On 07/01/2017 08:49 AM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 22:07:03 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 6/30/2017 4:41 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:


It seems you've missed my point which is sellers have reduced
long-standing and familiar standard package sizes in lieu of raising
prices ;-)


It has been rampant the past 10 years or so. A half gallon of ice cream
is 1.5 quarts and a quart of may is 30 ounces. IMO, it is just a slezy
wzy to slip in a price increase

Where can you buy a pound of bacon these days, eh?


Several of the local markets. They throw strips from the meat cooler on
the scale until it says a pound, more or less. Then they ask you if the
weight is good.

Oh, you meant those shrink wrapped 11 oz packages of lard artistically
arranged to display the few streaks of meat.