Food size and price

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:51 am

I having hearing on the news. Your products size and weight are shrinking. But you are paying the same Price. If you do not know the old size and weight of the package, you will not notice. Companies are being very creative about it:sneaky:. I will pay more attention from now on.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:32 pm

Yes, I am already aware of this ploy. The news on TV has tipped us. As always, buyer beware.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:56 pm

oh yes, this has gone on here for many years now.

remember Danone o% fat yogurt, the small one?

well its quite a bit smaller now!

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:18 pm

Yep SY, I noticed several years ago with the cans coffee we used! They used to be "1" pound (16 oz) cans about 10 years ago. Then I noticed their weight dropped to 15 oz, some brands even to 14 oz. 5 or 6 years ago they dropped to 13 oz cans. All the time the price basically ramained the same, but sometimes a little more! Now I've noticed some brands are now down to only "11" oz cans!!! Just today on the news, they showed almost all packaging is now "smaller", lighter, & way less product then what they used to be!!! But the "prices" haven't skyrocketed, so the general populace is not having to shell out a ton of more money for the same products, but many seem to overlook or are unawear of the downsized products! :guitarist

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:27 pm

cars;1061386 wrote: Yep SY, I noticed several years ago with the cans coffee we uesd! They used to be "1" pound (16 oz) cans about 10 years ago. Then I noticed their weight dropped to 15 oz, some brands even to 14 oz. 5 or 6 years ago they dropped to 13 oz cans. All the time the price basically ramained the same, but sometimes a little more! Now I've noticed some brands are now down to only "11" oz cans!!! Just today on the news, they showed almost all packaging is now "smaller", lighter, & way less product then what they used to be!!! But the "prices" haven't skyrocketed, so the general populace is not having to shell out a ton of more money for the same products, but many seem to overlook or are unawear of the downsized products! :guitarist come think about it. a local favorite coffee. Community. stated they were going up in price because they are one coffee. who truly has a pound package;) DUH talk about being a space cadet

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:41 pm

It seems they have done it with many products, here in New Zealand as well. Just this morning I noticed in the market that the spaghetti sauce that comes in a jar is smaller and that bottles of wine have been scaled down in size.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:18 pm

and rice went up also!:mad::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:36 pm

Odie;1061424 wrote: and rice went up also!:mad::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl you eat a lot of rice there too?? Cajun's sure do. Speaking of food. I heard in Canada. You put vinegar on french fries, Is this true??

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:38 pm

I must say that i do like a large package

;)

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:38 pm

southern yankee;1061475 wrote: you eat a lot of rice there too?? Cajun's sure do. Speaking of food. I heard in Canada. You put vinegar on french fries, Is this true??

love rice, thing is its plentiful I heard

yes, we Canadians put vinegar on french fries, sometimes, not always.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:39 pm

southern yankee;1061475 wrote: you eat a lot of rice there too?? Cajun's sure do. Speaking of food. I heard in Canada. You put vinegar on french fries, Is this true??

French frie's or 'chips' as us Brits call them can only be served with vinegar, salt, a pickled egg and a big pickled wally. :-4

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:41 pm

oscar;1061482 wrote: French frie's or 'chips' as us Brits call them can only be served with vinegar, salt, a pickled egg and a big pickled wally. :-4

so let me understand this!:yh_rotfl

you have french fries with a pickled egg?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:43 pm

Odie;1061485 wrote: so let me understand this!:yh_rotfl

you have french fries with a pickled egg?

Yep!! It's against British law not to have a pickled egg with frie's. In take-away shops they all have huge jars of them on the counter. oh yummy :-4

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:10 pm

oscar;1061482 wrote: French frie's or 'chips' as us Brits call them can only be served with vinegar, salt, a pickled egg and a big pickled wally. :-4

:) What is a "big pickled wally"?

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:16 pm

Odie;1061479 wrote: love rice, thing is its plentiful I heard

yes, we Canadians put vinegar on french fries, sometimes, not always. i heard that on TV. i will stick with catchup;):wah:

Post by **spot** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:29 pm

southern yankee;1061000 wrote: If you do not know the old size and weight of the package, you will not notice.UK supermarkets have the price per 100g marked for all food products (that's the price per 4 ounces, roughly), it makes comparing different bottles and cartons more meaningful and it gives a price to look for when buying a particular type of food. All the supermarkets do it, both on the shelves and on their online pricing.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:50 pm

southern yankee;1062503 wrote: i heard that on TV. i will stick with catchup;):wah:

no, you will stick with ketchup!:yh_rotfl

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:55 pm

spot;1062507 wrote: UK supermarkets have the price per 100g marked for all food products (that's the price per 4 ounces, roughly), it makes comparing different bottles and cartons more meaningful and it gives a price to look for when buying a particular type of food. All the supermarkets do it, both on the shelves and on their online pricing. i take much more time READING& READING labels. not just the content, the nutrition, But the pricing. What took 1 hour to shop takes 2 now. Maybe it is a ploy to keep you in the store LONGER:mad:

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:56 pm

Odie;1062526 wrote: no, you will stick with ketchup!:yh_rotfl FUNNY FEMALE dog:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:03 pm

southern yankee;1062531 wrote: i take much more time READING& READING labels. not just the content, the nutrition, But the pricing. What took 1 hour to shop takes 2 now. Maybe it is a ploy to keep you in the store LONGER:mad:

Everything they do is a ploy, to changing the entire store around, that way you have to start off fresh at each isle and see everything....hence, more buying.

To the music being played....and in so many stores where it is BLARING, ever notice you cannot concentrate on what you wanted to buy?

Music is not played because the store manager thinks it's just nice....... its for you to sing along with, or get annoyed with...and loose your concentration...more buying.

and those ever so good looking chocolate bars at the cashiers:-5:-5

Post by **spot** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:09 pm

southern yankee;1062531 wrote: i take much more time READING& READING labels. not just the content, the nutrition, But the pricing. What took 1 hour to shop takes 2 now. Maybe it is a ploy to keep you in the store LONGER:mad:

That's really odd. The ingredients don't change from one week to the next, you decide once which brands you approve of and limit your purchases to those. I know which brands to avoid and which to consider. It's rare that a new brand appears.

When I'm shopping, the only figure I look at is the price per 100g, I don't look at the unit price at all. My experience is that it speeds shopping, not slows it down.

Odie;1062536 wrote: To the music being played....and in so many stores where it is BLARING, ever notice you cannot concentrate on what you wanted to buy?I don't think I've ever been in a supermarket in England that had music playing. If it happens I expect the UK posters here will tell me which ones they are but it's not something I've ever heard.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:21 pm

spot;1062542 wrote:

I don't think I've ever been in a supermarket in England that had music playing. If it happens I expect the UK posters here will tell me which ones they are but it's not something I've ever heard.

maybe not there........but here and the US.

never said all over the world.

Post by **spot** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:32 pm

Odie;1062547 wrote: maybe not there........but here and the US.

never said all over the world.We've had posts in this thread from a Canadian and a Brit as well. Most threads tend to be multinational. Consider it a contribution to "The differences between British and Americans".

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:01 pm

spot;1062542 wrote:

I don't think I've ever been in a supermarket in England that had music playing. If it happens I expect the UK posters here will tell me which ones they are but it's not something I've ever heard.

No, i must say that i too have never heard music in a supermarket or any retail store i have visited.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:47 pm

oscar;1062567 wrote: No, i must say that i too have never heard music in a supermarket or any retail store i have visited.

your so lucky!

its the head-banging music played in stores for the younger generation, Guess, the gap etc.........only there to buy a gift certificate.:-5

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:02 pm

Odie;1062581 wrote: your so lucky!

its the head-banging music played in stores for the younger generation, Guess, the gap etc.........only there to buy a gift certificate.:-5

Some of the trendy young clothes shops do have a bit of music on but i have never heard it in supermarkets or large retail stores. It must drive you mad as i like to think while i'm shopping about what i'm buying etc.

Hope it's Chris Issac's they play. He's Canadian i think. I have his cd's and think he's brilliant. :driving::driving::driving:

lalalala · Post by **lalalala** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:16 pm

Yea, I heard about it too on the radio. It's very sneaky! Especially the one about thinner cereal boxes....that way you can't tell the difference when you are looking at the box from the front view!

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:18 pm

oscar;1063297 wrote: Some of the trendy young clothes shops do have a bit of music on but i have never heard it in supermarkets or large retail stores. It must drive you mad as i like to think while i'm shopping about what i'm buying etc.

Hope it's Chris Issac's they play. He's Canadian i think. I have his cd's and think he's brilliant. :driving::driving::driving:

head banging music is not in supermarkets.....just the younger generation stores.

supermarkets have loud cheerful music which overpowers ones mind!:-5

Post by **spot** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:09 am

Odie;1063475 wrote: head banging music is not in supermarkets.....just the younger generation stores.

supermarkets have loud cheerful music which overpowers ones mind!:-5

I keep getting a different impression each time you post - I've gone from Odie's supermarkets have no music at all to Odie's supermarkets are full of loud music. It was you that brought music into the thread to start with, after all.

May we take it that Odie's supermarkets are full of loud music which stops shoppers from concentrating sufficiently to calculating good value?

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:58 pm

spot;1063802 wrote: I keep getting a different impression each time you post - I've gone from Odie's supermarkets have no music at all to Odie's supermarkets are full of loud music. It was you that brought music into the thread to start with, after all.

May we take it that Odie's supermarkets are full of loud music which stops shoppers from concentrating sufficiently to calculating good value?

I never said we had no music in supermarkets.

where does it say that?

I said 'head-banging music' was not played in supermarkets, 'loud cheerful music' is.

- as southern yankee brought up ploys, I then brought up music being played is one ploy.

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:00 pm

spot;1062542 wrote: That's really odd. The ingredients don't change from one week to the next, you decide once which brands you approve of and limit your purchases to those. I know which brands to avoid and which to consider. It's rare that a new brand appears.

When I'm shopping, the only figure I look at is the price per 100g, I don't look at the unit price at all. My experience is that it speeds shopping, not slows it down.

I don't think I've ever been in a supermarket in England that had music playing. If it happens I expect the UK posters here will tell me which ones they are but it's not something I've ever heard. always easy listening music/or soft rock. Here that is the norm here, Be nice. Spot. Super markets all over the world is different.

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:09 pm

spot;1062554 wrote: We've had posts in this thread from a Canadian and a Brit as well. Most threads tend to be multinational. Consider it a contribution to "The differences between British and Americans". come on let's be friends here. This Thread is not earth shattering.

Fyrenza · Post by **Fyrenza** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:45 pm

fuzzy butt;1063354 wrote:

yada, yada, yada, ... unadulterated milk ...

blah, blah, blah, ... support your local farmer ...

Isn't Fresh Milk to DIE for?!?!? i love it, and cannot bring myself to drink the swill the stores laughingly call Milk.

Here in the U.S., we have stickers on the shelves, to tell us the prices. In a lot of the stores, also included on the sticker is the price per ounce/pound/etc., so folks can compare.

i've been aware of the changes in our packaging for years because of my recipes ~ when the recipe calls for an 18 oz can of something, and the Only way it's sold anymore is in a 13 oz can, you start paying attention. Same with the large chocolate bars for baking ~ used to be 16 oz, and now they're about 13 oz.

Folks may not notice the lighter weights of the things they're buying, but if they're like me, and do a calculation of just what their groceries cost each month, they WILL notice that they're having to buy certain things more frequently, and that their grocery bills keep going up and up.

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:51 pm

Fyrenza;1064775 wrote: Isn't Fresh Milk to DIE for?!?!? i love it, and cannot bring myself to drink the swill the stores laughingly call Milk.

Here in the U.S., we have stickers on the shelves, to tell us the prices. In a lot of the stores, also included on the sticker is the price per ounce/pound/etc., so folks can compare.

i've been aware of the changes in our packaging for years because of my recipes ~ when the recipe calls for an 18 oz can of something, and the Only way it's sold anymore is in a 13 oz can, you start paying attention. Same with the large chocolate bars for baking ~ used to be 16 oz, and now they're about 13 oz.

Folks may not notice the lighter weights of the things they're buying, but if they're like me, and do a calculation of just what their groceries cost each month, they WILL notice that they're having to buy certain things more frequently, and that their grocery bills keep going up and up. i have a question i buy organic milk., since i started. i can't stand Reg. store milk. Is your milk close to that??

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:43 am

southern yankee;1064722 wrote: always easy listening music/or soft rock. Here that is the norm here, Be nice. Spot. Super markets all over the world is different.

It was pick on Odie day.:yh_silent

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:08 am

Odie;1064996 wrote: It was pick on Odie day.:yh_silent

and I missed it??? :p :wah:

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:56 pm

hehe, knew he wouldn't fess up!

men are chickens when backed into a corner by women!:yh_rotfl