On 4/15/2015 11:12 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:




Exactly, this is simply the manufacturer raising prices if the price
for "similar" sized product remains the same. Take a look at coffee.
You used to buy that by the pound, now by the 12 oz. bag.


But again - that's not a retailer's domain. That's the domain of the
"manufacturer". The retailer simply passes these new realities on to the
consumer.



Sometimes it is the retailer when it comes to coffee. I buy Kona direct
from a grower (Smithfarms.com by the pound and other types from Armeno
Coffee and it is the full pound. Others do sell 12 ounce bags. The
supermarkets have no choice and often sell smaller bags.