Food companies smaller portions but same price or even higher price (cell phones, store)
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What popped into my head as I read this was .. compare the cost and size of regular carrots with those of those pared down mini/baby carrots! Real food, both healthy. Smaller costs more than larger (on a per ounce basis). Of course there is more labour involved (or some kind of machine that had to be purchased to process them) in making the smaller carrots but they also allow the producer to use carrots that otherwise would be used as animal feed or tossed most like as they are likely too old, too large or too 'ugly' for sale as just regular sized carrots so I am not sure they 'should' cost more really.
Those mini carrots provide savings to the producers - they allow the company to find a use for broken carrots and misshapen ones. I find them rather convenient actually.
I try to support companies which don't do this. Mid's pasta sauces, for example, still come in a 32 oz. jar, and they don't skimp on the meat either. Any kind of sausages or packages meats that still come in 1# pkgs, are the ones I will buy.
I noticed it with Gatorade after summer workouts. They used to sell 32 oz (at least at the 7-11 near my gym/track), but now the bottles are 28 oz at the same price. The bottles have sleeker design with cool graphics, but it's still less liquid for the same price.
Cereal may be the worst offender...but it varies so much from brand-to-brand. Boxes of Cheerios or more "plain-tasting" cereals seem relatively full but the more sugary cereals that kids like often appear to be half-full at best.
Recently bought Thomas' English Muffins which I hadn't had in quite a while. Noticed they seemed smaller than I remember. I've noticed this with a lot of foods lately.
This "scam" has been going on for decades...how long has it been since a pound package of anything was actually 16 ounces...so yeah - nothing really new here.
Yeah, I've been griping about that for a while now- I noticed that packages that were previously a pound, suddenly became 14oz without any notice, but the price stayed the same. Then 13oz, and now 12oz. I see it as 'sneaky' and deceptive. There have been several articles on the TV about it in the last couple of years.
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And don't be fooled about buying in larger quantities -half the time it is actually more expensive - they're hoping no one will do the math.
Actually, it gets even worse- sometimes the shelf labeling that gives the 'per unit price' is deceptive, a different unit of measure is used for the smaller product than the larger product, so doing the math is more difficult. You have to convert the measurement of one product to equal the other, and then recalculate the 'unit price'. This stuff ticks me off, makes me wish I could get ahold of the CEOs of these companies and slap the bejeebers out of them.
Another scam is perpetuated when filler is added to make up the difference in a can. I stopped buying Blue Buffalo canned dog food when I noticed an additive - a shiny slimy substance that started to appear in the cans that I bought.
Noticed that not one company out there have passed the cost savings with the lower price of gas on to consumers.
Everything from airline, food delivery, transportation, and produce companies hiked prices a lot when the price of gas avg almost $4/gallon and that was in 2014. In 2015 as gas price decreased, the price of food & services have not dropped but increased even though the gas prices are about 30-50% less than they were back in 2014.
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