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Just a rant, perhaps this should be in the DL thread, but it does involve a product for the home, so....

 

I only use Charmin Ultra mega rolls of TP.  Ran out the other day and picked up a 6 pack yesterday, normally get the 12 pack.  I had the roll sitting on the counter and it looked off.  Something was not right.  Then it hit me the roll was SHORTER!  Now over the years they have increased the cardboard roll size and such but when I placed the old cardboard tube next to the new roll I found it 1/4" shorter.

 

This has to stop.  Just raise the damn price and be done with it.  I will not buy anything from Northern, Brawny or Georgia Pacific because of it's Krotch ownership.  I know of no meaningful way to protest this, I feel powerless.  Shrinking Coffee, shrinking cereal boxes, shrinking everything and no one cares.
 
Costco!

I also refuse to buy G-P products because of the Choke brothers. My solution comes from the good folks at Costco: Kirkland Signature toilet tissue. Soft, strong, plentiful on the roll--and best of all, cheap!
Charmin is not used in our house because it clogs the toilets. Kirkland Signature doesn't.
 
Apparently, At Leat According To P&G And Others

Consumers vastly prefer smaller packaging and or produce "alterations" than price increases. That is there story and they are sticking with it.

When you think about it despite increased costs most consumer goods/foods have not risen (much) in cost. This even with the fast real US inflation is running about 2% (no, not the funny number the federal government uses).

An fraction of a gram here, and ounce there can add up when you are dealing with producing and transporting thousands of pounds of goods daily.

Regarding TP, we always use coupons and stock up when local "store 24" has sales. These normally are those huge 12 or more roll sizes. The other way to save again buying in bulk is to hit K-Mark, Costco, or similar stores and again purchasing when on sale.
 
It's True.

So many products are shrinking nowadays. My greatest frustration is with Colgate-Palmolive, who regularly help themselves to a bigger chunk of my money with "hidden" price increases created by downsizing the goods.

They are not alone. ALDI has been playing games with package sizes recently; one of my mainstay items, Season's Blend California Medley frozen vegetables, got the treatment a few weeks ago. You used to get a 16-ounce poly bag for 99 cents, a terrific value. Now you get a 12-ounce "steamable" bag for $1.09, which is something like a 35-percent increase, two-thirds of which is hidden by the downsizing.

A call to ALDI corporate got nothing but the usual ALDI consumer relations treatment - backtalk, condescension and fierce attempts to "win the argument."

The really nasty thing about it is that I am now forced to pay for a form of packaging I am dead-set against - the "steamable" bag. God only knows what petrochemical nasties are being leached into one's food while they're being nuked. I do not intend to find out the hard way.

P.S.: If you ever need to call ALDI's toll-free number, and you get connected to a customer service rep who identifies herself as "Candy," my advice to you is to hang up while you still have some enamel left on your teeth. Not a nice person. [this post was last edited: 10/2/2013-19:58]
 
 
<span style="font-size: medium;">I tell you boys, after a bidet, nothing leaves your butt cleaner and spring time fresh better than </span>
<h1><span style="font-size: medium;">Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes (Costco), Berkley & Jensen Family and Toddler Wipes (BJ's) or Member's Mark Flushable Wipes (Sam's Club) And yes I have memberships to all three.</span></h1>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Is it me, or has Charmin really gotten into SCAT undertones?</span>  
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I miss Mr Whipple.</span>
 
Everything Is Being Downsized

Nothing is sacred.

Ever since one has been keeping one's own household chicken thighs were sold in six or larger to a package. About a year or so ago noticed while the price per pound remained the same or increased, the number of pieces per package decreased. A six pack of thighs is now usually five. If there is six then they are small almost squab sized. The only poultry that comes in anywhere decent sizes is that ghastly Perdue, Tyson or other brands full of water and or hormones.

So now the math for meal time has changed. Depending upon the number of persons you may have to purchase two or three packages of chicken to feed the lot.

The persons really being squeezed by this "non-inflation" food inflation are those on fixed incomes and or food stamps. Regardless of what the federal government says their purchasing power has decreased. They are spending more and often getting less, this means often already tight food budgets are being stretched even thinner. It is either that or substitute high quality foods with cheaper but less nutritious but filling choices.

It comes as no wonder to us that "dumpster diving" is on the increase all over NYC. We are seeing not just the homeless but persons of all walks and manner of lives going through bin or rubbish bags in front of shops/supermarkets.
 
Perhaps Not Where You Live

But please do come to Manhattan and will gladly show you several areas nightly where you can witness several waves of persons digging though rubbish bags.

Really cannot win with some persons. You say "Manhattan" and they complain there is more to NYC than just that borough. Say "NYC" and then it's "not where I live...".

www.nydailynews.com

Dumpster divers swoop in to grab $40,000 worth of pricy fresh food

It’s getting that bad in still blacked-out downtown Manhattan? Dozens of city residents frustrated with day two of a dark Gotham swarmed a Nolita garbage bin filled with $40,000 of pricy fres…
www.nydailynews.com www.nydailynews.com
 
"Freegan"

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We are a group of people aiming to reduce our consumer impact on the Earth, on humans and on animals. We are aware of the wastefulness of our consumer society. Our group is involved with finding useable goods in the refuse of our throw-away culture, identifying wild edibles, repairing goods, and mor
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I'm afraid you're a bit confused my dear.

 

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">Post 11: This was food thrown out because of the blackout. Who were the "customers"? People who don't want to shell out 12 bucks for sushi. They went straight for the expensive stuff. After all, bar hopping can get pricey. </span>

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<span style="font-size: medium;">Post 12: "...“You never know what’s going to be in these bags on any given night,” said Fields, who makes $500 to $600 a week at a theater job while going to school and has been scrounging for food since the beginning of summer." Need I say more?</span>

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">Posts 13 & 14: These are environmental/sustainability movements
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This is a way of life for some. They're either pretentious, wannabe's that want to say they live in NYC or they're into some "green" movement.</span>

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">In other words, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">they're not doing it because they have to, they're doing it because they want to.</span>

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<span style="font-size: medium;">So to clarify, I was referring to destitute, starving people. Not someone too cheap to buy an $8.00 salad.
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Smaller packaging ...

... a few years ago, back when I was still eating "chemical" foods, I happened to notice that the stacks of Fig Newtons seemed a bit short. In fact, it seemed like there was still room for 2 or three 3 cookies in that bag!

I did some research and used a very rough estimate of how many boxes of Fig Newtons Nabsico sells, how much retail per cookie, and how much they were saving us by shorting us 4 Fig Newtons per box.

Ready for it?

$36 million. PER YEAR.

And that's just for Fig Newtons. Where else are they shorting us??
 

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