![]() ![]() ![]() One thing you didn't mention is in the 1990's and earlier packs were in cello bags with a corrugated paper separator and no plastic tray. I remember chips were mostly in 12 - 16oz bags in the 60's. I believe Frito party size is almost as big as the 'large pack' size used to be. This like a lot of other products, especially potato chips. Lard (yes lard) and trans fat were eliminated from the icing and chocoalte cookie formulation in the 1990's. There may be some small baking variation across the portfolio, certainly less than 1/32" Thins were launched about 4 years ago, also same diameter. The diameter and amount of cream hasn't changed since to 1950's. But it will cost double what we're used to. As you begin to notice the larger sizes disappear, get ready for another announcement of the "new, mega, convention size." It will be the same size as the party size (for a while). The toilet paper at Sam's is shrinking faster than my husband's wool sweater. The above poster is correct about the changing sizes: recipes that have been handed down in my family for years no longer work because of the downsizing. When I spoke to a manager at CVS, she said, "They want you to tear off more than you need. I've written to everyone from Kimberly Clark to CVS to find out why manufacturers aren't perforating paper or foil so that it tears easily off the roll into a single sheet. From toilet paper rolls to paper towels to canned goods to, yep, Oreos. ![]() Anything to produce a cheaper (inferior) product. Unfortunately, as you mentioned, a whole new generation won't know the difference and I'm sure that is what those evil corporate monsters are counting on! :-( Reply Delete I'm just glad that I'm not the only one that has noticed. Sorry for the venting, but your post obviously struck a nerve with me. They can't keep shrinking everything until all of the products are "miniature" or "trial size," can they? Remember when the packaging on a particular product would say, "Ten Percent More For The Same Price!" or something similar to that? We really are being screwed over!Īs with the Hershey bar example given in the comment above, I would think that they are going to have to stop at some point. If only some of the companies were doing this, I would just change to another brand, but they are all doing it! Obviously they got together on this one! What happened to the days when the companies would compete with each other to try to get you to buy their brand. The cardboard tube inside as well as each square, are not as long as they used to be.īest Foods Mayonnaise used to come in 32 oz. They shrunk the diameter of the toilet paper rolls a while back, but they just recently shortened them in length. Or do they think that we are just too stupid to notice that we are getting less? Frustrating! And when they first started doing this, they had the nerve to print on the package, "NEW SHAPE!" As if we are supposed to get excited over the fact that they are giving us less. Instead of wearing down to a very thin sliver like they used to, they wear down in the middle first and then fall apart, leaving you with two end pieces. A few years back, they stopped making them even in thickness and started selling them with a "scooped out" area that makes them thinner in the center than they are on the edges. Then there are the bars of Dial soap that I have been buying for years. And speaking of Toll House cookies, the packages of chocolate chips have shrunk too. I used to be able to just use one tub of margarine without "dirtying" a measuring cup, but now you have to use more than one tub and measure it out. An example of that is the Toll House cookie recipe. ![]() Well, that messes you up when you are cooking and a recipe calls for one cup of butter or margarine. Then I started noticing that the tubs of margarine were no longer 8 oz. All of a sudden, you could no longer buy a half-gallon. I first noticed the product shrinking with the cartons of ice cream. Actually, there are probably only a few parent companies out there that own everything, so as consumers, we are stuck. UGH! This bugs me to no end and it has been for years now! And there really isn't anything we can do about it because the companies have all gotten together on this and they are all doing it. ![]()
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