Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Rising Prices, shrinking packages

Buyer Beware. Info about Product Packing Shrinkage.

Here are some new changes in packaging.

Honey Nut Cheerios Shrank by 1.5oz.
Scott 1000 went down 0.3 inch per square
Shedd's Country Crock Butter shrank 3 ounces
Goldfish weigh 0.75 ounce so packets won't exceed 100 calories
Breyer's and Dreyer's Ice Cream reduced the size of a carton of ice cream from 1.75 quarts to 1.5 quarts.
Shamrock Farms replacing their largest jug of organic milk to three quarters of a gallon.
Wrigleys will gradually replace Doublement, Juicy Fruit and others from 17 sticks to 15 sticks.
Coco-Cola, Pepsico, Shamrock Farms and Kroger (Fry's) have plans to start packaging soda in 16oz bottles and 3/4 gallon jugs.

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