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re: The price is the same...shrinkflation
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:35 pm to Quesadilla Superman
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:35 pm to Quesadilla Superman
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Walton & Johnson used to play a recording of some midwestern baw who called into Jimmy Dean about them going from a 16oz roll of breakfast sausage to a 12oz roll. He was legit aggravated. He was talking about how big his wife and daughter were and he’d have to start spending more $ on breakfast sausage
He was a Texas man baw. Maple and sage, that's for yankees
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Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:35 pm to cwil177
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Cadbury eggs are the most egregious example in recent memory.
Maybe if they stopped making commercials with homosexuals swapping mouth creme they could save more.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:36 pm to Shexter
Darn, Toblerone pulling a sneaky fast on there!
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:51 pm to fallguy_1978
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He was a Texas man baw. Maple and sage, that's for yankees
Don’t know why I was thinking it was a Midwestern. Oyster PoBoy posted the link. Haven’t heard it in a while.
Ol baw was so contrite and serious about his complaint. Like how he refers to the the wife and daughter as plump along with 600# of men.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 7:19 pm to nuwaydawg
Posted on 8/23/21 at 8:40 pm to nuwaydawg
It's becoming harder and harder to find 16oz full pound packages of bacon. The majority is 12oz sizes. Same with crawfish tails. Those 12oz packages piss me off because I end up buying 2. Just raise the price and keep it 16 ounces.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 8:53 pm to nuwaydawg
Same thing happens to your dick as your age...get used to it.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 9:04 pm to nuwaydawg
Late last night I decided to get a Mickey Ds quarter pounder. Call it nostalgia or whatever, but the taste of pseudo-beef, raw onions, and mustard felt like it would be enjoyable.
First of all, the bun was smaller and stale--like almost turn around and drive back kind of stale. And the toppings were half the proportions of old. I would guess the burger somehow still met the 1/4 pound label (maybe), but everything else was shrunk.
Maybe it was a one-off. It was late on a Sunday night, and they were pretty much the only game open in town. OTOH, it would seem like raw onion, mustard, and ketchup would be the cheapest part of their equation--so they'd pile those up if they were shrinking everything else.
My fault for being a fatty. At least I didn't get the fries and XL soda with it.
First of all, the bun was smaller and stale--like almost turn around and drive back kind of stale. And the toppings were half the proportions of old. I would guess the burger somehow still met the 1/4 pound label (maybe), but everything else was shrunk.
Maybe it was a one-off. It was late on a Sunday night, and they were pretty much the only game open in town. OTOH, it would seem like raw onion, mustard, and ketchup would be the cheapest part of their equation--so they'd pile those up if they were shrinking everything else.
My fault for being a fatty. At least I didn't get the fries and XL soda with it.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 10:16 pm to nuwaydawg
When I used to sell popcorn with Cub Scouts, I wondered how the prices never changed. When I pulled up the price sheet from one year to the next, I realized the $10 box didn’t have 7 bags anymore, but 6. This was a few years ago- we haven’t sold popcorn in 2-3 years.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 10:17 pm to FCP
The old Consumerist blog, a spin-off of Consumer Reports, featured "The Grocery Shrink Ray" spots that highlighted such shenanigans. That was around 2005, but the phenomenon has been around for decades.
I have a recipe for salmon patties that, when written, used two pouches of salmon. They keep shrinking the pouches, and I keep revising the recipe to keep up. Now I need 4 pouches to get the same ounces of product.
I have a recipe for salmon patties that, when written, used two pouches of salmon. They keep shrinking the pouches, and I keep revising the recipe to keep up. Now I need 4 pouches to get the same ounces of product.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 10:21 pm to Twenty 49
quote:Why not just write the recipe in actual units and never revise it again?
I have a recipe for salmon patties that, when written, used two pouches of salmon. They keep shrinking the pouches, and I keep revising the recipe to keep up. Now I need 4 pouches to get the same ounces of product.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 11:03 pm to Stiles
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The hell do you use those for, so you don’t lose your 10 MM sockets?
10MM is optimal size for a GB.
Coincidence... I think not.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 11:53 pm to GeauxOCDP
Jesus, I haven't thought about gbs since high school.
Inventive, mis-spent youths....
Inventive, mis-spent youths....
Posted on 8/23/21 at 11:57 pm to Roman Candle Tag
What's a GB?
Posted on 8/24/21 at 12:16 am to Korkstand
That would be a Gravity Bong
Posted on 8/24/21 at 12:27 am to Bestbank Tiger
"25 years of not changing a thing"
Except price.
Amount of fingers per meal.
Size of fingers.
Size of drinks.
Honey mustard or lack of
Drinks 90% ice
Except price.
Amount of fingers per meal.
Size of fingers.
Size of drinks.
Honey mustard or lack of
Drinks 90% ice
Posted on 8/24/21 at 4:45 am to nuwaydawg
Remember this one as a kid? They have shrunk this so many times to where they are basically wrapping a single cookie but the price has increased with the shrinkage.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 5:58 am to Twenty 49
CR would also point out how the product amount would shrink, but the packaging size would remain.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 6:09 am to jamboybarry
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Thanks Biden
I wouldn't piss on Biden if he was on fire but this has been going on for a very long time.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 6:09 am to FCP
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First of all, the bun was smaller and stale--like almost turn around and drive back kind of stale. And the toppings were half the proportions of old. I would guess the burger somehow still met the 1/4 pound label (maybe), but everything else was shrunk.
Haven't had McD's in a couple years but they generally only put one pickle on double quarter pounders at the local one.
I mean, come on...
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