Selling Detergent Bottles' Big Shrink - WSJ.com

[laundryshark]

I happen to reside in the test market area where the P&G 2X bottles were soled. Only reason I did not bother with it is due to the fact that my laundry cupboard is already chock full of powders and Downy April Fresh. Granted this is stale news to most of us, but here is that article I just found.--Laundry Shark

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117970493855109027.html

 

[launderess]

Great Link! Thanks!

It is very hard to find the 100 ounce Tide liquid in some formulas (HE and HE "free") as that size was discontinued for those products,and the other Tide versions of the same size are soon to follow. Was wondering why the large bottles of Tide liquid have been on sale very other week now at most major shops in the area, now know why; they are clearing them out for the newer "small" sizes.

So in reality consumers will be paying the same if not more money for less water (which is the main componet of liquid detergents), gotta hand it to P&G.

L.

 

[exploder3211]

I am stocking up now as i can afford to....On what i like

 

[danemodsandy]

I'm Just Wondering...

...When the rising price of oil is going to make today's habit of putting EVERYTHING in a plastic container (whether it really needs it or not) unfeasible. This nation discarded thirty billion water bottles last year alone. That cannot continue.

I can see it now- in a few years, the detergent manufacturers will jump on the "green" bandwagon with a great new product- powdered detergent in a cardboard box! And they'll charge more for it, betcha.

 

[spiralator60]

P&G 2X

Thanks for positing the link Laundry Shark! Like Laundress, I have noticed the mark down of the liquid versions of Tide, Gain, and Cheer in the major stores here in the Southern California area, too. This began around the beginning of March 2007. Interestingly, all of the P&G liquid HE detergents now sold are the 2X version. For some reason, though, Cheer HE is not as widely available as its brand mates at retailers like Target. I have seen it in Vons and Ralphs supermarkets.

 

[oxydolfan1]

I'm disappointed in the new P&G formulations.

IMHO, they are not as fragrant as they used to be, and they do not disperse and rinse as easily as the old versions.

I have not noticed the same problems with the Unilever liquids, but the caps are ridiculously small and deep to work with.