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Ice Cream Rant (the effect of inflation, and economy woes)

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shardian:
We have been fans of Edy's Ice Cream for 2 years or so now. That stuff is pretty low fat and is the bomb...or at least was. A few weeks ago, we noticed that all the sudden the package size decreased by 20% or so yet the price had went up. It thought WTF?!? So we got by another 2 weeks just by looking for older packs that hadn't been restocked with the smaller ones. Now the smaller packs are all thats on the shelf. We finally decided to take it up the tail pipe since the stuff is so good. Get the stuff home and crack the lid....WTF! It's not even full now! Used to, the packs were full to the brim. Now there is a solid inch of empty space before the lid. So they cut back the size of the package AND no longer fill it all the way up. That would be bad enough right? Well next I noticed the ice cream looks a little different. After tasting it, the first thing that came to mind is "This ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- is watered down!". No joke, there were obvious ice crystals in it now - just like that cheap ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- softserve at fast food restaurants.

So the old addage holds true: They don't make 'em like they used to. :mad:
It seems more and more today that packages are shrinking while the price tags are growing. Where else do you all see this happening?

P.S. Don't buy Edy's! (Blue Bunny is the new fav)

Ginsu Victim:
Man, that stinks. We only recently discovered Edy's and loved it.

Come to think of it, the last one we bought was different. It was so hard, I couldn't even get it out of the container. That's NEVER been a problem with their product until now.

Blue Bunny rules, though....BUNNY TRACKS! Love it.

SirPeale:
Hardness of ice cream, believe it or not, is a good thing.  It means it's been kept at a *very* low temperature. 

As for shardian's ice cream, by the sound of it the ice cream got warm and melted a bit, then refroze.  I'd call Edy's and complain, get a free coupon, and try it again from another store.

mountain:
It's just another example of how the high price of oil trickles down to everything we buy.
Pay close attention to products on the shelf at your favorite grocery store. You will notice almost everything is either going up in price or the package is smaller at the same price.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: mountain on June 26, 2008, 05:05:19 pm ---It's just another example of how the high price of oil trickles down to everything we buy.
Pay close attention to products on the shelf at your favorite grocery store. You will notice almost everything is either going up in price or the package is smaller at the same price.

--- End quote ---

Next time you're at the store, have a glance at all Lay's potato chip products, and boxes of crackers. It's insane.

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