everything is SHRINKING

[Raven]

no not my clothes...loosen weight actually....but food is shrinking...

mini ice cream cones....just threw in an english muffin in the toaster oven

and its like half of the old ones....they've raised the prices as much as they

can...so now they start shrinking the product to increase profit margins.

it's beginning to get rediculous! have ya noticed?

[capesams]

your right...pulled out the pkg. of wheat english muffin's and went to pop one in the toster..the bottom was good size ,,but the top was only half the size of the bottom,,after it got cooked I couldn't find the top must have fallin down in the tray with the rest of the crumb's.

[Homerun04]

Like George Costanza on Seinfeld after swimming at the beach house on Cape Cod in the cold water......major shrinkage........

[fishweewee]

Sure, it could be a price increase in disguise, but it could also be in response to critics who think we all eat waaaay too much refined sugar, enriched white flour and saturated fats. Sad to say, it could be fear of obesity lawsuits that could be contributing to your smaller foodstuffs portions.

[likwid]

smaller portions mean people eat more
and therefore have to buy more
capitalism at its best
"coke no ice please"

[Raven]

but some has to do with operating costs and materials cost all of which are directly affected by rising fuel costs ...both heating \cooling and transportation. When i go into a produce section and start seeing vegetables
that i wouldn't wanna feed to hogs for escalated prices i flip out. $5.99 for a measley little 7 0unces of spinach ...pffffffffffff thats wrong...way wrong!

[justplugit]

Open a can of tuna lately? Used to feed 3 people,now your lucky to get a sandwich and a half out of it.
I gotta say though food in this country has been the biggest bargain we ever had. The costs and hard labor that go into farming ,picking,shipping,storage and selling and the selection we have still makes it a bargain. Big combines are buying out the small farmer and so goes the competition and prices.

[ProfessorM]

Sure wish my pay went up as fast as everything else I buy. Paul

[The Dad Fisherman]

Can't buy a pound of coffee anymore either

[EricW]

They have done it twice to ice cream from 1/2 gal to 1.75 and now 1.5 quarts and price stays or goes up a little. Makes it a real pain if you are having a party for instance. Have to get two containers of each. Also did it to yogurt. One of the yogurts I like actually put on their website that some people couldn't finish an 8 oz cup as an excuse. Potato chips and other snacks too.

[Plum Crazy]

Just opened a can of B & M baked beans-50% more liquid than beans. I always buy B&M because of the thickness of the sauce. Back to homemade for me.

[zimmy]

Things may not be as bad as they seem.

FOOD COST

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports that in 1919 the average American had to work 158 minutes to buy a three-pound chicken; nowadays, 15 minutes gets you the bird.

U.S. consumers spend roughly 9 percent of their income on food compared with 11 percent in the United Kingdom, 17 percent in Japan, 27 percent in South Africa and 53 percent in India. (2009)

[Raven]

Budweiser is shrinking there Cans real SOON....

and here is the official confirmation as to what
i was getting at...

[Quote]The “shrink ray,” as the advocacy site Consumerist.com calls it, has been applied to all sorts of products over the years. Cereal boxes, bags of chips, orange juice containers, plastic soda bottles, ice cream cartons—these and countless other goods have been carefully redesigned so that manufacturers can create the illusion consumers are getting the same amount of product, even as the packages hold less than the previous models. It’s a way for manufacturers to boost revenues without appearing — to the average consumer, at least — to raise prices.

Read more: Budweiser’s New Pitch: Less Beer, Pay More | TIME.com