On 07/02/2017 08:54 AM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 1 Jul 2017 15:38:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/1/2017 10:49 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?


Plenty of 2 pounds still around. Check Wrights at WalMart. Good stuff,
thicker than most too.

Be interesting to know if the pork is from Birkshire hogs. The best
pigs brought from England.

Given Walmart, the best pigs in China.


When I find the right piece of pork belly, I'll make a slab of it. A
process I found, done right.

In 2014 pork belly prices were rising rapidly, heading toward $2.50 a
pound, and there was even talk of a bacon shortage. Then the market
crashed. One reason was the slow down of the Chinese economy; they
weren't buying pork bellies at their former rate. Then the hog raisers
ramped up production and by 2015 they were down to $.70.

There was a blurb about a bacon shortage back in February that lasted a
couple of days before being declared fake news.