ultra Gentlecare Toilet Paper with Gentle Cleaningripples, 24 Family Mega Rolls back in January 2020 before the pandemic hit, and I still have half left.At least our Cottonelle is the same as before.
They provide us trash bins for both recyclables and regular trash, so I don't know how much of that is going on. They only pick up recyclables every other week here.We have trash and recycle on the same day once a week. If our area is any indication there are quite a lot of people that throw recyclables in the trash instead of the recycle bin. Since I ride in the early morning 10+ miles for exercise I see all the trash and recycle bins on the side of the road. It appears as if it is too much trouble for some people to separate the plastic, glass, and cans even though the bins are provided.
Cheers!
I got a 24 pack of Stella at Costco a few weeks ago. It was the only thing I could find that was not much over $1 a can/bottle ($1.07). I had been getting a Session 12 pack for $11. It's now $14. Too far over $1 a bottle. And that's for an 11 oz can. No go.
I realized it had struck again this morning- I was making a drive to a recycling center. I now have to do this about once a month because my trash pickup company, which used to pick up recyclables for an extra charge, no longer does that. Yes they removed the extra charge- but the charge for pickup up of regular trash increased so I didn't get much of a break.
We do have other forms in the area but apparently they were overwhelmed with new customers and aren't accepting any more. I wonder how many people just throw recyclables into their opaque black trash bags for regular pickup.
Ice cream jumped up to $6.99. And it isn't a half gallon
Our city recycling used to have us recycle just about everything, paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, metal food cans, glass bottles and any plastic that had a recycling number.
Lately they have limited plastic to only #1 and #2 and only if the mouth of the container is smaller than the base. Never heard of this restriction before and it's limiting many of the plastics that we used to recycle like yogurt or cottage cheese tub, large box from spinach, etc.
It seems so wrong to put those things in the trash bin now.
As a side note, some folks around here set out the trash/recycle bins then got an alert that the pickup has been canceled due to a driver shortage, will pick up next week. Nothing better then a hot steamy week with a trash bin full of diapers sitting around!
Any pet owners seeing changes in the food they order? The cases of wet canned food I ordered last month were the same size volume-wise as before, but the food itself - suddenly much waterier/mushier. A noticeable difference.
I thought it might have been that batch - maybe left outside in the heat too long, etc. But nope. When I reordered, same thing.
Likely adding water to save costs. The old version was thick - you could actually slice/cut it into bite size pieces.
Any pet owners seeing changes in the food they order? The cases of wet canned food I ordered last month were the same size volume-wise as before, but the food itself - suddenly much waterier/mushier. A noticeable difference.
I thought it might have been that batch - maybe left outside in the heat too long, etc. But nope. When I reordered, same thing.
Likely adding water to save costs. The old version was thick - you could actually slice/cut it into bite size pieces.
I got a bag of Wise potato chips for free yesterday. I would never pay for it in real life, too expensive. It was a big puffy bag, 7 ounces. Price on it was $3.69. I opened it, and the top half was just empty air. I know there is 'settling', but a bit more than half the bag was just air, lol. Like I said, I got it for free, so not complaining, and they taste terrific.
Nitrogen gas is add to the bags to cushion the chips and keep the potatoes from rotting.Other brands of potato chips have the same thing. Seems like more and more air is in the bags, no matter what size. But as long as they are sold by weight, I'm not too concerned, just puzzled.
Definitely noticed the same thing. Bedding plants, annuals, used to be $10 a flat of 48 and might be found on sale at $8. Now the same flat, if it can be found at all is $22 and only on sale at well after planting season. Much more a move to 12-packs and 6 -packs of more mature plants. Definitely has pushed me to become a perennial gardener. Although I did grow several flats from seed last year which was satisfying.I grow most of my vegetables and flowers from seed. Thank goodness, because the potted ones in the garden centers are getting very expensive.
This year I noticed something interesting. Very few cheap 6-pack small plants were available in the spring. Instead, they upsized them to 1, 2 or 4 packs, and charged quite a bit. The benefit is the customer gets a bigger plant, but man, around here there's a long growing season. It's OK to start with small plants.
This summer, I noticed all they are selling are "ready to go" large plants for $10 to $30. No medium pots, or a very limited selection.
So, by reducing the number of smaller varieties available, they are actually creating a form of shrinkflation, even though the plants are bigger.