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

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SithMaster:
I think it has less to do with the economy and oil costs with the fact being that these ice cream companies are just making the sizes smaller and charging the same/more.

Just wait for the sales for 2-3 dollar blue bunny.

Cakemeister:
The local newspaper had an article on this very topic this past weekend.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/5861211.html

Blue Bell FTW!

saint:
I first noticed it with Skippy low fat peanut butter a few months ago. They had a new shaped container that has a narrower middle but same sized top/bottom. It held 1.5 ounces less peanut butter than the old container. The price was exactly the same, and in fact they had both side by side while they finished out their old stock. I pointed it out to my kids as a lesson in economics and marketing.

2600:
There was mention of this on the radio a week or two ago, but they were talking about beer in restaurants.  Some restaurants are switching their glasses to "falsies".  The glass looks the same but the bottom is thicker.  I believe they hold 2 ounces less.

tk_42_1:
Not to get off topic but what happened to my "Personalized Picture."  It somehow got changed over the weekend and I didn't change it.

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