Interesting article on food shrinkage
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Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
That's funny because I've been telling my dad that frozen peas had gone up loads in the past 6 months - I'm not sure he believed me! Now there's the proof!
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Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Some things - like Uncle Toby's Muesli Bars - have shrunk to electron-microscope size over the past ten years. The box is the same though - the sound of the rattle is different!
Someone in the indutry can probably confirm, but my impression is that grocery boxes conform to a modular sizing so the contents don't dictate the package size? More pertinently, Cascade Premium Light bottles have been reduced from 275cl to 230cl at the same price. The press release said it was "for customers' convenience: some find holding the bigger bottle too difficult". Who said humour was dead? |
Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by northernbird
(Post 6583274)
I noticed this years ago. I call it The Cream Egg Swindle. |
Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by Wol
(Post 6584113)
More pertinently, Cascade Premium Light bottles have been reduced from 275cl to 230cl at the same price. The press release said it was "for customers' convenience: some find holding the bigger bottle too difficult". Who said humour was dead?
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Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 6584317)
:rofl:
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Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by Wol
(Post 6584458)
NOT a b****y laughing matter, m'dear:curse:
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Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 6584497)
I'm thinking of all those hulking great Aussieblokes, standing around in the pub, whiging to eahc other about how the nasty bottles are too big for their poor lickle handy-wandy's to hold :lol:
Unlike what I'm doing now: the 2008 tax return online...... |
Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by Wol
(Post 6584501)
Now *that* *is* a laughing matter <g>.
Unlike what I'm doing now: the 2008 tax return online...... |
Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by busterboy
(Post 6584503)
How can you do your tax return? We haven't got have the info we need yet, banks and super funds etc been very tardy with the end of year statements.
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Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by Wol
(Post 6584501)
Now *that* *is* a laughing matter <g>.
Unlike what I'm doing now: the 2008 tax return online...... |
Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Curly Wurlys are a quarter the size compared to 30 years ago... they are barely a mouthful now and when they were launched the advertising campaign actually emphasised how massive they were in comparision to other bars. I bet their comparative price hasn't come down though.:curse:
Shrinkage really annoys me.:thumbdown: |
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I remember wagon wheels being absolutely massive, you needed 2 hands to hold them.
Now they're gone in one bite :blink: |
Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by busterboy
(Post 6584503)
How can you do your tax return? We haven't got have the info we need yet, banks and super funds etc been very tardy with the end of year statements.
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Re: Interesting article on food shrinkage
Originally Posted by Pollyana
(Post 6584526)
Thats more of a http://smileyonline.free.fr/images/g...aloranim01.gif matter!
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