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Here is the last 1.75 quart container of ice cream I ever expect to buy. Of course, if I'd been vigilant a while ago, I could have taken a picture of the last half-gallon, but that's an extinct item now, so this will have to do. The brand is a supermarket chain in New England, but it's not fair to blame them particularly, as all the other brands seem to have switched to 1.5 quarts a while ago, some of them a few years in the past. Doing their part not to supersize us, I guess.
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Personally, I don't mind the smaller size, since there are only two of us in the house now! And they are easier to fit into our freezer.
Not that I buy often; I prefer to make my own.
Just Saturday we bought a whynter ice cream freezer, which has the built-in compressor so no need to mess with ice/salt, or pre-freeze a special bowl. So far we have made banana frozen yogurt, and some mocha ice cream that we'll be eating in about 1/2 hour. Next will be blackberry sorbet. No more store bought for us.
I will take it that my outrage over this matter is not shared.
I can see how you might be concerned about the extra packaging required when selling the ice cream in smaller packaging. It can be considered wasteful.
Although just across the "New England" dividing line, into NYS, the regional chain, Stewart's , still provides a full half gallon.
I believe Blue Bell also is still a full half gallon which I think is available at Price Chopper and Walmart.
Or, the pound of coffee, or 5 pounds of sugar......
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