"franz fripplfrappl" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:42:53 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

"franz fripplfrappl" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:49:39 -0800, greg2468 wrote:

I recently went to our favorite big box store. While wandering around
the paint department, I noticed that most brands sold there are no
longer full gallons. They were one pint less than a gallon. Yet,
spread rate magically remains the same! Of course the price remains
the same! I live in the southeast United State and am curious to know
if this has happened in other areas. (Quarts are now 28 ounces).

Take a walk down the aisles in a grocery store sometime. A pound of
coffee is about 9 ounces. 5# of sugar is 4#. Prices are more or less
the same.

It's a way to trick consumers into thinking the economy is hunky-dory
and that inflation is in check. We're so used to buying containers
that we forget to read what's actually in them. By downsizing
containers and quantities, we are actually paying a higher percentage
for goods than we were 5 or 10 years ago.



Another bull**** answer from someone who thinks products reach the
stores by growing wings and flying there for free.

It's more than transportation costs. If a supplier were to raise prices
20%, the consumer may not buy the product but go to a competitor. Keep
the packing the same in looks but smaller in size and keep prices close
to what they are, the consumer will grab the package without thinking of
increased cost. The vendor wins. The consumer thinks he/she is getting
the same goods at the same price.

Now that fuel costs are rising, we'll see more price increases, but the
smaller packages have little to do with it..


Now that they're rising? I deal with trucking groceries all day long.
Freight costs began rising 4 years ago. I'm surprised that price increases
have lagged so far behind. It had to happen eventually.



It's a marketing and a way to increase profits.

The OP describes it as an attempt to fool people. That's bull****. What kind
of work do you do? Do you expect to get salary increases from time to time?

This reminds me of a long debate in a cooking newsgroup, in which whiners
were complaining that Breyers had shrunk their 64 oz ice cream package. This
was portrayed as evil. Some of the idiots seemed to expect Breyer's to send
a post card to every household in America, informing them of the change.